Posted on 03/12/2016 8:51:58 AM PST by rey
Don’t let the comb-over fool you. Donald Trump’s rhetorical style is straight out of middle school. “He’s like an eighth-grade girl,” Rosalind Wiseman told me. cut
But Wiseman wasn’t talking to me about some unruly kid who threw rocks at a mathlete or called his frenemy names in a Burn Book. She was talking about a 69-year-old man from Queens who is seeking the Republican nomination for president of the United States.cut
“He’s absolutely operating as an intelligent, manipulative bully who truly does not care about the consequences of his actions,” Wiseman said. “He delights in his own ability to manipulate and to show that nobody can stop him.” cut
Trump has ridiculed so many people and places and things that enterprising content creators have made Trump insult generators in his honor. Regular English words are for the time being inextricably linked to Trump because he deploys them so frequently from his insult arsenal: loser, in particular, but also lightweight, stupid, weak, and clown. cut
“People bully to gain power over others, and Trump’s behavior is the epitome of this,” she said. By insulting Fiorina’s appearance, Drew said, Trump was “behaving like the high school bully who’s threatened by a girl who’s smarter than he is,” and by mocking candidates for not polling as well as he is, Trump is “acting like [a] high school football player swaggering into the cafeteria and overturning the lunch tray of a weaker kid.”
(Excerpt) Read more at thedailybeast.com ...
People actually go to “college” these days get a “bully expert” diploma? ROTFL! I didn’t know we needed any of those.
“The Democrats are convinced Trump will be the Republican nominee and are now going into full Alinsky mode against him.”
Agreed. I did not say the so called protesters were right. The article suggests Trump is a bully. According to the definition in the OED he is.
I think you mean the second amendment. BTW Trump packs heat.
He’s a high school football player, eighth grade girl, Hitler bully, obviously.
Here are Donald J. Trump’s core principles, published in 1987.
1. Think Big
2. Protect the Downside and the Upside Will Take Care of Itself
3. Maximize Your Options
4. Know Your Market
5. Use Your Leverage
6. Enhance Your Location
7. Get the Word Out
8. Fight Back
9, Deliver the Goods
10. Contain the Costs
11. Have Fun
Now, if any of the Consistent Conservatives had applied even part of this over the past 30 years the country would not be in the shape it is in today. Instead Consistent Conservatives have stood, marched, and yammered for “family values”, “small government”, “lower taxes”, etc., all while just the opposite happened, over and over again. One betrayal of principle after another.
Here is what Donald J. Trump says at the end of The Art of the Deal:
What’s Next
Fortunately, I don’t know the answer, because if I did, that would take half the fun out of it.
This much I do know: it won’t be the same.
I’ve spent the first twenty years of my working life building, accumulating, and accomplishing things that many said could not be done. The biggest challenge I see over the next twenty years is to figure out some creative ways to give back some of what I’ve gotten.
I don’t just mean money, although that’s part of it. It’s easy to be generous when you’ve got a lot, and anyone who does, should be. But what I admire most are people who put themselves directly on the line. I’ve never been terribly interested in why people give, because their motivation is rarely what it seems to be, and it’s almost never pure altruism. To me, what matters is the doing, and giving time is far more valuable than just giving money.
In my life, there are two things I’ve found I’m very good at: overcoming obstacles and motivating good people to do their best work. One of the challenges ahead is how to use those skills as successfully in the service of others as I’ve done, up to now, on my own behalf.
Don’t get me wrong. I also plan to keep making deals, big deals, and right around the clock.
Trump, Donald J.; Schwartz, Tony (2009-12-18). Trump: The Art of the Deal (Kindle Locations 4246-4252). Random House Publishing Group. Kindle Edition.
EXPERTS
The Titanic was built by experts.
The ARK was built by an amateur.
Stupidest thing I have ever read, more like a third grade girl.
Much before, but certainly after last night I am not willing to listen to anyone’s anti-Trump complaints. The Marxists and their willing accomplices are on the march.
“REALLY picked the wrong day to post this.”
Thanks. You made me laugh. Is what I did here any different than the taunting that Trump engages in? Probably only in the sense that I am not name calling other than suggesting Trump is a bully, and according to the definition offered in the OED, he is.
My real reason for posting this old article today is twofold; it hadn’t been posted before, and what happened last night is a taste of Trump’s own behavior. I love the irony of it. No. I do not support the so called protesters, nor do I support the other bully. By the way, all politicians are bullies or potential bullies especially if you believe that all government is force. We need to be careful of who we put in charge of that kind of force.
Are you really saying that we should not be "yammering" about family values, but instead take on the values of Donald Trump and somehow we will be a better country?
Are you really wanting to go with that?
Oh yeah...I forgot about esteemed educator.
“Much before, but certainly after last night I am not willing to listen to anyone’s anti-Trump complaints. The Marxists and their willing accomplices are on the march.”
I hear you but I do not think you should fight one bully with another, as entertaining as that may be.
Even a blind communist pig will root up an acorn now and then.
Meanwhile republicans are still thinking about ways to take Trump down.
Maybe running Bob Dole again as a last ditch effort will work.....
Still, even if true, that’s a BIG improvement.
Most politicians act like third graders...
I did mean the second. Sorry. Thanks for the correction. The first amendment is pretty sweet too. And yes, Trump was denied his and it was wrong. As Voltaire said, “I may disagree with every word you say but will defend to my death your right to say it.” Important to note he died in 1779 and was certainly read by the Founders.
bullies go after the weak and powerless....is she saying that Bush was weak and powerless....every person I have seen him go after has been a type A personality...you cant bully this type of person. I see crocdial tears from those that claim that trump is a bully.
Most politicians act like third graders...
Point. I still would not say he is an improvement.
I do not see any significant difference between the Democrats and the Republicans. That is what has spawned Trump and he is not a Republican in the current sense of the word.
After Donald Trump finishes doing all the “Trump Values” things he has promised: build the wall, deport illegals and Syrian invaders, cancel Obama’s unconstitutional executive orders, roll back twenty years of intrusive government regulations, prosecute Hillary and her crew, release the secret 28 pages from the 9/11 report, negotiate prescription drug purchases, repeal and replace Obamacare, simplify the Tax code, repatriate $2.5 trillion in off-shore profits, stop the IRS from abridging the free speech of Christian Churches, reform the libel laws to remove the “public figure” distinctions, defund Planned Parenthood until the stop doing abortions, cleaning up the mess that is the VA, cutting waste, fraud and abuse where ever it is found, canceling Common Core and returning control of education to the States, end the assault on the Second Amendment, audit the Federal Reserve System, investigate the harmful additives in Vaccines and the coverup of studies at the CDC, and destroy the culture of Political Correctness, then we can talk about all those “Family Values” issues you want to address.
Now that the "politically correct" bullies are taking their effort to resist Trump to the streets, as in last night's deliberate interference with thousands of Chicagoans Constitutional right to peaceably assemble, to seek redress for the grievances that Trump was going to address, it is time to rally to Donald's cause.
Let us vindicate the unhorsing of the "politically correct" mountebanks who have been allowed to stifle honest dissent for far too long.
We Stand With Donald!
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