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National Review ^ | March 24, 2016 | Ian Tuttle

Posted on 03/24/2016 3:24:11 PM PDT by Steelfish

Welcome to Our Post-Literate Political Culture

By Ian Tuttle March 24, 2016

Donald Trump’s decision not only to threaten Ted Cruz’s wife but, now, to double down and mock her is the most loathsome moment yet in a campaign characterized by vulgarity and bullying. About Trump’s penchant for bullying I wrote yesterday.

But about his misogyny, an additional thought. The caption to Trump’s repulsive retweet reads A picture is worth 1000 words, which is generally a stupid thing people say to excuse themselves from the hard work of plumbing their mind for words. In reality, the pictures of Mrs. Trump and Mrs. Cruz reveal nothing.

But, naturally, Trump thinks they do, because Trump works almost exclusively in the realm of images.

Consider Trump’s liberal use of the word “beautiful.” His wife is beautiful, and his daughter. But so are his hotels. So are “American tax dollars,” Trump campaign t-shirts, and standing ovations. So are his websites, and the door he’s going to build into the wall (also “beautiful”) that he is going to erect between the U.S. and Mexico. So is air.

None of those things is beautiful (and describing tax dollars as beautiful is borderline certifiable). But Trump calls them beautiful, because he’s all about appearances. The determinative factor is how things look. It’s the category in which he thinks. As he told Esquire in 1991: “You know, it doesn’t really matter what [the media] write, as long as you’ve got a young and beautiful piece of ass.” (snip)

It doesn’t matter as long as everyone sees that you’ve got a young and beautiful “piece of ass.” Trump does not care about actual elegance, class, or beauty, which require cultivation to be able to discern. (His various construction projects are evidence enough of this. The Taj Mahal is beautiful.

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TOPICS: Politics
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To: Steelfish

This forum is almost indistinguishable from DU. All the leftest twaddle against the front runner is exactly the same.


21 posted on 03/24/2016 3:46:33 PM PDT by Lagmeister ( false prophets shall rise, and shall show signs and wonders Mark 13:22)
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To: Bob434

Cram that.


22 posted on 03/24/2016 3:47:04 PM PDT by Lagmeister ( false prophets shall rise, and shall show signs and wonders Mark 13:22)
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To: reaganaut1

Replace Trump with Cruz and you got it right. Cruz is a pug-ugly, loathsome and corrupt puke.


23 posted on 03/24/2016 3:48:35 PM PDT by Lagmeister ( false prophets shall rise, and shall show signs and wonders Mark 13:22)
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To: Lagmeister

Cram that lol- k bud- whatever- It wasn’t me making those statements about women- it was your candidate- your anger is directed in the wrong direction


24 posted on 03/24/2016 3:51:57 PM PDT by Bob434
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To: Steelfish
Always post this when you post an article from the National e- Spew:

The Yellow Kid points the way to yellow journalism...

25 posted on 03/24/2016 3:53:52 PM PDT by kiryandil (.)
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To: Steelfish

Geez. I hope young Ian didn’t get spittle all over his computer screen before his head exploded...


26 posted on 03/24/2016 3:55:51 PM PDT by kiryandil (.)
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To: Bob434
I’ve read the article- I repeat- I hope you have your flame suit ready because trumpies are going to barbecue you for posting something less than flattering about trump- take it for what it’s worth

Less than flattering is a profound understatement. In the first two sentences utter disgust of Trump was spilling out of my monitor onto my desk.

It is hard to take people seriously when they accuse Trump of being a bully between the breaths that they launch vile hatred at him.

27 posted on 03/24/2016 3:58:03 PM PDT by AndyTheBear
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To: Steelfish; Jan_Sobieski
Trump is going down in flames losing to Hillary by as much as 18-points (wipeout); has a 68% negative rating; is 33 points under water with women who make up 53% of the electorate. It’s not his asinine comments on women and pushing the nuclear button so much as the nightmare of losing a pivotal election.


28 posted on 03/24/2016 4:04:34 PM PDT by kiryandil (.)
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To: Steelfish

Never underestimate a con man/salesman. The Nationa Enquirer article on Cruz should delight the Trump people and be retaliation for the offense of an anti Trump PAC running reprints of published photos of Trump’s wife that were pubically and legally available.


29 posted on 03/24/2016 4:07:26 PM PDT by JimSEA
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To: 20yearsofinternet
Propelling leftist “Trump is violent” narratives means NRO is no different than Salon and MSNBC at this point. They can go to hell, I can’t wait until their rag folds.

William Randolph Hearst would be PROUD of the "yellow press" tradition being carried on by NRO. :)

30 posted on 03/24/2016 4:08:42 PM PDT by kiryandil (.)
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To: reaganaut1

Cro-Manhattan misogynist Trump has been honest about his lowest-common-denominator leadership style, reality-show persona.. we’ll see ifwe really are Idiocracy soon.


31 posted on 03/24/2016 4:08:58 PM PDT by txhurl (Unity: we can take ALL the marbles now. It's now or never.)
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To: Steelfish

32 posted on 03/24/2016 4:11:34 PM PDT by Byron_the_Aussie (It's them or us.)
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To: Steelfish

What aspect of Trump’s success makes you most envious, Steelie?


33 posted on 03/24/2016 4:12:11 PM PDT by Byron_the_Aussie (It's them or us.)
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To: Bob434

NeanderTrump is herding his women slaves on FR worse than I would ever have imagined.


34 posted on 03/24/2016 4:18:25 PM PDT by txhurl (Unity: we can take ALL the marbles now. It's now or never.)
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To: NIKK

Trump was the one who, in 1991, referred to his own wife as a “piece of ass” in an Esquire interview.
The National Review author, Ian Tuttle, is referencing Trump’s quote.


35 posted on 03/24/2016 4:19:34 PM PDT by mumblypeg (Reality is way more complicated than the internet. That's why I'm here.)
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To: kiryandil

Cute, but stupid. I will spot you 40 percentage points and bet you my conservativeness and IQ are still higher than yours


36 posted on 03/24/2016 4:22:52 PM PDT by Jan_Sobieski (Sanctification)
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To: Jan_Sobieski
Cute, but stupid. I will spot you 40 percentage points and bet you my conservativeness and IQ are still higher than yours

Well, you lost that bet, unless you're Marilyn vos Savant. :)

37 posted on 03/24/2016 4:29:33 PM PDT by kiryandil (.)
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To: Steelfish

I realize you fancy yourself some political guru or something. I just have to ask, how is Cruz this years standard ‘conservative’ when ALL the amnesty freaks are lining up behind him? How do you guys continue to spin this reality and come out the other end?

Biggest hypocrites are those who STILL want to believe lying Teddy is working for YOU.


38 posted on 03/24/2016 4:29:47 PM PDT by AllAmericanGirl44
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To: mumblypeg
Trump was the one who, in 1991, referred to his own wife as a “piece of ass” in an Esquire interview

Are we sure he wasn't simply addressing her foreignness, and her subsequent complete and total welcome into the Trump family and also the U.S.A. itself?

"(She is) a young and beautiful piece of us."

See? I bet that's what it was.

39 posted on 03/24/2016 4:30:08 PM PDT by Fightin Whitey
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To: Aliska

Yes, Heidi is attractive too..


40 posted on 03/24/2016 4:30:32 PM PDT by freespirit2012
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