I am already tired of the Rubio line, that the guy who came in Third in Iowa is now INEVITABLE, and it is time for us all to fall in line behind the centrist candidate who is electable.
It is appropriate that we are hearing this Rubio line on Groundhog Day, because I am certain I have heard the same thing a thousand times before.
I remember a story, ... from the late 1980s or early 1990s, that described some architects trying to instruct Donald Trump about the what was and wasn't good taste in the matter of architecture ornamentation. They had endeavored to save him from something like six-foot gilt letter "T"s in hotel lobbies. As I recall, their efforts were to no avail, much to the deliciously appalled appreciation of readers, who delighted in Trump's horrifying exhibitionism. (The essence of camp: it's good because it's so bad.)
That said, I want to emphasize that I do not object to Donald Trump's vulgarity. It may be the most appealing thing about him. His instinct for the ersatz, his embrace of the patina-glamor of the casino, is certainly the most genuine thing about him.
Donald Trump is all smoked glass and mirrors...