It is only natural that Trump is back-slapping Mark Levin and Sean Hannity. Glenn Beck is no doubt feeling left out.

Levn and Hannity – and Beck – are of course regime apologists. They represent Conservatism, Inc. The well-oiled grift that long-ago co-opted what was the grassroots conservative movement of Taft and Buchanan, which was nationalist and populist; i.e., it was America first.

That had to be stopped, of course. Nationalism and populism are dangerous things from the point-of-view of international bankers and international corporations – so they bought puppets to control the nationalist-populist movement. Trump is their man. There has been no other man so adept at telling the sore-beset conservative rank-and-file just exactly what they need to hear. He plays them like a Stradivarius.

Levin and Hannity – and Beck – providing the orchestral accompaniment.

It pays very well. These guys are multi-millionaires because they are sponsored by billionaires, the corporate interests that bankroll their shows. This is how the corporate interests control the show.

The irony of the thing is that the McRight is considered an alternative to the McLeft when the fact is both are owned by the same interests.

Years ago, I had the opportunity to interview Ross Perot when he was a candidate for president. Some will recall that ancient contest. Perot was a nationalist and a populist. That is why he was squeezed out by the McRight – represented by The Chimp’s sire – and the McLeft, represented by Bubba Clinton. The latter excelled at presenting himself as just that; a good ol’ boy from Arkansas rather than what he actually was, which was Slick Willie and wholly employed by the same interests that George Bush, Sr. represented.

Perot – along with Pat Buchanan – were the last actual conservatives who attempted to secure the Republican nomination for president. If either had actually secured the nomination, no doubt there would have been another Zapruder film to study. Such men are not allowed anywhere near the seat of power. The last who got there was JFK and everyone knows what happened to him. His brother got close and look what happened to him.

Perot was both brilliant and naive in that he was actually serious about wanting to make America Great Again – as if such a thing were possible in the age of corporate-owned America. It isn’t because the corporate interests own everything, us included. If Ross Perot – a billionaire, remember – could not stand up to their power, do you think we can?

Trump is also a billionaire – but of a different sort. Perot was a businessman, in the honorable sense. Trump is a businessman in a different sense. Perot wanted to make money. But he also wanted Americans to make money. Trump wants corporations to make money. It is a distinction of some difference.

Perot got almost 20 percent of the vote in ’92. Trump appealed to these same voters and got even more of them in 2024. What they got was something they hadn’t voted for, though. They are never going to get it, either – because that would not serve the corporate/banking interests that run this country and put on a show for us every four years – so that we can pretend to ourselves that this time it’ll be different. And if it isn’t there’s always next time!

The role of corporate shills such as Levin and Hannity and Beck is to keep such hope alive – they are artful at this task. They know just which buttons to push. Yes, of course, the McLeft has its own amen chorus, but the point is that it’s an amen chorus all around. Goy slop here, goy slop there – only the seasonings differ.

But we are not forced to consume the slop and for that reason ought to stop doing so. These people do not speak for us much less represent us – though they want very much to be perceived as speaking for us and representing us, for if they can conjure that perception they can conjure legitimacy.

Turn the dial. Or just turn off the radio. For the same reason it’s crucial to understand that Voting Harder Next Time is only going to lead to the same thing again, next time.

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