IF YOU CAN’T STAND THE HEAT, GET OUT OF THE TV STUDIO: Is Trump Ready for Truman’s Kitchen?, asks Roger Simon:
Truman was one tough dude. He was, it’s worth remembering, the man who told us of politics and the presidency “If you can’t stand the heat, get out of the kitchen.” He also opined, “If you want a friend in Washington, get a dog.” Wise word those.
Barack Obama has been a kind of anti-Truman, hardly ever living up to his word. Two easy examples are the phony redline to Assad regarding chemical weapons and the now silly-seeming claim that the Iranians would have to allow “anytime, anywhere” inspections in order for us to sign the Iran deal. Compared to Harry, Barack’s a wimp. That Putin has (literally) pushed him all over the map – first Ukraine, now Syria- is no accident.
So where does The Donald fit in this equation? Superficially, he seems a macho guy, but I’m not sure Truman would approve of his thin skin. Right now Trump’s announced he’s “boycotting” Fox News because he says he’s not been treated fairly. Megyn Kelly and Bill O’Reilly have been mean to him. Maybe so, but at least from my vantage point, Sean Hannity’s been acting like Trump’s virtual press secretary. You gotta take the good with bad. Fox News is no perfect news organization, but I never heard of one that is. And if Trump is trying to play Fox against CNN, I have got bad news for him. Get in bed with CNN and they will cut your heart out and feed it to all the wolves from here to Alaska when the general election starts. These are the self-interested creeps who lied about Saddam’s rape rooms, remember, to keep access with the dictator. (Well, maybe Trump doesn’t. He’s not always up on foreign affairs.)
Trump’s also angry at the gang from the Club for Growth for running commercials in Iowa pointing out that he, in the past at least, has not exactly been Grover Norquist when it comes to lowering taxes. Well, he wasn’t. But The Donald called out CFG for running ads that were not only ”disingenuous, but replete with outright lies, false, defamatory and destructive statements and downright fabrications which you fully know to be untrue.” The CFG, from their side, told him to “Stop whining.”
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