Charles Pierce - "...and the audience of equally vicious buffoons..."
Esquire - This Vicious Buffoon Is a Vessel for All the Worst Elements of the American Condition
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"We have had good presidents and bad—a Buchanan is followed by a Lincoln who is followed by an Andrew Johnson, and so forth. But we never have had such a cheap counterfeit of a president* as currently occupies the office. We have had presidents who have been the worthy targets of scalding scorn, but James Callender went after giants. We never have had a president* so completely deserving of scorn and yet so small in the office that it almost seems a waste of time and energy to summon up the requisite contempt.
Watch him make fun of the woman again. Watch how a republic dies in the empty eyes of an empty man who feels nothing but his own imaginary greatness, and who cannot find in himself the decency simply to shut the fuck up even when it is in his best interest to do so. Presidents don't have to be heroes to be good presidents. They just have to realize that their humanity is our common humanity, and that their political commonwealth is our political commonwealth, too. Watch him again, behind the seal of the President of the United States. Isn't he a funny man? Isn't what happened to that lady hilarious? Watch the assembled morons cheer. This is the only story now." Esquire https://www.esquire.com/news-politic...exual-assault/ Mr. Pierce pretty much nails it. It seems like we're living in the end times so bleakly and cynically described by H.L. Mencken. "As democracy is perfected, the office represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. We move toward a lofty ideal. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last, and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._L._Mencken Call me naïve but I have to believe we will survive the era of Trump, it's going to take an enormous amount of work and a huge investment in education going forward. In the meantime, I'm waiting to see what happens in the upcoming elections before despairing completely of the American experiment. s/? |
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Pops served in the 10th Armored Division under Patton, Bronze Star. He fought racists his whole life. Though he missed President Obama's tenure, I'm kind of glad he's gone. The era of Trump would've given him a stroke. |
I know it's wrong to dehumanize people, but I just about can't resist reading that headline as 'vicious baboons.'
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As an addendum...I posted this on another forum in response to the story of the altercation at The Metropolitan Club in NYC. Quote:
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It is perplexing to read so many supporters of the Clintons ravaging Trump.
The Clintons are the forerunners of Trump. The Clintons are the windows through which Trump climb. I imagine Trump saying to himself before he made his run: Well Clinton did it, I can too. |
There is no argument to put forth, that will ever convince those who think such other nonsense. Nothing will change the mind of someone who still supports Trump.
Other then the old one, If Johnny jumps off the roof..... So there for if what you imply were true, does that make it then right what Trump is doing? If it was so outrageous for the Clinton's then why the acceptance, excuses and defection for another now? |
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