Why 'The Donald' Trumps Obama's Cult of Celebrity



By Steven Crowder
Published April 13, 2011
| FoxNews.com



If I were to have told you five years ago that somewhere in the near future, we would see a candidate whisked into office not based on any previous political accomplishments, not for any stellar track record with the American public, but by the sheer magnitude of his celebrity…

… Wait, did I just describe the Barack Obama circa ’08 or did I just describe Donald Trump?

Let me first state that this is not an endorsement, nor a prediction regarding Donald Trump’s viability as a presidential candidate. I have no idea as to whether an iconic walking haircut with teeth can be elected to the Oval Office, but the more I think about it, the less it would surprise me. What is important is that we remember this; Barack Obama the politician was never elected to office. Barack Obama the celebrity was.

The Barack Obama with arguably the most far-left track record in the Senate and when he wasn’t voting with the radical left, he voted a mere “presentâ€