Republican presidential candidate Donald J. Trump seems to think that his supporters are as misogynistic as he is. He must even think that female supporters won’t be bothered by this. -
As reported in The Washington Post:
But with the nomination apparently secured, last week’s fusillade of digs seemed counterproductive. Why go after the GOP’s only two female minority governors — Martinez and South Carolina’s Nikki Haley — when there are many other elected Republicans who have not endorsed him? What does he gain from smearing a former employee (Barbara Res, a former employee quoted in an article about his treatment of women) and a federal judge (Gonzalo Curiel)* whom most of his supporters have never heard of?
We can be sure Barbara Res won’t be voting for him. But I wonder what governor’s Martinez and Haley will do in the privacy of the voting booth.
And then there’s Hillary’s unpresidential lady scream.
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Why comment on Clinton’s voice instead of her record? Why do I even pose this question? He knows he will get more mileage out of nonsensical insults like calling her “crocked Hillary” than even saying she was the worst Secretary of State in history. Notice he’s stopped using that ludicrous accusation. He tried casting her along with her husband, the "worst abuser of women in history” but nobody seemed to care. Then he tried to float her and Bill as likely the murderers of their good friend Vince Foster. That one sank like a lead balloon. -
What’s left is junior high bully insults, most of them related to the fact that Hillary is a woman. Note below the use of the word “looks” instead of “is.” The most superficial presidential candidate in modern history is pontificating about his opponent’s looks!
“Do you think — honestly, honestly, honestly — do you think Hillary looks presidential?” (The crowd answered in unison as Trump smirked: “Noooo!”)
“I don’t think so,” Trump continued, shaking his head. “And I’m not going to say it because I’m not allowed to say it because I want to be politically correct, so I refuse to say that I cannot stand her screaming into the microphone all of the time.”
Trump gets cheers when he calls Hillary unpresidential based solely of how she sounds when she raises her voice. Talk about the pot filled with hot, steaming s#it calling Hillary’s (perhaps slightly tarnished depending on your POV) brass teapot black. -
Trump’s misogyny is so obvious to those who care. But Trump doesn’t care about this. For example, even though it’s been pointed out that native Americans consider using the name Pocahontas referring to women is only slightly less offensive than calling them the racist sexist term squaw, he continues to use this term when talk ing about Elizabeth Warren.
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Trump is an insult comic with nothing else in his repertoire. He knows the worst thing that can happen when he addresses his crowds is that he lets them get bored. -
How far can he go when he realizes that attacking Mexicans and Muslims won’t win him more votes? He will have to attack Hillary and he’ll soon find out that policy and position assaults won’t get him cheers and enthusiastic shout-backs. He’ll have to come up with something better than just “crocked Hillary.” -
I’m waiting to see how far he can push the misogyny. Since Hillary is too old to be menopausal to use that, and he can’t talk about “blood coming out of her….whatever.” There’s always her voice (which I wrote about here in late April, and her appearance. Perhaps “pants suit Hillary” will gain some traction. I can think of worst things, but on the off chance Trump is reading this I won’t give him anymore ideas.
———Thanks for SunBro for alerting me to this Late Show segment. The kid actor is amazing. He’s not just reading a script. He knows exactly what he’s talking about.
* Trump said of Cruiel who was born in Indiana: “The judge, who happens to be, we believe, Mexican, which is great, I think that’s fine. You know what? I think the Mexicans are going to end up loving Donald Trump when I give all these jobs, okay?”
