Howz THAT feel Reince?
I was just sitting here in the living room, letting another Trump presser wash over me like waves crashing up on a beach when a sudden insight hit me like seeing a lighthouse through the waves. To be perfectly honest, I don't even remember what it was that he said, only that it fired over a synapse in my teeny little brain from the long dead past. Follow me below the fold for my brain cramp and the poll.
I think we can all agree on one thing, the Donald is not a forgiving man. He is by nature an in your face guy. Just take a gander through his "second greatest book of all time", it's chock full of gleeful recollections of of screwing over everybody who dares to be in the same room with him. And God forbid he should ever get the feeling, real or imagined, that he's been insulted or treated unfairly! He instantly turns into Tony Montana in "Scarface", exacting immediate revenge to restore his "honor". Only instead of shoving his face into a fluffy pile of flake, the Donald leans over and snorts his press clippings for strength and rage.
The critical thing there is "insult". Cast your mind back four short years dear reader. It's 2011, and the same clown car, only with different drivers is tripping all over their shoestrings to become the next leader of the free world. And where did most of them go? They went running off to the Trump Vatican to kiss his holy ring. Everybody from Palin to Gingrich made the pilgrimage. And although some of the candidates tried to keep this under the carpet, somehow or other there were always "leaks". Hmmmm, I wonder where those came from. The Donald was the Kingmaker of 2012, and he made sure that everybody knew it. Second rate wannabes like Shelly Adelson and the Kochs may be handing out bigger checks, but it was the Trump "brand" that unlocked the legions of adoring Apprentice fans and was the kiss of gold. He even forced the Mittster through the humiliation of having to fly out to Trumps gaudy palace in Las Vegas to officially receive the golden blessing. And that strutting mental lightweight Reince Priebus was more than happy to play along with this, it was great theater, and it took the media attention off of all the stupid shit the candidates were doing or saying otherwise.
Fast forward to summer, 2012. Convention time. And just like the candidates having to pilgrimage to the Donald for his blessings, it was now time for Reince and the RNC to do the same symbolically. It was his right and due as a Kingmaker to be given a prime time speaking spot at the convention. Now Reince Priebus may have a room temperature I.Q., but even he understood that this was the political equivalent of giving a teenage boy whiskey and the car keys. The negotiations on when and where to stick him did not go well, and in the end he pulled out in a huff that "shocked the world" by declining a prime time speaking role that was not on nomination night. Which was fine by me, since that might have deprived us all of the spectacle of Clint Eastwood intellectually sparring with an empty chair, and losing!
The Donald has had four long years to stew about the injustice and insult of not being given his proper due at the convention. For four long years there has been very little he could do to correct the situation but moan and bitch publicly about Romney being a stiff that blew the election. This was a run that Trump had to make, regardless of who the rest of the field was. This is his chance for revenge, to even up the scales with Reince and the boys at the RNC. If he pulls off the miracle and wins the nomination, it's the ultimate "Up Yours!" to the RNC. If not, then turning the Republicans precious nominating process into a high speed train wreck and giving Reince Priebus ulcers will just have to do as revenge.
What do you think?