"I was wrong about Trump. He's got MOXIE."

Wikipedia, and un-citeabe Salon ^ | 03/10/16 | 50sdad

[50sDad]

I think Paglia on Salon may be unlinkable, so I just pulled up the Wikipedia link, for a word she used in her article, cited on Drudge, today...so here goes...

I am a news and political junkie, as most know. I have watched Donald Trump’s rise and been amused by how the masses embrace him, and the Elites fear him. Today, in a web article, I bumped into a word that has fallen out of favor...and is rushing back at us, bigtime:

Moxie.

A footnote to history, mostly. A soft-drink that modeled itself as being the Zip, the Flash, the Next Big Thing. And for a time, it was synonymous with AMERICAN, in bold caps. When the Greatest Generation saved the world from the Nazis because, Duh, they were evil and it needed to be done; when we were sure that of COURSE our Western culture was better, when we knew who we were...we had Moxie.

JFK had it when he committed us to landing on the moon. Reagan had it in bunches when he lay the foundation to bring down the Berlin Wall. It was Morning in America, and most of us smelled the bacon.

We come from seven years of bowing to tyrants, flushing “green” money into fake companies, and apologizing for America. But somebody is saying, “Screw this...I want American greatness back.”

I prefer Cruz as a rational planner. I want him for VP or Executive Adviser, and I tell you...if Trump wins it, he’s going to be smart enough to hire the best to do the things he knows he needs help with. But you scared Canada-bound Liberals, you trembling intellectuals, you East-Coast socialists and West-Coast “celebrities”, you entrenched Republican elites and soon-to-be-indicted Democrats...it’s coming back.

Moxie.

[traderrob6]

You pay attention to her if you wish.....my time is better spent elsewhere.

[smoothsailing]

My mistake, disregard.

[catbertz]

I’ve been to Galcos soda store! It’s like a soda museum. I think they may have the largest selection of forgotten sodas for sale anywhere.

[kiryandil]

He’s got the psycho lesbian Madonna-worshippers vote.

I went and read Ms. Paglia's most recent.

She was apparently responding to fan letters.

Down the page further, someone axed her about Lena Dunham.

She took off Dunham's head like a 330-pound defensive lineman on a 6th-grade Pee Wee League quarterback...

[kiryandil]

I admit, I have no idea who this person is, but as Slim Pickens said in Blazing Saddles, “She uses her mouth purtier than a $20 whore.”

Paglia is an honest Lefty - kind of like a unicorn.

She tore up Bill Clinton pretty good, back in the day. Most of the Left hates her, because her stock-in-trade is Truth. :)

[SunkenCiv]

Trump bashers cite Salon all the time, it’s not a problem.

I was wrong about Donald Trump: Camille Paglia on the GOP front-runner’s refreshing candor (and his impetuousness, too)
http://www.salon.com/2016/03/10/i_was_wrong_about_donald_trump_camille_paglia_on_the_gop_front_runners_refreshing_candor_and_his_impetuousness_too/

[GOPJ]

I prefer Cruz as a rational planner. I want him for VP or Executive Adviser, and I tell you...if Trump wins it, he’s going to be smart enough to hire the best to do the things he knows he needs help with. But you scared Canada-bound Liberals, you trembling intellectuals, you East-Coast socialists and West-Coast “celebrities”, you entrenched Republican elites and soon-to-be-indicted Democrats...it’s coming back. Moxie.

Great post...