Eugene Robinson accidentally tells the truth on Morning Scar...

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9. For years, now

The far right and the Tea Party have been telling Republican voters:

Don't trust career politicians! Don't trust the government! They're all insiders! They're all establishment!

And now, Trump shows up. He's not a career politician, and he's not a political insider (except he is, with his influence peddling), and the super right-wing are eating him up. The Tea Party and the Republican rank-and-file are now saying:

How could this have possibly happened?


Idiots. They primed the situation, made the environment perfect for a caricature like Trump to show up, and now they're shocked! Shocked I tell you! that he's still holding on to that popularity. No one to blame for this one but the Tea Party and their anti-government rhetoric for years. Also, the old chestnut that the government should be run like a business, and "everyone knows" that Trump is a "very successful" businessman! Except of course, that he's a better self-promoter than he is a businessman.

There's no way this ends well.

Though at the rate that the far right is alienating voters, it's looking more and more like whoever the Democratic candidate will be is going to have an easier time of it.