A GOP Strategist Shares His Thoughts

(On the off chance that The Donald has finally gone a bridge too far, thought I ought to share the thoughts of Rick Wilson, a Republican strategist and writer who is a frequent guest on the morning shows.  These excerpts are from an interview with Ana Marie Cox in the NYT Sunday Magazine of 3/27/16.)
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Q.  You once called Donald Trump's base "childless single men who masturbate to anime."
A.  If one is going to insult a group of people who think that Trump is their own private post-modern Hitler, one ought to be specific.  These aren't people who appreciate subtlety or rational discourse.

Q.  What sort of ad do you think could prevent Trump's ascent?
A.  What really hits Trump is when you prove to people that Trump isn't for you -- that Trump is about Trump, that he screwed people over in bankruptcy after bankruptcy, paying pennies on the dollar to these small businesses that helped him build his low-end casinos.  You start making Trump crazy.  Because -- this is the dirty little secret -- Donald Trump is insane.

Q.  Is that a secret???
A.  Well, this is a man who reacts to stress in ways that are notably, demonstrably lunatic.  He's like an escaped mental patient on the Republican debate stage.

Q.  Who really thinks that Ted Cruz is the solution?
A.  Mostly people named Ted Cruz.