Author: KJ McElrath

For all the attention, they get in the media, racist rednecks, neo-Nazis and other white supremacists are part of a shrinking minority. The Republican Party figured this out long ago. Unfortunately for the GOP, their current Golden Boy, Donald Trump, has not. Currently, Trump’s poll numbers are over twice that of his closest competitor, the relatively moderate Jeb Bush (whose wife, Columba, is from Mexico). Trump’s rallies are attracting tens of thousands of people, with most cut from the same racist cloth. He’s been officially endorsed by white supremacist organizations. This situation has put the Republican Party in an...

Despite his surging popularity (at least among the idiotocracy), Donald Trump’s selection as GOP Presidential candidate is a long way from being a “done deal.” Media pundits and a few high-ups in the Republican party are predicting that Trump will walk away with the nomination. However, political analysts in academia who have studied elections in the context of history aren’t so sure. While they’re not ready to count Trump out altogether, they believe that a Trump presidential nomination is highly unlikely. Of course, with more than a year to go until the election, anything can happen – and usually...

It turns out that Donald Trump’s racism goes back a long ways – and he’s even had legal problems because of it. He’s also a hypocrite on the issue. Back in 2000, Trump made his first bid for the White House, running as a member of the Reform Party. At that time, he produced a book entitled The America That We Deserve, a manifesto of his vision for the country. Among other things, Trump expressed his tolerance for diversity, including the prosecution of hate crimes. In the book, he described a society that has moved beyond “racism, discrimination against...