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Thank the Lord Donald Trump Is Not an 'Intellectual'
americanthinker.com ^ | 7/17/2018 | David Solway

Posted on 07/17/2018 8:21:13 AM PDT by rktman

I recently participated in an email chain with conservative writers and thinkers on the inexhaustible subject of Donald Trump. Some of my correspondents, while supporting Trump as a political champion, regretted his "coarseness." He is, they alleged, rather too crude and rough hewn to comport with their ideal of proper presidential stature.

Now I can understand that if Trump behaved like Hillary, prone to hysterics, outrageous and mendacious attacks on opponents, and perpetual grievance-mongering, one might regard him as unmannerly, unstable, and preposterous, as a truly "coarse" human being with a crippling behavior problem. If he had bevies of mistresses shuttling to and from the White House while his wife was away, as did JFK, I could credit similar levels of revulsion. If he used the N-word as did LBJ or enjoyed sexually cavorting with a young intern in the Oval Office, as did Bill Clinton, disgust would be in order. When it comes to The Donald, some proportionality would seem appropriate.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Constitution/Conservatism; Philosophy; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: elites; incompetent; uberdumbasses
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To: rktman

I find it amusing that many of the same people who are constantly criticizing President Trump were the ones trying to curry favor with, or get political contributions from, private citizen Trump not too many years ago.


21 posted on 07/17/2018 10:14:26 AM PDT by Two Kids' Dad (((( Sessions couldn't find his own ass if Al Franken was grabbing it at the time ))))
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To: willyd
There's educated and then there's smart. Met lots of "educated" folks that were dumb as rocks. No offense to rocks. 👹
22 posted on 07/17/2018 10:21:44 AM PDT by rktman (Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
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To: rktman

INTELLECTUAL: An individual who is incapable of or unwilling to create or provide goods or services of value to others, who pontificates and expects to be paid for doing so, usually from public funds.


23 posted on 07/17/2018 11:09:18 AM PDT by JimRed ( TERM LIMITS, NOW! Build the Wall Faster! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH.)
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To: JimRed

Lol! That’s them, in a nutshell!


24 posted on 07/17/2018 1:33:21 PM PDT by ETL (Obama-Hillary, REAL Russia collusion! Uranium-One Deal, Missile Defense, Iran Deal, Nukes: Click ETL)
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To: JimRed

Henry Hyde had a better definition: someone who is educated beyond his intelligence.


25 posted on 07/17/2018 5:05:41 PM PDT by Ban Draoi Marbh Draoi ( Gen. 12:3: a warning to all anti-semites.)
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To: Ban Draoi Marbh Draoi
That's a great one. I think I'll steal it and add it to my definition, as follows:

INTELLECTUAL: An individual educated beyond his intelligence who is incapable of or unwilling to create or provide goods or services of value to others, who pontificates and expects to be paid for doing so, usually from public funds.

Do you think Mr. Hyde would object to my "borrowing" his insight?

26 posted on 07/18/2018 8:18:45 AM PDT by JimRed ( TERM LIMITS, NOW! Build the Wall Faster! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH.)
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