Donald Trump’s Pledge to Defend (non existent) Article XII of Constitution Raises Eyebrows

[malthaussen]

10. Yeah, you could see it that way.

But even insane people may have a logical consistency to their insanity. Part of my personality is a desire to understand why people say things that make no sense at all, and I get a certain amount of satisfaction by figuring out some rationale that may explain their statements. It's dangerous turf, because one can find himself in the position of being accused of "defending" a position for which he has absolutely no sympathy. But it is an intellectual exercise that gives me pleasure.

Mr Trump is a moveable feast of such utterances, and I have been able to find rationales for several of his more absurd statements that I think might be accurate. I don't think Mr Trump is as stupid as he can appear, but he is curiously inept at expressing nuanced thought, although his ability to utter complete inanities is about matchless. Now, is he inept at expressing nuance because he doesn't, actually, comprehend it, or just because he is poor at voicing complexity? There are, after all, quite a few very intelligent people who are brutally inarticulate. I doubt Mr Trump is brilliant, but it is possible he is not unintelligent.

As to Article XII, I Googled it and came up with this link: http://www.americasfreedom.com/us-constitution/article12.html I have a suspicion the site is some kind of RW mecca (the title would tend to give that away, eh?), but it does show that, in some circles, Article XII is an accepted term.


-- Mal