You know what...it gets down to this.

..."If words are all they have to steal our heart away"...; then those words are unbelievable from whatever side of politics.
This is the whole point. Nobody believes in the truth of those words, spoken by a politician.

Take for example the words from Shortens mouth. No words from his mouth would be equated with the truth ever again, following the exposure at the royal commission into union corruption, of dodgy deals and straight out ripp-offs of the working class he pretends to represent.

As those with a modicum of experience in life learned very early-on, a good lier will mix fifty fifty, the lie he tells with some truth. It's that mix of paint that glosses the dividing fence between a politician and the public.

So of course Trump is a lier and a cheat. So why are Democrats any more trustworthy.
Of course there not. And there is the rub.

So why does Trump succeed where Democrats suggest he shouldn't? Charisma, pure and simple.

A very good snake oil salesmen.

Dan.

Hell will freeze over before we see Donald Trump "cowering", bless him. That's a word for lily-livered left fantasists who have wild dreams about putting down a real man so unlike themselves.

How about that silly old bat ripping up the speech, though!

Aw come on Binoy, you had to have gotten some enjoyment out of the showmanship. The bloke laid it on so thick it was a scream.

"As the world bears witness tonight, America is a land of heroes. This is the place where greatness is born, where destinies are forged, and where legends come to life. This is the home of Thomas Edison and Teddy Roosevelt, of many great Generals, including Washington, Pershing, Patton, and MacArthur. This is the home of Abraham Lincoln, Frederick Douglass, Amelia Earhart, Harriet Tubman, the Wright Brothers, Neil Armstrong, and so many more. This is the country where children learn names like Wyatt Earp, Davy Crockett, and Annie Oakley. This is the place where the pilgrims landed at Plymouth and where Texas patriots made their last stand at the Alamo."

What isn't there to enjoy. Trump is basically showing how all politicians use platitudes but when he does it he is unashamedly going to try to be the best.

I will admit to chuckling with wonder at the pure unadulterated jingoism that dripped from the page;

"The American Nation was carved out of the vast frontier by the toughest, strongest, fiercest, and most determined men and women ever to walk the face of the Earth."

"We are Americans. We are the pioneers. We are the pathfinders. We settled the new world, we built the modern world, and we changed history forever by embracing the eternal truth that everyone is made equal by the hand of Almighty God."

I know it is all as hollow as hell, just as he is, but enjoyed the ride none the less.

I've seen this film before as a used car salesman extolling the virtues of the death trap rust bucket to a trusting kid. There was an "impeachment"t where witnesses were prevented from giving testimony and document withheld!

Nancy was very nearly as silly and could have withheld his day in court until all the relevant testimony, witnesses and essential documents were made available or able to testify. Just didn't have the ticker and given that is so can probably kiss the rest of her political career goodbye!?

The state of the nation address, seemed an exercise in self-congratulatory BS and shovelled by the shipload. There may be some sort of perceived economic improvement, but at what cost and bought with even greater levels of debt? And contraction around the globe?

Few of the republicans covered themselves with glory. Only Mitt Romney, remained true to his moral convictions and crossed the floor at the foregone conclusion of the "TRIAL"

The founding fathers and Benedict Arnold would have turned in their graves, if for entirely different reasons.

One thing is still true and proven here. you can fool some of the people all of the time! Another, the much revered alleged
constitution is damaged for all time!
Alan B.

ttbn: There is a place called hell in northern Norway and it does regularly freeze over every northern winter, i.e., about now?

Cheers, Alan B.

Mitt sour grapes Romney did what all rejects do. Nothing surprising there !