who blogs at Dirigo Blue and Kennebec Blues.
Some of us remember when Presidential hopefuls had to endure smoked filled back rooms with unsavory political bosses so they could come out on the courthouse steps in front of the local press and hear the boss man pronounce:
“I think young Jimmy…err I mean Ricky here would make us just a fine prez-ee-dint”.
Apparently for the GOP, getting vetted by Donald Trump is today’s version:
Here’s the essential question. Why would any Presidential hopeful want Donald Trump’s endorsement? Besides being an attention seeking buffoon, an I’m-considering-an-independent-bid tease, laden with big bags of borrowed money built on four bankruptcies, and a total camera hog, what is it that would not cause any candidate to say:
“Mr. Trump invited me to dinner the other day but I’ll have my dinners with everyday Americans as I pursue the Republican nomination. I know we’re often thought of as the party of the rich and big business but that doesn’t mean our souls are for sale or that endorsements by billionaires is what I and voters need in this challenging economy. This guy has a ‘reality’ (do air quotes) TV show where he picks winners and losers. This is America and we don’t do that in our politics, we’re serious about reality. Besides, what’s with the hair?”
Should not such an endorsement be the kiss of death; indeed, why endure a moment with Mr. Rump…err, I mean Trump?
Today’s vocabulary builder follows:
trump [truhmp]
-noun
1. egomaniac, psychologically abnormal individual, self-centered person.
2. Informal - a person full of himself or herself.
3. Slang - a total blowhard.
"The presidential candidate windbag was a boring trump by any possible measure as he pursued attention to stroke his humongous ego."
-verb
4. to revel indiscreetly and thoughtlessly.
5. Informal - to show off excessively, to speak mindlessly, to blab on without letup.
"As a four-time bankrupt real estate developer, he could only trump about his kooky political ideas on a bad reality television show."
Origin [Latin] from homo trumpis - literally "adolescent man."