Do sometimes get together.
If you have been coming here for a decent interval you know that I hold both the National Review and the Weekly Standard in utter contempt. I read them to find out how the ill informed voter thinks and to find satire worthy materials. But every so often they produce something praise-worthy and they deserve credit where it is due.
So lets all take a gander at William “The Bloody” Kristol’s gem of Shakespere quotes about He, Trump. Enjoy the acorn.
But as to the competition: I asked, “What lines of Shakespeare best characterize Donald Trump?” I stipulated that you’d get no credit for comparing Trump’s campaign to “a tale/Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,/Signifying nothing.” (Macbeth Act V Scene v) That one was just too obvious.
What did you all come up with? Lots of apt Shakespearean descriptions for Trump’s campaign or the man himself. I feel I’ve done a good deed in enticing many of you back to Shakespeare (if you’d ever been away). In any case, here are a few apt and brief contributions (after all, “brevity is the soul of wit“).
Regarding the outcome of New York’s primary (and probably tomorrow’s contests as well):
“Lord, what fools these mortals be!” (A Midsummer Night’s Dream Act 3 Scene ii)
Regarding Trump’s disparagement of John McCain and other POW’s:
“He jests at scars that never felt a wound.” (Romeo and Juliet Act II Scene ii)
Regarding Trump himself:
“An infinite and endless liar, an hourly promise breaker, the owner of no one good quality.” (All’s Well That Ends Well Act III Scene vi)
And:
“The empty vessel makes the greatest sound.” (Henry V, Act IV Scene iv)
And:
“Masters, do not forget to specify, when time and place shall serve, that I am an ass.” (Much Ado About Nothing Act V Scene i)
And regarding the appropriate response to Trump:
“Never, never, never, never, never!” (King Lear V iii)