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Related: About this forumHill's Group: Why Donald Trump Is Hillary Clinton’s Dream Opponent
https://newrepublic.com/article/131336/donald-trump-hillary-clintons-dream-opponentTrump vs. Clinton will be the boys vs. girls electionand that's scary news for the GOP frontrunner.
This is on balance a good article. From the last three paras:
During the primaries, Clinton has been pitching herself as a candidate whose traditionally feminine traits are exactly what the country needs. After the South Carolina primary, she said, I know it sometimes seems a little odd for someone running for President these days, in this time, to say we need more love and kindness in America. But Im telling you from the bottom of my heart, we do. We do. She has said repeatedly that instead of building walls were going to break down barriers. And on Super Tuesday, she said: You know whether we like it or not, were all in this together, my friends, and we all have to do our part. Shes pitching her pragmatism, her ability to get stuff done, as a feminine traitplaying on the stereotype that women are problem-solvers whose egos dont get in the way. This could appeal to men, too.
Its hard to imagine how Trump will combat this narrative. Picture a Trump vs. Hillary debate. What makes Trump so thrilling on stage is the way he picks on guys like Rubio and Ted Cruz with schoolyard taunts. Its funny to see powerful, pompous men deflated by being called sissies, and the insult has a kernel of truth, since they do talk for a living. But what are the classic schoolyard taunts against girls? Ugly, bossy, bitchy, slutthese would not be refreshing emperor has no clothes insults, but more of the same sexist garbage women hear all the time. Trump called one-time Republican foe Carly Fiorina ugly in a Rolling Stone article, and when he had to share a debate stage with her, he just awkwardly said she was beautiful. If Trump used an insult like that against Clinton, he wouldnt seem like a rude truth-teller, but another gross old man who cant handle working with women as equals.
In Bridget Joness Diary, theres a guy named Mr. Fitzherbertan older and slightly full of himself boss-of-a-boss who cant remember Bridgets name and cant stop staring at her chest. His character doesnt get much explanation, as hes familiar to any female whos had a job anywhere. Bridget calls him Mr. Tits Pervert. A vote against Trump will be a vote against Tits Perverts everywhere.
Its hard to imagine how Trump will combat this narrative. Picture a Trump vs. Hillary debate. What makes Trump so thrilling on stage is the way he picks on guys like Rubio and Ted Cruz with schoolyard taunts. Its funny to see powerful, pompous men deflated by being called sissies, and the insult has a kernel of truth, since they do talk for a living. But what are the classic schoolyard taunts against girls? Ugly, bossy, bitchy, slutthese would not be refreshing emperor has no clothes insults, but more of the same sexist garbage women hear all the time. Trump called one-time Republican foe Carly Fiorina ugly in a Rolling Stone article, and when he had to share a debate stage with her, he just awkwardly said she was beautiful. If Trump used an insult like that against Clinton, he wouldnt seem like a rude truth-teller, but another gross old man who cant handle working with women as equals.
In Bridget Joness Diary, theres a guy named Mr. Fitzherbertan older and slightly full of himself boss-of-a-boss who cant remember Bridgets name and cant stop staring at her chest. His character doesnt get much explanation, as hes familiar to any female whos had a job anywhere. Bridget calls him Mr. Tits Pervert. A vote against Trump will be a vote against Tits Perverts everywhere.
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Hill's Group: Why Donald Trump Is Hillary Clinton’s Dream Opponent (Original Post)
BlueMTexpat
Mar 2016
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pandr32
(11,582 posts)1. Ha-ha! I love the last paragraph!
BlueMTexpat
(15,369 posts)3. I am a Bridget Jones
fan and loved that the writer used that analogy!
Gothmog
(145,218 posts)2. Trump would be an amusing GOP nominee
Iliyah
(25,111 posts)4. Well ya know he fears strong women and so doing many
men in the politics.