John Baron
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"I believe there was probably a more" disgraceful and disgusting political campaign waged in the nation, than the one waged by the "loud New York bully" of 721 Fifth Avenue, New York waged ... but I can't think of one. I also believe that "there is probably" another "sniveling coward" out there, "who has less regard for the truth than," the self-described "most fabulous whiner" Donald J Trump has ... "but I can’t think of his" or her name.
The above is a paraphrase of words used by President John F. Kennedy. It contains a few quotes from US Senator Ted Cruz, and a quote directly from the mouth of our current President-elect. Like Senator Ted Cruz in 2016, JFK in 1960, was a US Senator and presidential candidate, who was mocking, and calling out a man who reveled in his role as a populist bully: William Loeb. Like the President-elect, William Loeb would attack with venom, the wives and other family members of politicians he disagreed with. There seemed no bounds to the level the man would stoop to. The level of the gutter was often too high.
William Leob, was the publisher of the Manchester Union Leader, and he wielded an out-sized influence on national politics, by the mere fact that New Hampshire historically held the first in the nation presidential primary. Loeb was infamous for using insults to personally attack anyone and everyone in sight. Loeb seemed to delight so much in calling people names, it earned him a name of his own ... a title, sort of ... King of Epithets. Reminds me of the President-elect.
Last summer the President-elect became the GOP nominee for President in a grueling, nasty and bitter, and I say ... a vile and parasitic campaign. One that pit Republican against Republican, and conservative against conservatives, and worst of all, Americans against Americans in ways we haven't seen in a generation or more. Thanks to the single-handed efforts of the President-elect, the level of the GOP primary campaign sank so low as to set the level below the gutter for what was to unfold in the general election. The then GOP primary candidate wielded an out-sized influence in the national media, because he was willing to use tactics that were considered, impolite, threatening, outrageous, disgusting, vile, and sleazy. Yet make no mistake about it. Using electoral politics standards of past presidential contests, and not the tactics of campaigns, the President-elect won the presidential contest of 2016 fair and square. When he is sworn into office on January 20, 2017, he will become the 45th President of the United States of America. It is how he won, more than the fact that he won, that is most disturbing. Maybe the style and tactics of his campaign were all just a game to him, but once something considered vile and disgusting becomes acceptable to a community, it resets the standards of that community.
Using a search engine, I stumbled upon something I believe would appeal to the President-elect's vanity, and parasitic nature: "The common cuckoo (Cuculus canorus) is a member of the cuckoo order of birds, Cuculiformes, which includes the roadrunners, the anis and the coucals." The common cuckoo "is a brood parasite, which means it lays eggs in the nests of other bird species." It is tempting to label the President-elect as a member of the anis (pronounced 'anus' just as Boehner is pronounced bainer) branch of the cuckoo family, it is probably more fitting to label him a garden variety, common cuckoo. Who knows, maybe the self-described "most fabulous whiner" would embrace the label ... as he has no shame.
The Smithsonian Magazine has an article titled "Cuckoos Don't Sneak Into Other Birds' Nests—They Barge Right In." It goes on to say "Cuckoos don't just make other bird's raise their young, they lay their eggs while the other bird is in the nest." Donald J. Trump not only barged into the GOP primaries and the public psyche, using tactics considered unacceptable and unimaginable only a day before he announced his candidacy, but he barged right in and laid a couple of eggs that are yet to hatch. I believe the political gods have a sense of humor. Ahh, America's false sense of superiority and vanity.
John Baron
The above is a paraphrase of words used by President John F. Kennedy. It contains a few quotes from US Senator Ted Cruz, and a quote directly from the mouth of our current President-elect. Like Senator Ted Cruz in 2016, JFK in 1960, was a US Senator and presidential candidate, who was mocking, and calling out a man who reveled in his role as a populist bully: William Loeb. Like the President-elect, William Loeb would attack with venom, the wives and other family members of politicians he disagreed with. There seemed no bounds to the level the man would stoop to. The level of the gutter was often too high.
William Leob, was the publisher of the Manchester Union Leader, and he wielded an out-sized influence on national politics, by the mere fact that New Hampshire historically held the first in the nation presidential primary. Loeb was infamous for using insults to personally attack anyone and everyone in sight. Loeb seemed to delight so much in calling people names, it earned him a name of his own ... a title, sort of ... King of Epithets. Reminds me of the President-elect.
Last summer the President-elect became the GOP nominee for President in a grueling, nasty and bitter, and I say ... a vile and parasitic campaign. One that pit Republican against Republican, and conservative against conservatives, and worst of all, Americans against Americans in ways we haven't seen in a generation or more. Thanks to the single-handed efforts of the President-elect, the level of the GOP primary campaign sank so low as to set the level below the gutter for what was to unfold in the general election. The then GOP primary candidate wielded an out-sized influence in the national media, because he was willing to use tactics that were considered, impolite, threatening, outrageous, disgusting, vile, and sleazy. Yet make no mistake about it. Using electoral politics standards of past presidential contests, and not the tactics of campaigns, the President-elect won the presidential contest of 2016 fair and square. When he is sworn into office on January 20, 2017, he will become the 45th President of the United States of America. It is how he won, more than the fact that he won, that is most disturbing. Maybe the style and tactics of his campaign were all just a game to him, but once something considered vile and disgusting becomes acceptable to a community, it resets the standards of that community.
Using a search engine, I stumbled upon something I believe would appeal to the President-elect's vanity, and parasitic nature: "The common cuckoo (Cuculus canorus) is a member of the cuckoo order of birds, Cuculiformes, which includes the roadrunners, the anis and the coucals." The common cuckoo "is a brood parasite, which means it lays eggs in the nests of other bird species." It is tempting to label the President-elect as a member of the anis (pronounced 'anus' just as Boehner is pronounced bainer) branch of the cuckoo family, it is probably more fitting to label him a garden variety, common cuckoo. Who knows, maybe the self-described "most fabulous whiner" would embrace the label ... as he has no shame.
The Smithsonian Magazine has an article titled "Cuckoos Don't Sneak Into Other Birds' Nests—They Barge Right In." It goes on to say "Cuckoos don't just make other bird's raise their young, they lay their eggs while the other bird is in the nest." Donald J. Trump not only barged into the GOP primaries and the public psyche, using tactics considered unacceptable and unimaginable only a day before he announced his candidacy, but he barged right in and laid a couple of eggs that are yet to hatch. I believe the political gods have a sense of humor. Ahh, America's false sense of superiority and vanity.
John Baron
