Posted on 02/02/2020 3:16:40 PM PST by conservative98
Mike Bloomberg’s campaign just went there with Donald Trump.
After coming under a barrage of attacks from the president Sunday, Bloomberg responded by calling Trump a “pathological liar” — standard rhetoric among Democrats. But then his campaign went further.
“The president,” Bloomberg spokeswoman Julie Wood said, “lies about everything: his fake hair, his obesity, and his spray-on tan.”
Not since Marco Rubio mocked Trump’s supposedly small hands — a stand-in, the unspoken logic went, for lacking in another anatomical department — has one of his rivals tried to play the personal insult game against the disparager-in-chief. The common belief is that it’s a lost cause and only backfires, as Rubio learned the hard way, on the person who tries.
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It hasn’t hurt him yet. Like it or not, it’s effective.
Trump has Melania.
Bloomberg is a chronic masturbater.
In Julie Wood's twitter profile you see a double chin and a protruding mid section.
In this picture there appears to be high body fat and lack of muscle tone. If you did a body fat analysis, Mike Bloomberg's spokeswoman would likely appear in the overweight range, possibly even obese. Not that I want to point this out. But she is talking about other people's weights and looks in a nasty tone.
Second pic from: Former Bloomberg Spokeswoman (Julie Wood) Fined for Violating Conflict of Interest Rules
Wood said in her own defense that she "was not engaged in business dealings with the city," but added that she now understands that her behavior broke the rules.
Impeach Julie Wood!
Hold on...I just insulted third graders... 😋
Even better. Thanks. ( they critiqued Reagan’s hair too. About which I know nothing but it’s interesting they go after hair!)
We pretty much agree
Um, guess I missed when Trump became obese. He is a big guy. But obese? Nope.
Scientifically he would be classified as overweight or near obese. I wish he would exercise and lose the 10-15 lbs he was talking about about a year. However, he looks worse at times because he wears a bulletproof vest.
It’s possible that President Trump started it by making fun of Bloomberg’s height...
There are plenty of great things POTUS has accomplished without making ad hominem attacks. I mean, he’s lowering himself to Bloomberg’s level...«8D
Even with his elevator insoles and billions,he will NEVER measure up literally not figuratively to President Trump. He will die a billionaire loser.
It’s also worth noting that Trump’s trolling of his rivals via personal insults has a tactical purpose beyond just appealing to voters. These insults have an effect on his opponents. It’s like trash talking in sports. It can get in your opponent’s head and put him off balance. Trump is a New Yorker and has that street brawler instinct, and he uses whatever he has available to him to try and gain an edge, in this case a psychological edge, over his opponents.
Remember how the ‘Low Energy’ label he slapped on JEB left JEB frustrated? I just read today that Bloomberg is furious over Trump’s attacks on his height. It could be fake news, but I tend to believe it. Guys like Bloomberg don’t know how to respond to personal attacks like Trump’s. If they don’t respond they look weak. If they respond in kind they look petty and tend to come out the loser because Trump is so much better at the trash talking game than they are, and people have grown used to it from Trump so it doesn’t hurt him as much as his opponents to engage in it.
Our side finally figured out what Alinsky said, “Ridicule is man’s most potent weapon.”
Yep. It’s about time.
Ha! I see. The is for the info. And he does look good with it
I don’t disagree with what you said about attacking people for things that they have no control over, like their physical attributes. It’s something I generally find distasteful as well. But I give Trump a pass for the most part, because of the reasons I laid out, and also because the people he’s attacking, like Carly, Bloomberg, etc. aren’t babies. They know that things are going to get rough when they enter the arena, and I’m sure they are capable of being just as cutthroat in their own way as Trump is.
Also, I think most voters don’t take his insults too literally and know what Trump is up to (trying to fluster his opponents rather than harboring any true animosity towards them for their appearance). The thing about Trump’s insults is that even when they are ostensibly targeting a physical attribute, there is usually a more subtle underlying message aimed at their character hidden within the attack. Think Rubio. He was tagged with ‘Little Marco’. Trump also made fun of his excessive sweating. Both attacks were effective because they were really targeting his immaturity and inability to handle the demands of the job more than any physical shortcomings.
Anyway, thanks for the response. I enjoyed talking with you.
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