Those tiresome comparisons of The
Donald to Hitler (or, somewhat more plausibly, to Mussolini; even more plausibly, to Berlusconi) quite fail to capture the rotundity of
his appeal. A substantial number of
even quite well-educated and relatively liberal people, very far from the MSM
stereotype of his supporters as merely ignorant haters, find him at the very least amusing, and
even -- by comparison with the two-faced, scripted, often groveling other
candidates (e.g. Hillary at AIPAC this morning) -- at times refreshing. To grasp this, we need to evoke a
different character from history:
Sir John Falstaff.
Sir Donald, merry at his mead |
Falstaff is totally
unapologetic: he revels in his
lechery and chicanery, lies without scruple, and when caught in a lie,
unabashedly seeks to turn everything to his own advantage. But his knavery is so engaging and his lust for life so keen, that he
has become one of the favorite characters of the Bard.
Owing to a mole inside the Trump
campaign, the World of Dr Justice
-- renowned for xxx-clusive scoops -- has obtained an advance copy of the
cabinet appointments contemplated by President-to-be Trump (inflect “to be” for
the subjunctive, here):
Secretary of War:
Ralph Mouldy
Secretary of
Gaming: Thomas Wart
Secretary of
Health, Education, and Welfare Miscellaneous: Simon Shadow
Secretary of Free
Enterprise : Peter Bull-calf.
Secretary of This, That, and the Other
Thing: Francis Feeble
U heard it here first.
[Update 26 March 2016] Another plausible comparison: Trump as "the white man's Marion Barry":
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/donald-trump-the-new-marion-barry/2016/03/25/47fce1d4-f203-11e5-85a6-2132cf446d0a_story.html
~ The World of Dr Justice™ ~
~ “RUMINT
U can trust”© ~
[Update 26 March 2016] Another plausible comparison: Trump as "the white man's Marion Barry":
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/donald-trump-the-new-marion-barry/2016/03/25/47fce1d4-f203-11e5-85a6-2132cf446d0a_story.html
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