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He manufactured his own myth with remarkable success. He manipulates his points and shifts alliances with is own aspirations. He flares, yells and cuts down elderly women, fellow congressmen and commanding officers who argue with him. He’s selfish and spoiled.

He finds solace in fatalism. He’s most inspired when he’s up against the ropes or down and out. He’s uncomfortable with victory. He erupts derogatory remarks based in truth and needs to be the underdog. He suffocates under the pressure of success.

He compensates for his small stature with grandiose goals and arrogance. His youth was wasted, filled with disobedience, idiocy and trying to please his idols without learning from his mistakes. He’s taken advantage of nepotism with reckless abandon; it kept him in school, got him his posts, made him his friends and saves his life.

His idols are bold individualists, idealized by time. He speaks of fictional characters, like Robert Jordan of For Whom the Bell Tolls, similar to Theodore Roosevelt. He ignores symbolism, racism or faults. President Roosevelt was exponentially more bright and motivated and Jordan is fictional.

His views are extreme. He’s fundamentally authoritarian, believing government is infallible and should be trusted without question. He sees America as a great nation, one that should spread its greatness globally using military might and aggressive tactics.

He traverses elite circles, prefers talking to hand-picked groups of supporters or high-paying constituents to large gatherings and diverse crowds. His campaign strategy turns that into an asset, trying to combat his opponent drawing massive numbers of supporters.

The media leave him to his own. He jokes incessantly, especially about his faults. The jokes disarm the media, deflecting any questions about those failings. He claims “straight-talk” to mask not saying anything.

He claimed to desire a respectful campaign, rather than the typical mud-slinging. His declared strategy is far different than what’s materialized. His ads scrape the bottom, make wild accusations with little basis and attack character as much as policy. He uses guilt by association to inject doubt in voters, ignoring his past and its numerous scandals.

He downplays references to his being tortured and held captive. He says he doesn’t bring it up. He does. He mentions his two years of torture and five years as a POW so frequently it’s losing its weight. He uses it to redirect unrelated questions or cut down any opposition. He lets supporters inflate its effect on him when, in reality, he’s changed little.

He built a reputation being open with the press, who then ignore his real reputation. He’s always been short tempered and arrogant. Before and after Vietnam, he’s been irresponsible and sophomoric. He hasn’t changed but for his message.

Since returning with numerous injuries, his sites have been fixed on the seat behind the desk in the Oval Office. He’s used his connections and positions to further that goal, changing allegiances and policies at will as political winds have shifted.

He promoted the “Domino Theory” before mending ties to the country that held him captive. He was against regulation, defending his original contributor and good friend Charles Keating, before pushing for it, save for the market that is now crashing, after his face appeared alongside Keating during the scandal of the late 80s.

He’s changed position on everything from torture or tax cuts. He sought the endorsement of a man he labeled the face of intolerance, falsely claimed he warned of quagmire in Iraq before anyone else and attacked his opponent for inexperience before nominating a running mate with less experience and more extreme views.

He actively views voters with contempt. He worked to make campaign contributions by average voters more difficult while larger groups found loopholes easily to keep their contributions flowing easily. His nomination shows profound disrespect for the office of Vice President as well as for the voters who support lifting him to the Presidency.

He claimed the economy was fundamentally strong two hours before he said it was in crisis. He says his associations with controversial pastors don’t affect his judgment while his surrogates attack his opponent about another pastor. He turns the other way or supports attacks by his supporters on his opponent, allowing them to call them bitches, terrorists or threaten their assassination.

He’s too frail to trust he’ll hold office an entire term. He knows no line between his own ambition and the national good. He’s flaunted his flaws to garner sympathy without changing his aspirations even slightly.

The economy seems on the edge of collapse and he’s openly professed his financial ignorance. He refuses to lean on more adept associates, choosing to inject himself into talks he didn’t understand to give the obtuse impression of action over discussion. He shows little restraint or forethought in his campaign, or his life.

He created a myth and persona he’ll never live up to around a story he claims not to tell. He grows furious at knocks to his bravado or opposition to his unpopular believes. He refuses to give respect to those that give him just that, like a petulant third grader.

How will he lead a faltering nation? How will he change the outlook he’s had his entire life to a diplomatic one with an over-stretched military? Will he choose associates with progressive views to advise him through these difficult times? All but the Mainstream Media believe he shouldn’t and he won’t.

Most believe, as I do, that he’s fundamentally dangerous.