Cinema is
full of stories where the heroes are up against overwhelming odds and some
says, "let's do it." Earlier on in the movie Butch and Sundance are
standing on the precipice above the rocky rapids below. They are about to be
captured or killed by the posse. "We gotta jump." "I can't
swim." With a laugh, "Go on, the fall will probably kill us anyway."
They jump.
The iconic
Alamo battle with the war cry, "Remember the Alamo!" precedes death
to the last man of the American side at the hands of the Mexican Army. In Beau
Geste the Foreign Legion all die at the hand of Arabs in the Arabian deserts.
All these men sacrificed their all for the Lost Cause. Even Thelma and Louise
preferred to drive off into the void than be caught.
There is
something of the bulldog in the human psyche that won't allow a person let go
when the chosen path proves to be really dumb. The behavior is similar to the
habitual gambler who knows he must pay the rent and pay off his debts but
instead must place the one last bet with the small winning he just got.
Statistically and inevitably he loses that bet and must face the consequences.
Supporters
of Donald Trump exhibit that same foolish tenacity to stand their ground in the
face of all the nonsense Mr. Trump espouses. At least in the case of Hillary
Clinton there are no new "scandals" or massive bad rhetoric which a
supporter should consider as a negative attribute. She has been fully vetted
over the past 25 years. Nothing has been indictable in all that time.
On the other
hand, Donald Trump continues to incite and inflame the electorate with
increasingly bizarre statements and behavior.
His stage presence has devolved into one of lurking behind opponents,
name calling and character assassination. He seems to think he lives in an
alternate reality where videotape has not been invented. He claims to have not
said something are instantly debunked by the video of him saying it.
His entire
campaign is only made possible by the fact that there are Americans who are
like Butch Cassidy and Sundance Kid and will stand by their man even if it
kills them. They have made their decision and nothing will dissuade them from
their course.
Hillary
maintains a positive course toward trying to improve this nation while Donald
is perfectly willing to dissect it and trample each piece to feed his own
personal feelings and behavior. His position on everything is regressive. There
is nothing in his platform which will move us well into the future. Coal is so
19th Century. Building walls is so Communistic and Authoritarian. Cutting taxes
on corporations is Fascist. Denying people food, shelter and medical care is as
unconstitutional as denying Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness.
Creating religious tests for the making of laws, admission to the country and
for citizenship is expressly against the Constitution.
There is not
one progressive plank in his platform for a Trump Administration. While his
position is so utterly negative, there are people who cannot let it go. They
still cling to the notion they have a cause to defend even though it is a lost
one.
**cue Butch and Sundance rushing out into the hail of Federale bullets.**
