Posted on 08/28/2018 1:57:15 PM PDT by Kaslin
With the election of Donald Trump as president, the words "civility" and "character" have become among the most overused terms in current political discourse. According to his adversaries, Trump grotesquely lacks these attributes. However, over the past 30 years, the necessity of possessing and living by these traits has been limited to the Republican Party or conservatives in general. The Democrats and the American left are exempt from this requirement.
If Donald Trump had run for president and won as the nominee of the Democratic Party, his lack of character and rampant incivility would not be an issue, and in fact, those mannerisms would be praised as revealing a tenacious and determined personality.
How did this absurd double standard evolve? It began in 1988 with the election of George H.W. Bush. He won not on his own merits, but almost solely because he was the beneficiary of being the vice president during the two terms of Ronald Reagan – in many ways the most successful and popular president of the twentieth century.
The Bush family dynasty exemplifies the patrician attitude of holding oneself above the fray after fulfilling one's pre-ordained obligation to society. This may have been fine in the halcyon days of the past, when America's future seemed limitless and those answering to the call of duty and their political adversaries alike were for the most part honorable people.
The 1992 presidential election campaign of George H.W. Bush, in keeping with his penchant for civility, ran a lackluster campaign against Bill Clinton, relying instead on his record and sterling character. Bush and the Republican National Committee, upon his instructions, never went for the jugular with Clinton, who was saddled with innumerable scandals and falsehoods.
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I just addressed his “dignity” a few minutes ago:
What Is dignified? Is it being lied to, mislead and used? How many times have we been bamboozled by pretty words that meant NOTHING?
I’m not offended, truth is truth, action is action and beauty is beauty whether it is wrapped in velvet or butcher paper. Lies are lies, no matter how many “dignified” words they are wrapped in.
It is too stupid to want glib, pretty words standing for truth. I’d rather have a Patton or Churchill than a Shakespeare any day.
Dignity and character doesn’t describe the Left.
Just look at Lanny Davis and CNN. Case closed.
Trump’s message is simple: We’re mad as Hell and we’re not going to take it anymore. MAGA
Dry good. Romney needs to be reminded he was accused by the left of being a liar so he needs to keep his mouth shut about President Trump
What lack of character? I don’t see it - he keeps his promises to the American people and is a staunch America-lover determined to right the wrongs committed by characterless leftists. What do I care about his private life? Get over it!
With Dubya, the extremely overused term was “gravitas” because of course Dubya was a dunce and had no “gravitas.”
Now the nastiest, pettiest bad actors on the left are stuck on the word civility”—as if they had any. BARF
And by the way, one of the nastiest, meanest, petty and foul-mouthed bad actors EVER was JOHN MCCAIN!!!!
Yeah, but he’s not “nuanced,” LOL.
It was never fine, and he lacked integrity.
The left has considered us “enemies” for decades, while the GOP keeps calling them their “friends”. Case in point, Hillary was asked who she considered to be “enemies”. She didn’t reply North Korea, Iran or even Russia, she said “Republicans”.
BTT
The author of this article is talking about himself; not President Trump. Such a typical projection from a leftist.
Do not let them make you care.
They use “civility” to disarm you. Screw them.
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