[higgmeister]

But along with his success as a businessman and tremendous wealth, he also had an easily critiqued history and absolutely no political experience. Combine that with the lack of polish and decorum expected of presidential contenders, and his candidacy seemed not only easily undermined, but doomed. Everyone underestimated Trump, assuming his brash, flippant, offensive, brutally honest, and clearly genuine rhetoric would force him out of the race quickly.
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The only thing Trump's unbelievable win in South Carolina tells us is that the Republican primary will continue to be an unbelievable mess...maybe even a YUGE one.

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Only the foolish experts didn't know Trump was a winner.

Here is an insight for anybody that was not raised a Southerner.

As much as no one likes to talk about it here, the South is a vast "defeated nation." We should have "defeated nation status" just like Japan, Germany and Italy did after WWII. But wait, in that sense we had "The Reconstruction", with a military occupation and all that goes with it for 12 years as our "defeated nation.", didn't we? To this day monuments of our "defeated nation" are being removed all across the South.

The result over time was a heightened sensitivity and an amplified patriotism as an attempt to prove ourselves. It's the major reason that more Southerners join our military per capita than from any other region.

Southerners also still have a small spark of a grudge against the Federal Government (and its politicians).

The other effect of abject defeat is that we hate losing. Because of our heightened nationalistic pride, we feel acutely that the impact of unfettered illegal immigration, the threat of Islamic terrorism, the harsh economy on our poorer region of the country is a loss of our sovereignty under the US Constitution.

Donald Trump is a winner that is taking on all the demons that have been a bane on our existence. Of course we'll vote for him.

[lentulusgracchus]

The other effect of abject defeat is that we hate losing. Because of our heightened nationalistic pride, we feel acutely that the impact of unfettered illegal immigration, the threat of Islamic terrorism, the harsh economy on our poorer region of the country is a loss of our sovereignty under the US Constitution.

Which is not to mention that Southerners are acutely aware of abuse of the People, by these devices, by high hats in New York and Washington and their Chamber of Commerce allies nationwide.

Star Chamber or Chamber of Commerce, what's the difference? They're issuing Orders in Council just like 250 years ago, ruling by God and by right -- and Congressmen taking their money are their servants, not ours.