TRUMP AND THE CLINTONS

My currently favorite election conspiracy theory is that Donald Trump is secretly working to get Hilary Clinton elected.

IMHO, it works like this:

     By playing on the Republican "blame the innocent" voters, Trump controls the vote for about 30% of the Republican Party base.

     It is unlikely that Trump can increase this percentage, because even Republicans are deeply troubled by the fantasy tax proposals and the racist seeming blame placed on Mexicans and Muslims. (We could call them the M&Ms, or the new Irish, or our latest whipping boys.)

     When you vote in a primary, you vote for a delegate to the political party's convention, where the candidate is formally nominated for President of the USA, and the nominee chooses a vice president, who is then also formally nominated for Vice President of the USA.

     Your delegate has only promised to vote for your candidate ON THE FIRST BALLOT. If NO ONE gets enough votes in the primaries to win on the first ballot at the convention, then ANYONE can be nominated for president if they just get enough votes on the convention floor.

     It looks unlikely that the billionaires paying the way for the various Republican candidates will agree on a person. So the convention may fail to nominate a person on the first ballot. They can then nominate the "safe" candidate, like another stupid Bush brother.

    I think it is extremely unlikely that Trump will be the Republican nominee for President. This leaves him free to run as a third party candidate. I know he signed a pledge not to run as a third party person, but we all know that he does not honor his contracts if he can find a legal way out.

     Trump has insulted women, Browns, Blacks, Muslims, Mexicans. All of these people will go out of their way to vote against Trump. But Trump will take votes from the Republican candidate, making the election easier for Hilary Clinton.

     According to the conspiracy theory, Clinton and Trump came up with this strategy and are implementing it together. I think this is bunk, but such FUN bunk.

BTW, the Republicans are on track to bring us another "shut the government down" Christmas. Without a long term highway bill, our roads and bridges will continue to fall down. Without a long term funding bill, the VA can not plan and build new hospitals.

Meanwhile the Republican candidates cry crocodile tears over the broken bridges and the broken veterans. Unfortunately tears do not build bridges and hospitals.