Rosie Gives Trump a Thump

How many rounds will they go? -- Picture courtesy Wikipedia

by blogSpotter
Over in this corner we have the Donald -- this Trump ain't no chump. And over in this corner we have Rip Roarin' Rosie O'Donnell. May the best person win. As a blogger, I was secretly amused by the exchange that occurred on Wednesday between Rosie O'Donnell and Donald Trump; Rosie talked on "The View" about Trump's recent pardoning of Miss USA for all her partying. Rosie said something to the effect that Trump is a "bankrupt snake oil salesman" and a "bag of hot wind". Trump came back with equal vitriol: "Rosie's a loser whose magazine folded." He also guaranteed a law suit. Barbara Walters was left holding the bag, maintaining that both parties are good friends of hers -- may 2007 bring them calmness and level heads.


"I ain't nobody's chump" -- Pictures courtesy Wikipedia

Both of the people in this fight club have rubbed me the wrong way -- can't decide where to place my bet. What can I say about Donald Trump? He's a bloated, bombastic braggart whose combover hairdo is the stuff of legend. He begets nothing -- no project, no special, no real estate venture that isn't "HUUUUGE". He is really more celebrity flim-flam man than rich man -- most rich people shy away from the spotlight. His show "The Apprentice" captures him in his most self-promoting, puffed and pompous mode. "Ya fired!" he says to some unfortunate team-lead, who dropped the ball selling Trump water or modern art. But his puffery is fun, and so America golfs at his resorts, lives in his Trump Towers and tunes in to his TV shows.

Now, what can I say about Rosie O'Donnell? The portly comedienne, who outed herself after a couple of decades in the closet, is known for her Irish temper and her loud mouth. She's famously liberal, but her brand of liberalism, like that of Al Franken is probably off-putting and alienating to the conservatives she would like to convert. I quit her fan club when she sabotaged Tom Selleck on her own show, raking him over the coals for his support of gun ownership. There's a time and a place for everything, and somehow that wasn't the time or the place. As a college professor once told me, you want to be right, but you don't want to be dead right. We all need to learn "constructive assertiveness". O'Donnell has the assertive part down, to be sure.

Really, both people should cool their jets -- Trump is a public personality and should be used to public discourse about him. O'Donnell was trying to be funny, and she clearly went over the line -- she would probably do well to issue an apology and move on to 'next topic'. A 5-minute comedy bit isn't worth the ire of the Donald. Trump ain't nobody's chump. (Excuse me but I like that rhyme). Everyone, get a sense of humor, a sense of proportion and then get a grip. This is no way to behave right before Christmas.

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