tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post4170279144016955576..comments2024-02-06T16:17:25.826+00:00Comments on THE GRĂNMARK BLOG: Trump - the "sound" of manliness and virility, with none of the substanceScott Gronmarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15118026157459333174noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post-12787750360541747322016-03-02T01:45:58.879+00:002016-03-02T01:45:58.879+00:00https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9ls8pyV684https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9ls8pyV684Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post-67813823527056637512016-02-27T19:30:10.630+00:002016-02-27T19:30:10.630+00:00It was really a question for Shapiro as it was he ...It was really a question for Shapiro as it was he who used a word I'd have thought unusual in politics. <br /><br />My view is that there are no fewer decent men in this race. I'd accept Rubio or Cruz and probably even Sanders in with that group of 'decent (if flawed)' men.<br /><br />For all that I think he is an idiot, I don't think it's a lack of decency that has seen Trump rise. It is the <em> failure </em> of every US President since Reagan that has left the country stung and angry. Decency, to paraphrase Mae West, had nothing to do with it. They'd probably have been happy with a successful stinker.GCoopernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post-51095187205545328672016-02-27T18:24:19.281+00:002016-02-27T18:24:19.281+00:00Well, it's a bit hard to judge decency and ind...Well, it's a bit hard to judge decency and indecency, I agree - but, whatever one thinks of their politics or their competence, I'd place FDR, Eisenhower and Gerald Ford in the "decent" column. I don't think any of them were essentially bad people. I don't know enough about Truman, Wilson, Harding or Coolidge to judge. Was George H.W. Bush and "indecent" man because he was a poor president? The same goes for his son. Was JFK "indecent" because of his satyriasis? After all, he was a saint compared to his brother, Ted, who really was an indecent man. Come to that, was Jimmy Carter - a disastrous president in every way - indecent, rather than misguided, thick and incompetent? I don't really know. Scott Gronmarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15118026157459333174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post-33611036314717856342016-02-24T21:23:33.848+00:002016-02-24T21:23:33.848+00:00I'm no fan of Trump either, but let's be f...I'm no fan of Trump either, but let's be fair - how many 'decent men' can Shapiro name who have ascended to the top of US politics in the past 100 years? Or ours, come to that?<br /><br />Ronald Reagan springs to mind. After that...GCoopernoreply@blogger.com