[TheRealThing]

I saw no need to "admit" the obvious. Organized protests are a part of presidential campaigns. Some candidates handle the protests well and maintain as much safety and security for their supporters as possible and some do not. Trump obviously strives to exploit conflict between his supporters and protesters for personal political gain.

The fact that Trump is the Republican front runner makes his events bigger targets than other candidates' events, but I do not believe that Trump does anything to avoid or diffuse conflicts with protesters. Trump has a Secret Service detail protecting him from the consequences of his actions, but he places attendees of his events in harm's way.

You will never see Cruz or Rubio encouraging their supporters to "knock the crap" out of a protester, nor will you ever hear them offering to pay the legal costs for anybody who physically attacks a protester. Those are the actions of a candidate who has no respect for his supporters and no concern for their safety. Trump loves his supporters the way that wealthy Romans loved their best gladiators.

This country has become a laughingstock under Obama and now we're looking at a potential choice between a reckless clown and a felon to succeed him. I am angry at the Republican establishment but not angry enough to choose either of those two very bad choices.

I've never seen organized violent protests the likes of Chicago. And you know there has not been a single case of a presidential candidate canceling a political rally because of violence, nor has violence ever characterized a rally in the same manner as we saw there.

Militant and menacing looking thugs were all over the place. That is intimidation and that is a crime against the citizens of this country. Why downplay it's significance?

One thing is certain, the common thread that bound those protestors, bore no faint similarity to a desire to peacefully express their right to Free Speech through demonstration. What they did was to limit the Free Speech assault and the threat of assault to stymie rights of Mr Trump and all of his supporters.