Interesting post, yours. And yes, I will agree that sometimes you have to break a few eggs to make an omelet. That is particularly true in the primaries.
I suppose I judge all GOP politicians (Trump included) by comparing them with Reagan. Reagan was a master of sly humor and clever story-telling. He rarely insulted anyone.
I know, Trump is not Reagan. Two very different personalities. But Trump could learn a thing or two from the Gipper.
“Reagan was a master of sly humor and clever story-telling. He rarely insulted anyone.”
‘A hippie is someone who looks like Tarzan, walks like Jane and smells like Cheetah.’ - RR
[Re: Gerald Ford -1975] “I played football too, the only difference - I wore a helmet”. - RR
I loved Reagan immensely, and although I know it’s a no-no to say it, I think he and Trump have a lot in common.
The thing about an insult is that if you’re not on the receiving end you might think it’s very funny. I doubt Gerald Ford’s family and supporters liked Reagan’s implication that Ford was brain damaged.
I’m sure millions of ex-hippies didn’t appreciate being told they smelled like apes and walked like girls. Girls, gays, and anyone that wore their hair long back then could have taken offense. If you were a WW2 vet still sporting a crew cut and a suit & tie, I imagine you’d think the comment was hilarious and well deserved.
I laughed my ass off when Trump said “because you’d be in jail”. Very Reaganesque.
Like Trump, Reagan called it the way he saw it, and didn’t bow to political correctness. Reagan made enemies too. We consider him the best POTUS ever, but the other half of the country thinks he was the worst. That he was a dunce, a B actor, a goof, a reckless war monger - they hated it when he called the USSR the evil empire.