Charleston Currents – Donald Trump

BRACK: Red or blue? How will S.C. vote in the fall?

By Andy Brack, editor and publisher | Improbable as it may seem, there’s a slim chance South Carolina could vote blue in November and send its nine electoral votes to Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton.

There’s no way we could ever have written that sentence a year ago — heck, even two months ago. But with the campaign of GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump in a political free fall of biblical proportions, anything seems possible as moderate Republicans and independents are finding it harder to stomach Trump’s hubris, arrogance and fear-mongering.

by Andy Brack · 08/08/2016 · Comments are Disabled · Andy Brack, Views

BRACK: Why you should take a vacation in November

By Andy Brack, editor and publisher | This may be the only political prediction that will become true by the time we head to the polls in November: The weirdest presidential election in American history will get weirder.

In a rational world, presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump’s bloviated reality show of a campaign that scares world leaders because they can’t predict him would get so tangled in misinformation, negativity and hyperbole that he wouldn’t be taken seriously by November.

by Andy Brack · 05/09/2016 · Comments are Disabled · Andy Brack, Views

BRACK: Have fictional characters hijacked the presidential primaries?

By Andy Brack, editor and publisher | With all of the finger-pointing, gesticulating, spite, retorts, nasty responses to retorts, robocalls and flood of oversized postcards, the presidential primary process has become a mess, more of a reality television show than reality.

It’s as if the grind of politics, which has been the social equivalent to a root canal for many, has become a caricature of itself. It’s as if real people are really acting like cartoon characters.

by Andy Brack · 02/22/2016 · Comments are Disabled · Andy Brack, Views

BRACK: S.C. will play a big role in presidential primaries

By Andy Brack, editor and publisher | South Carolina will play the role of political legitimizer in its presidential primaries later this month. It may not anoint the next president, but it certainly will declutter the field.

Why? Because South Carolina looks like more of the rest of America, compared to contests in Iowa and New Hampshire where nine in 10 people are white. In South Carolina, just like the rest of the country, six in 10 people are white. Bottom line: Because South Carolina’s culture isn’t so homogeneous, there’s a greater diversity of views and values. And that may lead to more traditional politics.

by Andy Brack · 02/08/2016 · Comments are Disabled · Andy Brack, Views

BRACK: Dump Trump — Americans deserve better than bombast

By Andy Brack, editor and publisher | If you don’t want Hillary Clinton to be the next president, you better get off the escalating Trump bandwagon pretty darned quickly.

by Andy Brack · 07/27/2015 · Comments are Disabled · Andy Brack, Views

July 27, full issue: Sex ed, Trump, world trade center

In the July 27 issue, April Borkman corrects the record on a sex ed course; Andy Brack says voters should dump Trump; and Kyra Morris outlines why our World Trade Center Charleston is important. Also: OHM Radio to start broadcasting soon.

by Charleston Currents · 07/27/2015 · Comments are Disabled · Full issue