The Donald and the Demagogues

Wall Street Journal ^ | 9/1/15 | Bret Stephens

[Demiurge2]

The Donald and the Demagogues

Democracies that trade substance for charisma don’t last. Trump is America’s answer to Hugo Chávez.

By Bret Stephens

Aug. 31, 2015 7:34 p.m. ET

If by now you don’t find Donald Trump appalling, you’re appalling.

If you have reached physical maturity and still chuckle at Mr. Trump’s pubescent jokes about Rosie O’Donnell or Heidi Klum, you will never reach mental maturity. If you watched Mr. Trump mock fellow candidate Lindsey Graham’s low poll numbers and didn’t cringe at the lack of class, you are incapable of class. If you think we need to build new airports in Queens the way they build them in Qatar, you should be sent to join the millions of forced laborers who do construction in the Persian Gulf. It would serve you right.....

[DoughtyOne]

Yes, they are.

[uncitizen]

Does this stuff actually work on anybody?

[Georgia Girl 2]

I’m taking up a collection to pay to have the fudgesicle stick surgically removed from Brett’s azz. :-)

[conservatism_IS_compassion]

and subject to the jurisdiction thereof

IOW, owing loyalty to the US.

[Salamander]

Full agreement with everything you said.

I know we’re the stupid party but I pray they’re not *that* stupid.

This is nerve wracking.

/go Trump!

[DoughtyOne]

Thank you Salamander.

[Grampa Dave]

Are you a English teacher?

[gogeo]

Yeah! What you said there.