Bette Midler tweets Catch-22 quote by Joseph Heller describing Donald Trump today

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Monday February 08, 2016 · 11:30 AM PST

2016/02/08 · 11:30

Never one to hold back, Bette Midler tweeted a quote she found which compared GOP racist, sexist, bigoted warmongering Donald Trump, to a characterization out of the American classic novel Catch-22. The book was written by Joseph Heller over fifty years ago.

“...Catch-22 remains “a cornerstone of American literature and one of the funniest—and most celebrated—books of all time.”

After reading the quote and comparison, some folks can also see Republican lawmaker Ted Cruz and other GOP extremists in Heller’s words below. In any case, the critically acclaimed author who passed away in 1999 seemed to describe the worst of some in the Republican Party—on their best days. See what you think.

Here is Midler’s tweet followed by the quote.

With credit. pic.twitter.com/8wrCbwEY49
— Bette Midler (@BetteMidler) January 4, 2016

“It was miraculous. It was almost no trick at all, he saw, to turn vice into virtue and slander into truth, impotence into abstinence, arrogance into humility, plunder into philanthropy, thievery into honor, blasphemy into wisdom, brutality into patriotism, and sadism into justice. Anybody could do it; it required no brains at all. It merely required no character.” — Joseph Heller, Catch-22

Midler found the quote via Slaughterhouse 90210 Maris Kreizman, who was quite happy with the mention.

.@BetteMidler YOU ARE MY HERO!
Ã¢ÂÂ Maris Kreizman (@mariskreizman) January 4, 2016

Catch-22 had been called one of the most significant American novels of the 20th century. Cheers to both Midler and Kreizman for bringing to light the words of a great author, which bring to light what’s wrong with the Republican Party and American politics today.

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