Often times the most competent person isn’t the most popular person.
I swear, the older I get the more and more I feel like George Carlin is right.
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I know some Canadians.
They should rename this article. Interview with wannabe millionaires who support Trump. There are a few who are dirt poor republicans who are thinking one day they will be millionaires so they have to protect their future financial interests
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As a friend of mine pointed out, the sole purpose of the Republican Party is to convince Americans they aren’t selfish enough. Trump embodies that.
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Some time ago I heard about someone else being described as “he is a stupid persons idea of an intelligent person”.
It perfectly fits this - with all the gold and expensive stuff, Trump is a classless persons idea of a classy guy.
But it is like covering rotten meat in a delicious sauce.
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Carlin was a brilliant comedian but he was a little short on workable solutions to social and political problems.
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That’s sort of what comedians do, isn’t it? They tell us what’s wrong, but they don’t tell us how to fix it. How to fix things isn’t all that funny.
Although Wanda Sykes had a great suggestion of making running the country like jury duty. “Oh shit, I’m Secretary of State this month?”
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Yeah, except that a shocking number of people seem to take Carlin’s “don’t vote!” advice seriously.
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Well put. My view is that the word “classy” (and variants like “high class”) is primarily used to sell things to people who don’t consider themselves “high class” but wish they were. I believe marketing people call that “aspirational” marketing. So it’s a favorite of limousine companies and escort services and the Trump Organization.
The fact that one of these folks used the word “classy” to describe Trump just means that his marketing machine has worked.
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His thunderdome “solutions” offered later in life were not far off from Trump’s ability to address complexity.
There were a bunch of people who predicted that he’d drop out of the race before he got to the point of having to disclose his finances. But he actually did file some disclosures last week. The disclosures appear to put him in the Three Comma Club, but not by much. And he has a history of massively inflating the value of the properties he actually owns by a factor of 10x or so (he owns only a tiny sliver–if anything–of most properties that have the word “Trump” on them).
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True.
I love Lewis Black, although he has openly said he is a socialist. Which makes me go, “Bluurgghttt! What? Are you fucking kidding me?” The guy’s whole routine is how fucked up the government is and how it does nothing right, and then he wants more of it?
Than I realized he is just wanting job security.
But more and more it feels like Shit Sandwich vs Giant Douche, in which case you still get fucked no matter who you vote for.
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@Brainspore, (or other shooping wiz) we need a well-done version of this:
(was done with paint)
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Classy on what planet?
Most uses I hear are just sarcastic. Does that count as inversion?
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I liked Vancouver when I lived there. I’d go back given a decent job opportunity.
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Apparently people pay him to license the name “Trump”, and therefore his brand is worth billions and billions…
The first part? Easy. The second?
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If Trump is elected, Canada will probably build a wall along the southern border. It’s the commonsense thing to do.
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