I do not want to call Max Booth, foreign policy adviser of Marco Rubio, a fool, but clearly, Booth, a prolific writer, doesn’t understand the meaning of the word "fascist." Moreover, he offends people like me who were born in a protectorate dismembered and occupied by fascist Germany.
The definition of a fascist is a person who favors dictatorial rule, censorship of critics, oppression of his people and survives through propaganda. Donald might be loud, opinionated and at times careless with what he says. But Trump, a former liberal Democrat like Ronald Reagan, is no fascist.
True, he is one of a kind. Think of him the way some people might look at a Picasso for the first time. They look at it and say, "Well, the eye is in the wrong place, the colors are too brash, the tone is wrong, and it doesn't look "real." So they opt for buying the usual seascape or landscape shlock to hang on their living room wall. They don't realize they're passing up a Picasso. The smart people, however, know that even it doesn't fit their decor, it's got tremendous value.
Booth’s offensive remark is a reminder that some of us, who are advising a candidate, are angry that their own choice will not be president. Unfortunately, that seems to also be true of a man I genuinely admire, George Will, who despises Trump for defeating Scott Walker. Frankly, George should not have even been part of a Fox News debate because of a conflict of interest. His wife used to work for Walker. Now he favors Chris Christie. Is his wife working for him now?
During the debate, I saw Max frantically sending his tweets around accusing Trump of being an ignoramus since he didn’t know the meaning of the military term “Triad.” He was right about that and Donald surely must study if he wants to be nominated and beat Hillary. But Trump is no ignoramus. He's brilliant, has terrific instincts, has often been proven right when everyone thought he was wrong, and Max should have recused himself rather than descend to the vulgarity of inappropriate name calling.
We only have referred to one candidate, Hillary Clinton, with a pejorative term – Bolshevik -- but it was while quoting Clinton adviser Paul Begala, who observed how she ran her White House team. We mentioned it in our “Open Letter to Bernie Sanders: Menshevik vs Bolshevik.” She's not the Menshevik. The letter will be interesting to both Republicans and Democrats who want the goods on Clinton and there are plenty.
For full disclosure, my wife, a long time Democrat, and I are supporters of Trump, but we are not uncritical of him either. We took him to task for attacking John McCain. Above all, we believe he needs to study.
