Wednesday, August 3, 2016

Unfit

Let me preface what I am about to say with the following statement. I do not in any way, shape, or form support Donald Trump in his quest for the Presidency of The United States. He is a bigoted, self-aggrandizing, misogynistic, draft-dodging, thin-skinned blowhard who bullies the handicapped. That said, the fact that his wife posed in the nude for some artsy photos twenty years ago has no bearing* on his candidacy. Melania Trump was a model at the time and was hired by a professional photographer for a shoot involving another model, Emma Eriksson, which was, in part, inspired by Renaissance art. The emergence of these photos in an attempt to slut-shame Mrs. Trump is a big, fat so what as far as I'm concerned. What we ought to be considering as to her fitness as FLOTUS is this. She is married to a bigoted, self-aggrandizing, misogynistic, draft-dodging, thin-skinned blowhard who bullies the handicapped. Like it or not, our choice of life partner reflects on our own character and reveals much about our own moral compass. In this respect, Mrs. Trump is just as unfit to reside in the White House as is Mr. Trump. They deserve each other, for better or for worse.

*The punster in me wanted so, so very much to use the homophone "baring" here instead of the correct form. When it comes right down to it, with me, the pun is always intentional unless it's serendipitous. I apologize.


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