video clip of Texan Rick Roderick in 1993:

https://mastodon.social/@RoundSparrow/114501211108169479

 

Donald Trump's extreme popularity was explained by Rick Roderick in 1993.

1. Dorf on Golf 1987
2. Tony Clifton late 1970's
3. Rodney Dangerfield was a big fan of Andy Kaufman, and he hired Tony Clifton to open for him

 

"And we get for the first time a phenomenon never known in polling which is the phenomenon of not liking a person, but of liking liking a person. This is a sign you are dealing with the hyperreal. Let me go over that again: Reagan’s popularity was popular." - Texan Rick Roderick, Duke University, 1993