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January 22, 2007
Trumptastic
You know, I didn't know what to say when I first heard about the ridiculous Rosie O'Donnell/Donald Trump feud. I think Trump is a pompous, self-important ass. Rosie is a loudmouth, hypersensitive and deliberately confrontational. Personally, I blame Trump for escalating the feud, because I thought Rosie made some good points about Trump's moral authority to judge the activities of Miss USA. I mean, let's face it. No matter what Trump says, he has not always been the most virtuous person.
Now, I think Trump made the right choice in giving Miss USA a second chance. That doesn't take away from the fact that he is acting like an infant. It is not funny, it is not amusing, and the only person it is hurting is himself. I will thoroughly enjoy myself the next time he fails at something - which, mark my words, will happen. After all, he's certainly had trouble before.
My opinion of Donald Trump, however, is best summed up in this article, written by Rabbi Shmuley Boteach. I think I agree with almost every word written in the article.
Ancient codes of honor dictated that a while a man should aspire to greatness, he should do so with a whisper. Let others speak of his feats of daring. A gentleman is not crass and is certainly not a braggart. Indeed, boasting of one's achievements undermines them, as it betrays insecurity rather than confidence, and weakness rather than strength.
These codes held that troubadours and minstrels could create your legend, as Homer did for Achilles and an unnamed bard did for Beowulf. To crow of oneself, however, was the height of vulgarity.
But Trump has built his brand name through sheer and unending braggadocio, and as such, has made it challenging, and perhaps impossible, for the rest of us not to follow suit. After Trump, if you want to build your brand, you have to brag, humility be damned. When one shouts above the din, then those who seek to live modestly will forever be dwarfed by those who seek success at any cost.
Moreover, the ancient codes of male honor dictated that a gentleman was judged first and foremost by his treatment of women. Trump's nauseating attacks on Rosie's body mass betray a man who denies women an independent identity and creates them solely in a man's image. Who determines how women should look? Trump and his testosterone-filled friends. Rosie, who lacks an hourglass figure, fails to entertain him, and is therefore a primate. He had every right to criticize her words, but not her weight; her opinion, but not her shape.
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Posted by oz115 at January 22, 2007 01:30 PM
Comments
I couldn't disagree more. Rosie is used to bulldozing weaker people. She throws out insults and blanket statements about people and they rarely fire back...
Then she attacked Donald. And the one thing we know about him is he doesn't lose. He fired back and wiped her out, and then all of a sudden, it wasn't fun for her anymore. Suddenly she was being attacked! Poor Rosie.
Perhaps your personality is not to defend yourself to some fat ass hurling insults you way, but I would bet the majority of people would fire back in self defense... Donald just does it better than most of us. I think it's wrong to blame Donald for escalating this fight. Rosie never backed down either, did she? And how many OTHER feuds has she been engaged in since she started on the View?
Posted by: C-Poo at January 24, 2007 10:13 AM