Sitting next to each other are two members of the Montmorency County Board of Commissioners. Like all others on the board, they are Republican, which perhaps isnāt surprising in a county Donald Trump won by 44 points in the 2016 presidential election and by the same lopsided margin in 2020.
Disney Channelās Zack and Cody stars Cole (left) and Dylan Sprouse enjoy a pop togetherā¦no, waitā¦ thatās not rightā¦
Photo by Ron French
āHeās the only one in all my years who did what they said theyād do,ā said Don Edwards, who listed strict border policies and forceful international relations as two of Trumpās strengths. āSo why wouldnāt I vote for him again?ā
With all due respect, Mr Edwards, what exactly did Mr Trump do? Did he ādrain the swampā ā a slogan he himself derided ā or ābuild the wallā while making Mexico foot the bill? Do you think his inviting Putinās Russia to attack NATO allies is sound āinternational relationsā or is āforcefulā the only metric? How about the big nothing heād done in North Korea?
Moving right alongā¦
Nowhere in Michigan is as diehard Trump County as Up North. But Trumpās best shot this fall is not only keeping his overwhelming grip on those supporters, but cutting Bidenās base in suburban Detroit and Grand Rapids.
To give an idea of scale, in the 49 counties where Trump got at least 60% of the vote in 2020, he had a total margin of 344,000, an increase in margin of 42,000 votes from four years earlier. [ā¦] Oakland County alone had a bigger swing the other direction (54,000).
As illustrated in the last quoted paragraph, the population density is quite light in comparison to southeastern Michigan. Nevertheless, due to advances in broadband, Wi-Fi and satellite internet technologies, practically no one is no longer left in an information vacuum anymore. Itās just a question of doing a little fact-checking from reliable sources ā admittedly, not necessarily an easy thing since the 1987 revocation of the Fairness Doctrine.
So why would the uppermost part of the Great State of Michigan support a habitual fabricator and conspiracist who has been convicted of sexual abuse, defamation of character and civil fraud and admitted Dictator-for-a-day?
Compartmentalization, a mental defense mechanism. A person of reasonably sound mind would never vote for someone with these criminal defects. A rational being would never allow a wolf to guard the flock. And yet, many of the fine folk of Elk Capitol of Michigan still hang their banners and wear their MAGA caps, proudly even.
Photo by Ron French
Could it be that the voters of Northern Michigan just donāt see themselves in President Biden. And yet ā hereās the part I just donāt understand ā they see themselves in the thrice-married, privileged, irresponsible son (a millionaire by age eight) of a New York real estate baron who deferred the military draft four times although deemed fit for military service, who has obscured his academic, medical and tax records, who has lost more money than probably all his Northern Michigan supporters have ever seen, bankrupting hotels and casinosā¦this disgusting list goes on and on. Trump University, anybody?
Nobodyās perfect.
Why are people still writing and publishing these āwe talked to 5 morons in hicklemcdicklefuck nowhere about their support for Donald Trumpā articles? NYT Pitchbot even had a phrase for thatā¦ put it on t-shirts 3 years ago. āIn this Ohio dinerā¦ā
Why are you still reading them? But more importantlyā¦
we talked to 5 morons in hicklemcdicklefuck nowhere about[ā¦]
Even I, a city dweller all my life, can see why āflyover countryā gets a little miffed with that attitude. āHicklemcdicklefuck,ā indeed.
Having lived in the Midwest, I do find the term āflyoverā fairly ridiculous and elitist. Itās rather close minded. Having also lived in rural areas and towns of 8,000, I donāt have a problem with Hicklemcdicklefuck used to describe old guys with giant mustaches who vote for Trump.
Theyāre racists, and their churches told them to vote for him. Thatās all they need. There are so many Confederate flags everywhere up north. Iām so glad to have moved downstate
Yeah, and Iāve heard plenty of āBiden sucks but Iām voting for him I guess I suppose since everyoneās twisting my arm FREE PALESTINEā type shit so what?
Itās that type of election.