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In reply to the discussion: Donald Trump mocks reporter's disability....trump: lower than dog shit [View all]Octafish
(55,745 posts)92. That's how it is with me. I'm not campaigning for Chief of Catch-22.
Trumps Self-Hatred Will Destroy His Campaign
by JOHN ESKOW
CounterPunch, AUGUST 14, 2015
To paraphrase Bob Dylan, even Donald Trump must stand naked, and like everyone else sometimes he winces at what he sees. Consider Trump stepping out of the showerforced to confront all that sun-lamped, over-fed, over-cologned flesh, and those hate-lines around his pout-shaped mouth, and, of course, that wildly asymmetric mass of orange-Kool-Aid-colored hair, still wet from the showeron one side of his head, it hangs down past his shoulder in a huge ragged curtain; on the other side of his head, there is nothing but bald scalp and sadness. He begins every day by engineering that combover, the equivalent of The Great Wall of China. Then he Spanxes up, re-colognes himself, puts on a red Trump necktie, and goes out into the world to proclaim his own greatness.
You dont have to be a psychotherapist to see that Donald Trumps loathing for others is just an offshoot of his loathing for himself. Do you know any confident people in their 60s who need to compulsively remind you that they attended a good collegeand got As? Do you know any truly-loved people who keep insisting, twenty times a day, that everyone loves them? Trumps dirty secret is that hes just smart enough to know that hes a fraud, and not smart enough to forget it. He knows in his bones that if he wasnt rich, not only would Hillary Clinton skip his wedding, but there would be no wedding to skipat least not to another attractive young blonde. And this awareness is what fueled the single most important moment in the history of televised political debates.
As CounterPunchs Mike Whitney wisely pointed out, Trump did America an enormous favor in that ten-second stretch of epic truth-telling at the Fox debatewhen he breezily admitted that Hillary Clinton had to attend his wedding, not because she cares about him, but because he buys, sells, and trades the Hillary Clintons of the world like a twelve-year-old playing Fantasy Football. In a sane America, Trumps forbidden truth would have upended the whole political dialoguebut CNN and MSNBC studiously ignored it and spent five whole days chasing updates on the Megan Kelly bleeding remark instead.
If Trump had real guts and visionand if he was serious about winninghe would make that Forbidden Truth the core of his campaign, and keep expanding it: Everyones angry that America is run by the 1%well, Im not just the 1%, Im the 1% of the 1%, and Im the only one who not only knows the tricks of the trade, but wholl let you in on all our dirty little secrets, and change all the rules The Tea Party and the leftists are both right: the whole game is rigged, and were going to blow it up and start fresh.
But he blew the moment, because he didnt realize what a profound insight hed given the American people. Instead, in one hilarious tweet that went beyond speaking-of-ones-self-in-the-third-person, he said that Roger Ailes promises that Trump will be treated fairly. I meanputting your own name in quotation marks? As the young people saywhats that about?
CONTINUED...
http://www.counterpunch.org/2015/08/14/trumps-self-hatred-will-destroy-his-campaign/
by JOHN ESKOW
CounterPunch, AUGUST 14, 2015
To paraphrase Bob Dylan, even Donald Trump must stand naked, and like everyone else sometimes he winces at what he sees. Consider Trump stepping out of the showerforced to confront all that sun-lamped, over-fed, over-cologned flesh, and those hate-lines around his pout-shaped mouth, and, of course, that wildly asymmetric mass of orange-Kool-Aid-colored hair, still wet from the showeron one side of his head, it hangs down past his shoulder in a huge ragged curtain; on the other side of his head, there is nothing but bald scalp and sadness. He begins every day by engineering that combover, the equivalent of The Great Wall of China. Then he Spanxes up, re-colognes himself, puts on a red Trump necktie, and goes out into the world to proclaim his own greatness.
You dont have to be a psychotherapist to see that Donald Trumps loathing for others is just an offshoot of his loathing for himself. Do you know any confident people in their 60s who need to compulsively remind you that they attended a good collegeand got As? Do you know any truly-loved people who keep insisting, twenty times a day, that everyone loves them? Trumps dirty secret is that hes just smart enough to know that hes a fraud, and not smart enough to forget it. He knows in his bones that if he wasnt rich, not only would Hillary Clinton skip his wedding, but there would be no wedding to skipat least not to another attractive young blonde. And this awareness is what fueled the single most important moment in the history of televised political debates.
As CounterPunchs Mike Whitney wisely pointed out, Trump did America an enormous favor in that ten-second stretch of epic truth-telling at the Fox debatewhen he breezily admitted that Hillary Clinton had to attend his wedding, not because she cares about him, but because he buys, sells, and trades the Hillary Clintons of the world like a twelve-year-old playing Fantasy Football. In a sane America, Trumps forbidden truth would have upended the whole political dialoguebut CNN and MSNBC studiously ignored it and spent five whole days chasing updates on the Megan Kelly bleeding remark instead.
If Trump had real guts and visionand if he was serious about winninghe would make that Forbidden Truth the core of his campaign, and keep expanding it: Everyones angry that America is run by the 1%well, Im not just the 1%, Im the 1% of the 1%, and Im the only one who not only knows the tricks of the trade, but wholl let you in on all our dirty little secrets, and change all the rules The Tea Party and the leftists are both right: the whole game is rigged, and were going to blow it up and start fresh.
But he blew the moment, because he didnt realize what a profound insight hed given the American people. Instead, in one hilarious tweet that went beyond speaking-of-ones-self-in-the-third-person, he said that Roger Ailes promises that Trump will be treated fairly. I meanputting your own name in quotation marks? As the young people saywhats that about?
CONTINUED...
http://www.counterpunch.org/2015/08/14/trumps-self-hatred-will-destroy-his-campaign/
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Donald Trump mocks reporter's disability....trump: lower than dog shit [View all]
spanone
Nov 2015
OP
I Agree, it's more about US and how flimsey our reasoning has become and the demagougery MSM
orpupilofnature57
Nov 2015
#49
I read that he had his Sara Palin moment. He claim he saw the people jump from the Towers.
olegramps
Nov 2015
#84
Although we agree about the " sycophants hollering in their echo chamber " and it would be great for
orpupilofnature57
Nov 2015
#105
Remember how shocked people were when Biden said the ACA was a "big f***ing deal"? Will Americans
tblue37
Nov 2015
#59
From a minister I listened to recently the RW has totally lost their minds,
Thinkingabout
Nov 2015
#62
Exactly, republicans loves crazy, this nation does not need crazy. I doubt he would stay very
Thinkingabout
Nov 2015
#101
i can't believe this is acceptable behavior in civilized society....especially from a candidate...
spanone
Nov 2015
#83
We've been regressing since Reagan, GOP/Fox TV, corporate Dems., economic instability & more.
appalachiablue
Nov 2015
#121
I think I may be turning into a Narcisist. I was reading the Mayo Clinic discription of the disorder
BlueJazz
Nov 2015
#23
Godwin's law doesn't apply when talking about Trump. He really is a Nazi. n/t
lumberjack_jeff
Nov 2015
#32
Dump is now claiming he wasn't mocking him because he doesn't know what he looks like.
BlueStater
Nov 2015
#45
The Republicans always brazenly claim they didn't say or do things that they are on *video* saying
tblue37
Nov 2015
#64
I have long said that I think it already has. Either he is suffering from dementia, or
tblue37
Nov 2015
#65
He sure offers a lot of truly ugly screen shots with his nasty grimacing as he mocks
tblue37
Nov 2015
#58
Clearly he doesn't identify with human beings. Easy to see why. Human beings are far above him. n/t
Judi Lynn
Nov 2015
#70
No need to give this rethug anymore exposure. CNN and MSNBC are going a great job.
akbacchus_BC
Nov 2015
#72
Trump is just pandering to his base, they love this shit. Even if some of them are disabled or have
Rex
Nov 2015
#91
nope, but we keep hearing how they want to take him down...i don't believe it for one second
spanone
Nov 2015
#98
He reminds me of an episode of South Park where Mr. Garrison tries to get fired
nadine_mn
Nov 2015
#100
I want to see the faces of his audience. Did they actually approve? or has he finally gone too far?
Hekate
Nov 2015
#102
Trump is a fascist. He's about as close to mussolini as we'll see in our lifetimes.
craigmatic
Nov 2015
#106
I keep thinking wiser heads will prevail but then I remember Jessie Ventura.
Jim Beard
Nov 2015
#116