Consider the other day when all the press was up in arms because he spoke a Truth about what happened to Hilliary back in 2008. She got whipped by Obie-One. Despite fighting hard, she got "schlonged" and lost the election. Because Donald Trump said something publicly in the heat of a political season that at least one person said back in 2011 there is a plethora of panty twisting going on here in America and across The Pond in the U.K.
So what was said back then in 2011? Golly - here it is:
"...according to The Washington Post:
Only one use of "schlonged" as a verb came from a respected political source. In 2011, NPR's Neal Conan made this observation (to The Post's Chris Cillizza) on the 1984 Walter Mondale/Geraldine Ferraro campaign: "That ticket went on to get schlonged at the polls..."http://www.esquire.com/news-politics/news/a40714/donald-trump-schlonged-definition/
So, as you can see from that, it was first used by NPR, a left-wing media outlet in reference to another political campaign which also happened to be a Democrat ticket. Now, can we all say "double-standard"?
In recent days, all of the media talking heads have had their figurative hands over their mouths in shock at the fact that he used such a disgusting term! As if they have never once said or thought something equally as foul. Not on camera because they would get fired, but come on - in private they've never said or thought anything like that? Even Grandma in Iowa has heard (and probably used) the words before. This Pre-Cultural Revolution pretense at shock-talk is stupid. It is utterly false and pathetically disingenuous.
So back to Donald. In my view, above all the other characteristics a human being can have, the most important trait is honesty. I don't care who you are or what you look like, I care about how truthful you are - not just in deed but in word. And, if you have a habit of saying precisely what you think without filter, that's just fine. I'm a grown up and have heard (and used) all the words before. It's not new, it's not shocking and that's another point of laughter for me because I know that all these idiots that are pretending shock are lying about their reaction. They've used the words before, too.
No matter. Donald Trump is crude, coarse and would do far better in a barnyard amongst the pigs and muck than at a state dinner when it comes to his speech habits. He does routinely denigrate women while saying that he admires them, but I think that's the same as some people in various communities referring to friends in less than sparkling terms. Like some young men referring to their friends as "motherfucker" or women calling friends "bitch" or worse. Common pejoratives are routinely turned on their head and used as compliments. In sport, for instance, I've heard illiterate broadcasters say that a player is "filthy good". I've been down this path - it's a stupid use of that adjective, but it is what it is.
Donald speaks from his heart, not from his brain. If he spoke from his brain, weighing every single last thing that he says, he would be no different at all from every other calculating politician. But it's refreshing, in my view, to have someone who does speak plainly.
The other thing in this that I find amusing is that all the media are rushing to Hilliary's aid and comfort, saying what a nasty horrible man Donald is. As if we don't all know that already, and as if that woman needs aid and comfort.
She has skin a mile thick. She's been in the arena of public politics - both with her husband and on her own for long enough that I'm confident she hasn't a single chink in her armor.
If she has had her feelings hurt by Donald Trump then she had better throw in the towel on her campaign right now because there's a whole lot worse in the world than him.
At least with Trump's in-your-face approach to things, you know where he stands and what he's thinking. If it's over the top, you can go toe-to-toe with him, call him out and demand an explanation because there's little wiggle room. With the squishy-touchy-feelie language used by most other people, it's harder to pin down and demand explanation. Which is why I do like Donald's up front approach to things. You know where you stand. You know what he thinks. There's no ambiguity and right now, for this world, we need clarity and I think Donald is the guy to bring it.
So that's what I like about Donald Trump.
Now - have a lovely Christmas! I'm taking tomorrow off, but I'll be back Saturday.
Best~
Philippa
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