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At some point, I hope to get around to reading the novel by the late, great Philip Roth, "The Plot Against America," which I gather is sort of an alternative universe imagined where America ends up with a right-wing xenophobic president, and a foreign enemy meddles in our election.
It's a novel, and written a decade ago. But Roth commented last year: "I found much that was alarming about being a citizen during the tenures of Richard Nixon and George W. Bush. But, whatever I may have seen as their limitations of character or intellect, neither was anything like as humanly impoverished as Trump is: ignorant of government, of history, of science, of philosophy, of art, incapable of expressing or recognizing subtlety or nuance, destitute of all decency, and wielding a vocabulary of seventy-seven words that is better called Jerkish than English.”
It's a novel, and written a decade ago. But Roth commented last year: "I found much that was alarming about being a citizen during the tenures of Richard Nixon and George W. Bush. But, whatever I may have seen as their limitations of character or intellect, neither was anything like as humanly impoverished as Trump is: ignorant of government, of history, of science, of philosophy, of art, incapable of expressing or recognizing subtlety or nuance, destitute of all decency, and wielding a vocabulary of seventy-seven words that is better called Jerkish than English.”
At some point, I hope to get around to reading the novel by the late, great Philip Roth, "The Plot Against America," which I gather is sort of an alternative universe imagined where America ends up with a right-wing xenophobic president, and a foreign enemy meddles in our election.
At some point, I hope to get around to reading the novel by the late, great Philip Roth, "The Plot Against America," which I gather is sort of an alternative universe imagined where America ends up with a right-wing xenophobic president, and a foreign enemy meddles in our election.
It's a novel, and written a decade ago. But Roth commented last year: "I found much that was alarming about being a citizen during the tenures of Richard Nixon and George W. Bush. But, whatever I may have seen as their limitations of character or intellect, neither was anything like as humanly impoverished as Trump is: ignorant of government, of history, of science, of philosophy, of art, incapable of expressing or recognizing subtlety or nuance, destitute of all decency, and wielding a vocabulary of seventy-seven words that is better called Jerkish than English.”
At some point, I hope to get around to reading the novel by the late, great Philip Roth, "The Plot Against America," which I gather is sort of an alternative universe imagined where America ends up with a right-wing xenophobic president, and a foreign enemy meddles in our election.
It's a novel, and written a decade ago. But Roth commented last year: "I found much that was alarming about being a citizen during the tenures of Richard Nixon and George W. Bush. But, whatever I may have seen as their limitations of character or intellect, neither was anything like as humanly impoverished as Trump is: ignorant of government, of history, of science, of philosophy, of art, incapable of expressing or recognizing subtlety or nuance, destitute of all decency, and wielding a vocabulary of seventy-seven words that is better called Jerkish than English.”
Whoa, a Jewish Zionist hates a President that remotely cares about the non-Jewish majority (as Zionists care about their own). Shocker. Alert the press (wait, they already know and endorse this duplicity).
At some point, I hope to get around to reading the novel by the late, great Philip Roth, "The Plot Against America," which I gather is sort of an alternative universe imagined where America ends up with a right-wing xenophobic president, and a foreign enemy meddles in our election.
It's a novel, and written a decade ago. But Roth commented last year: "I found much that was alarming about being a citizen during the tenures of Richard Nixon and George W. Bush. But, whatever I may have seen as their limitations of character or intellect, neither was anything like as humanly impoverished as Trump is: ignorant of government, of history, of science, of philosophy, of art, incapable of expressing or recognizing subtlety or nuance, destitute of all decency, and wielding a vocabulary of seventy-seven words that is better called Jerkish than English.”
Roth has added a new name to our lexicon: the Jerkish Language. Did anyone think that Simple English, with a 1,000-word vocabulary, was limited? The 77 words of Trump's Jerkish, sets a new linguistic-limbo bar (How low can you go?).
My old friend, Herman Hope, who came from Aruba, limboed lower than anyone you see on this video. But I will admit that the woman who limboed low, with the trays of coffee cups, was terrific! I wonder how well she is doing at that, today?
Last edited by Steve McDonald; 08-28-2018 at 01:21 AM..
You haven't read it. Thank you for your brilliant insight
I'm sorry, are you implying that we shouldn't mention something that's been widely praised? Perhaps you think I should have lied and pretended I'd read it? Or did you just entirely miss the main point - which was the quote?
I'm sorry, are you implying that we shouldn't mention something that's been widely praised? Perhaps you think I should have lied and pretended I'd read it? Or did you just entirely miss the main point - which was the quote?
Who is Phillip Roth and why is he remotely important beyond wanting to score some money off Trump's fame?
A dead novelist and story teller.
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