Zelandakh, on 2017-June-06, 02:52, said:
What I saw at this link is a Fox News video pointing out that Trump lies openly and without any thought of retraction for even the most ridiculous claims and an article pointing out that voters do not trust politicians and that the GOP can use this to manipulate the electorate. So I am not quite sure what the point is - everyone here knows that Trump lies more than pretty much any other politician in living memory and that political parties are happy to manipulate people in order to obtain power.
What I saw is larger than that....
1) Hey Democrats we know the Democratic National Committee (DNC) loaded the political dice in Hillary's favor and to the detriment of Bernie Sanders. We know the DNC rigged the nomination process to the Presidency.
2) Hey Republicans we know your platform is falling apart since the white working poor, the white middle, and white lower-middle class now realize their interests (job creation in the local economy and protection of local jobs by tough enforcement on illegal immigration) are usually sold out to lobbyists and special interests.
Also, keep in mind that the brand of Republican fiscal conservatism is dead on arrival courtesy of George W. Bush who ballooned the federal debt by over 100% from $5.5 trillion to $11.0 trillion and left a f%&(ed up economy in the wake of his departure courtesy of the 2008 housing bubble crash. So enter the Tea Party movement which wants smaller government and a reduction in the federal debt levels.
The main problem is the political elite on both sides think their electorate is a bunch of know-nothings and the electorate KNOWS that the political elite are a bunch of do-nothings!
So enter Trump the mercurial, anti-establishment candidate whose frankness though crass, intolerant and politically incorrect is a breath of fresh air in a field of dog whistlers, liars and do-nothings. You never have to wonder what Trump is thinking. He shares infamous tweets that no other career politician dare make. Trump doesn't stick to script and creates his own reality which angers those who feel it is their job to control the narrative.
Trump doesn't play nice and turned the political game of Presidential politics on its head. He proved all of his naysayers wrong about how retail politics work at the national level. He graduated from carnival barker and snake oil salesman Trump to President Trump.
Now the political elite want the fruits of his labor (position and power) without doing all of the leg work (campaigning and winning the election). So enter the road to impeachment story line.....
Trump is a wild card. Game masters who are used to controlling the political game do not like surprises. And they definitely don't like wild cards disturbing the balance of power in politics.