Some consider the Nation’s Capital as “Fantasyland on the Potomac”. Other outsiders are “Fed Up” with the Federal City. It's better to consider D.C. as “the District of Calamity” (sic).
Showing posts with label Ben Shapiro. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ben Shapiro. Show all posts
Saturday, February 23, 2019
Tuesday, June 12, 2018
Trump Gets Punchy with "Raging Bull" Robert De Niro
On the eve of the US-North Korea Summit in Singapore, actor Robert De Niro used his platform introducing "The Boss" Bruce Springsteen at the Tony Awards to hurl vulgar invectives at President Donald Trump.
Although this crude message garnered standing ovations from the elites gathered at Radio City Musical Hall, it further alienated many prospective Trump fans as chronicled in Salena Zito's book "The Great Revolt" (2018). Liberal operatives in the mainstream media also cringed at De Niro's raging B.S. as the over the top attack bolstered Trump's brand.
Now that the Singapore Summit ended in seeming success, President Trump can turn to domestic detractors and put them in their places in his own inimitable way. On Air Force One, Trump took to Twitter to troll De Niro using the conceit of playing the punch drunk Jake DeMont from the 1980 Academy Award winning film Raging Bull.
No doubt this will stoke additional enmity from De Niro. De Niro's had Trump Derangement Syndrome for quite a while. In addition, De Niro seems stuck on character acting like Dirty Grandpa.
But a tete-a-tete with De Niro is much like the NFL Take The Knee issue for Mr. Trump. It is a cultural issue that reaches audiences who may be otherwise apathetic to politics. The curt counter-punches feeds Trump trolls who itch for politically incorrect imbroglios but is witty enough to also reach red blooded and blue collar voters who recoil at progressive filth.
Although this crude message garnered standing ovations from the elites gathered at Radio City Musical Hall, it further alienated many prospective Trump fans as chronicled in Salena Zito's book "The Great Revolt" (2018). Liberal operatives in the mainstream media also cringed at De Niro's raging B.S. as the over the top attack bolstered Trump's brand.
Now that the Singapore Summit ended in seeming success, President Trump can turn to domestic detractors and put them in their places in his own inimitable way. On Air Force One, Trump took to Twitter to troll De Niro using the conceit of playing the punch drunk Jake DeMont from the 1980 Academy Award winning film Raging Bull.
No doubt this will stoke additional enmity from De Niro. De Niro's had Trump Derangement Syndrome for quite a while. In addition, De Niro seems stuck on character acting like Dirty Grandpa.
But a tete-a-tete with De Niro is much like the NFL Take The Knee issue for Mr. Trump. It is a cultural issue that reaches audiences who may be otherwise apathetic to politics. The curt counter-punches feeds Trump trolls who itch for politically incorrect imbroglios but is witty enough to also reach red blooded and blue collar voters who recoil at progressive filth.
Friday, February 23, 2018
Wednesday, September 20, 2017
Tuesday, January 17, 2017
Taking the Tinseltown Rebellion to Task for Hypocritical Hyperventilation Over Trump's Inauguration
On January 20th, 2017, Donald Trump takes the Executive Oath of Office to become the 45th President of the United States. Alas, some celebutards just cannot accept that he got the part. There have been star studded appeal to deny the winner of the 2016 Presidential Election the rightly designated votes in the Electoral College. Ironically, Democrat nominee Hillary Clinton (D-NY) lost more Electoral College votes from unfaithful delegates than President-Elect Donald Trump, and he still won the Electoral College majority by 34 votes.
As the 114th Congress was called into session, Hollywood hypocrites released a histrionic plea to Congress to Obstruct the Trump Administration from doing anything that denies "our core values as diverse Ameicans"-- whatever that meant.
Was that intended to impede immigration reforms? Are such illegal aliens politically considered "diverse Americans without papers". Or was it a subtext to imply that Donald Trump will attack LGBTQQ? advances in civic society. Pretty ironic to aim attacks at a Republican Presidential candidate who unfurled a Rainbow colored flag during a general election campaign event.To mark the ascent of Donald Trump from being the real estate mogul host of the Celebrity Apprentice to the Oval Office, Variety published a protest photo op featuring CNN's communist commentator Van Jones, Michael Moore, Lena Dunham Chelsea Handler and Hamilton's Brandon Victor Dixon hiding behind an American flag. In the The Daily Wire, Ben Shapiro gave this Tinseltown cohort have it.
No wonder Americans just get sick when they see covers like the one from Variety. Michael Moore posing with the flag – the same person who said that Trump supporters are “legal terrorists” but that actual terrorists are “Minutemen” – makes most Americans queasy. Treating Lena Dunham like a moral voice -- despite her ardent love for abortion and her overt bragging about masturbating next to her 11-year-old sister in bed – makes Americans nauseated. Acting as though Chelsea Handler – a woman who said she should be applauded for her two abortions – as a beacon of light is disgusting.
Since Donald Trump's election on November 8th, the progressive mind seems to be melting down. Some may find solace in a last gasp Women's March protest the day after the Inauguration. Other more anarchistic elements may seek to disrupt the peaceful transition of power which has happened in America for the last 220 years. But it seems that celebutards think that they can pompously parade their progressive philosophy and the hoi polloi will eat it up, even though it is liberal logorrhrea.
I second Ben Shapiro's call for Hollywood to keep it up as it builds off of Mark Twain's wisdom: "It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people thing that you are a fool than open your mouth and remove all doubt."
H/T: The Daily Wire
Wednesday, August 17, 2016
When the "Turd Tornado" Joins the Fan
Ben Shapiro has not minced words about his old boss Breitbart News CEO Steve Bannon. Shapiro had been Editor-At-Large of Breitbart News for nearly four years but he left when Breitbart News under the direction of Steve Bannon gave lukewarm support to their reporter Michelle Fields after she alleged an assault by then Trump Campaign Manager Cory Lewandowski.
Now that Steve Bannon has been named the Trump Campaign's CEO over Paul Manafort, Shapiro offered colorful commentary on CNN of Steve Bannon's character: a turd tornado.
But Shapiro notes that the appointment of Steve Bannon makes sense as Trump will hear what he wants and will go down swinging.
Bannon is the third effective Trump Campaign Lead in three months (Lewandowski, Manafort and Bannon). All have been brawlers. Time will tell if the new Trump management can keep the candidate on message and expanding the base of potential voters rather than continuing to alienate groups, banish the base and squander campaign opportunities by going off-message.
The announcement of Bannon formally joining the Trump team (his website colloquially had been tagged Trump-Bart for months) overshadowed Trump's "major" law and order speech in West Bend, Wisconsin.
This continues the pattern of the Trump campaign stepping on their message, as Mr. Trump famously used his post GOP convention presser to revive crazy conspiracy theories about Senator Ted Cruz's father being implicated in the JFK assassination rather than focus on the general election campaign.
Monday, July 25, 2016
Thursday, April 21, 2016
Playing the Trump Card on Political Correctness
During a revealing NBC Today Show Townhall, Republican Presidential front-runner Donald Trump commented about the North Carolina Bathroom Bill, which in most circumstances prohibits men who claim to be transsexual to use the womens' bathroom.
Trump's concern seemed to be that Tarheel State businesses are suffering from the LGBTQQ? inspired boycott, which has allowed artists like Bruce Springsteen to choose not to perform in North Carolina.
Trump mused that allowing men to urinate in women designated bathrooms is fine because it does not cause problems, which echoes current politically correct sentiments. It seems in Trump's weltanschauung Obviously, celebrities have more rights than bakers, pizza makers, photographers and wedding planners to exercise their First Amendment right of Religious Liberty.
In the same townhall, Trump opined that he would change the longstanding Republican National platform plank about opposing abortion in all circumstances. This is yet another abortion position as several weeks ago Trump took three allegedly pro-life positions in one day then later settled on a position to maintain the status quo, as he praised the virtues of Planned Parenthood for womens' health issues.
One of the virtues of the Trump campaign is an appeal to political incorrectness as the angry silent majority is tired to caving to progressive PC whims. Trump will say outrageous things which his fanatical following will excuse as just being politically incorrect. Well, Trump's New York Values seem to be shining through and his anti-PC schtick is losing its cover.
Surely the voters in Pennsylvania and Indiana should take a measure of Trump's character and discern if it aligns with their values. However, there is little doubt that Trump supporters will follow the flip flop and vigorously promote the line of the day from their dear leader.
Monday, April 11, 2016
Trumper-tantrums and Veruca Salt
Some voters may miss having a "Good Egg" sorter within the ballot box.
Wednesday, February 3, 2016
On Chaotic Campaigning and Ceilings
Manhattan Mogul Donald Trump's sober response to coming in second for the 2016 Republican Iowa Caucuses did not last long. The day after, Trump seized on a sketchy story that the Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) campaign "cheated" by passing along media reports of Dr. Ben Carson's retreat from the campaign trail.
But then Trump linked it to the Canadian "birther" attack, which ought to tip off Carson supporters on Trump's sincerity. Later, Trump doubled down on social media to demand that the Iowa Caucuses be held over or Cruz's win nullified. So much for being dignified and concentrating on the future.
The Washington Examiner's Philip Klein offered an analysis on the primary campaign. Metrics indicate that Mr. Trump has a solid core base of core followers which may number up to 25% of the electorate, as long as their dear leader is winning. The record setting turnout in the Republican Iowa Caucuses did not help the populist pugilist as conventional wisdom held. Last minute decision makers decidedly turned away from the Trump train.
In order to win the nomination, a candidate eventually must garner a majority of voters (as well as 1,237 delegates in at least six primary wins) to take the nomination. Data indicates that Trump has a ceiling of support. The large lump of core supporters may help him in a crowded field, but it will not take him over the top.
Trump has utilized an unconventional primary strategy, eschewing organization and retail politics for celebrity driven campaign events, earned media from outlandish statements and constantly attacking his opponents with insults and paraliptical innuendo. Now that ballots have been cast, the circus show is no longer easily winning eyeballs. More importantly, it does not seem to be winning converts.
Rush Limbaugh had a blue collar caller who had previously been in the Trump camp for the political incorrect fighter appeal. But the Trump supporter had been dissuaded by the renewed attacks on Cruz by Trump over the Carson kerfluffle. This support may ring essentially hollow as Trump had insinuated that Dr. Carson had the pathology of a child molester in November 2015). The caller began to question if Trump is fighting for real reasons or if it is part of his show.
This sort of agonizing re-appraisal from Trump-eteers as well has the apparent hard ceiling of Trump support may not bode well for his candidacy in the future. This is not to say that Trump should immediately be written off. Trump's lead in New Hampshire is formidable. In addition, the large lead that Senator Bernie Sanders has in the Granite State's Democrat primary may allow many cross over votes to a competitive race as well as "reverse Operation Chaos" by Democrats voting for their favored foe to defeat in the November General Election.
Winning a primary contest does not necessarily mean that the spotlight will fall on the victor. Ask Ted Cruz after the Iowa Caucuses. Much of the media has focused on the over-performing Senator Marco Rubio third place finish. But with the tight timeline of primaries and stories emanating from unexpected results may mark the end of domination of the news cycle by realty show like media stunts. Not that such an inconvenient truth will dawn on everyone. Conservative media pundit Ben Shapiro echoed Donald Trump's true tactic: "I keep whining and whining until I win."
Time will tell if that continues to work in Election 2016.
Friday, July 17, 2015
Observe What Tolerance Is Left
During a panel discussion on Dr. Drew about ESPN honoring "Caitlyn" (ne Bruce) Jenner, a transgendered panelist physically threatened conservative author and media figure Ben Shapiro.
Shapiro pointed out that Jenner had not yet undergone any gender reassignment surgery. Nevertheless, such a medical procedure still does not change one's DNA which is either male or female.
To drive home the point, Shapiro asked his trangendered panelist Zoey (ne Robert) Tur "What is your genetics, sir?". Of course, that was an uncomfortable scientifically based question. But what seemed to set off Tur was the use of the title "Sir". Thus, Tur put a hand on Shapiro's shoulder and threatened to send him home in an ambulance.
Aside from the fact that Tur's threat was not a very ladylike of a response, it underlined the thesis of Shapiro's book "Bullies: How the Left's Culture of Fear and Intimidation" (2014). Shapiro was outnumbered on the panel and was physically threatened for stating his opinions, which are scientifically unimpeachable.
It should be noted that Tur is the father of Katie Tur, the NBC News reporter who recently conducted a hard hitting extended interview with Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump So Zoey Tur's indignation may not have only be based on honorifics but also pent up partisan frustration.
Several years ago, after the 2011 Tuscon shooting which seriously wounded former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ 8th), Democrats like President Barack Obama pushed for civility in public discourse. This Dr. Drew dialogue again shows that so called civility is but a one-way street. Those not espousing the current progressive shibboleth are targeted to be bullied and silenced. Even liberal pundit Camille Paglia condemns the fascistic tendencies among liberals which imposes silence on those who are not politically correct. Alas, as Tom Nichols suggests in "The New Totalitarians Are Here", progressives want more than silence, but the expect not only to win arguments but make the loser love it.
What makes Tur's threats remarkable is that they were done physically on camera with a principled person who will not back down.
Friday, May 8, 2015
Countenancing Clinton Charity?
Another sticking point about the Clinton Foundation is how the founders of the Clinton Foundation use their charity. The Clinton Foundation only gives 10% of its take to actual charitable grants. In fact, according to 2013 tax filings, $8.5 million or 10% of the total went to travel.
To address these issues, former President Bill Clinton granted media access to NBC News while he was traveling in Africa on behalf of the Clinton Foundation.
It is interesting to note that President Clinton believes that it is virtuous to donate to his own charity, which leverages Clinton prominence to effectuate global change through lots of international travel for the principal. How convenient.
Should this be charity that the American polity countenance, particularly considering how Mrs. Clinton aspires to again be in the Oval Office?
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