The old saying is that sticks and stones will break my bones but words will never hurt me.  Apparently, that maxim does not apply to politics.  More specifically, it doesn’t apply to Republican political candidates, and especially not to Donald Trump.  Now, I am not about to try to argue that the vulgar language used by Trump in a television interview in 2005 isn’t objectionable.  Of course it is.  The problem I have with the reaction to this “revelation” is the seemingly universal media judgment that the fact that this language came to light finally spells the end for Trump.  First of all, let’s not perpetuate the charade that this interview just magically came to light two days before the second debate.  Clearly, it was planned by the Clintons, and gleefully reported by the media.  Simply put, it’s a set up.  Last Saturday, I even heard commentators musing that Trump might not even make it to the October 9 debate.  That has become the new media theme for this election: “Trump said a bad word 11 years ago, so he can’t be President.”  Once again, it’s far from a positive development, but is it really anything new?  After all, at the last debate, Ms. Hillary recited a litany of negative comments made by Trump in the past.  So what’s new?  It never ceases to amaze me that so many people seem to harbor the fantasy that public officials never utter an unkind word about anybody.  Do people really believe that politicians no less (and trust me there are no less), exist on a higher plane than the rest of us mere mortals?  Poppycock (and I cleaned that up).  Let me assure you my children that, despite their genteel public personae, politicians know all the bad words and are just as, if not more, vulgar than what humorist Jean Shepherd used to call “your average, walking around slobbus americanus.”  This is not a recent development.  I learned this at an early age.  As a student, I never dreamed that the teachers might use foul language, until I became a substitute teacher and got into the teacher’s lounge.  The things they said about some of their students was shocking.  I worked at a trucking company and not surprisingly heard some interesting language there.  Later, I worked in the New Jersey State Senate.  Some of the things that came out of the mouths of the Senators would have curled the Teamsters’ hair.  But what about Presidents? Harry S. Truman was quoted calling General MacArthur a “dumb son of a bitch.”  Hillary says she’s worried about Trump’s demeanor.  How would he deal with foreign leaders?  LBJ famously told the Greeks and Cypriots,   “F*ck your parliament and your constitution. America is an elephant.  Cyprus is a flea.”  That’s telling them.  In addition to his liberal use of the “N” word, LBJ was fond of explaining the difference between chicken salad and chickenshit.  In one conversation, Nixon called Mexicans “dishonest,” said that blacks lived “like a bunch of dogs” and that San Francisco was full of “fags” and “decorators.” Why do you think there were so many “expletive deleteds” in the Watergate transcripts.  George W. Bush called a New York Times reporter “a major league asshole.”  I can’t argue with that one.  But not the sainted Clintons, right?  Wrong.  Here are some quotes from Bill: “What’s all the fuss about?  It was just a goddamn motherf**king Pig” (at the funeral of a black State Trooper); “That little Greek motherf**ker!” (on Michael Dukakis);  “I can do any goddamned thing I want.  I’m the president of the United States.  I take care of my friends and I f**k with my enemies. That is the way it is.”  But he wouldn’t demean women, right?  Wrong.  “He couldn’t get a whore across a bridge.” (on Ted Kennedy at Chappaquiddick).  “What does that whore think she’s doing to me? … [She’s] a f**king slut.” (on Jennifer Flowers).  But Hillary is a lady, she would never use foul language.  Yeah.  I saved the best for last.  What follows are all published quotes from Hillary.  I had to delete a few expletives.  Hillary on police officers and Secret Service agents:  “F**k off!  It’s enough that I have to see you shit-kickers every day.  I’m not going to talk to you, too.  Just do your goddamn job and keep your mouth shut.”  “If you want to remain on this detail, get your f**king ass over here and grab those bags.”  “Get f**ked! Get the f**k out of my way! Get out of my face!”  “Stay the f**k back, stay the f**k away from me! Don’t come within ten yards of me, or else!… Just f**king do as I say, okay?”  Hillary had kind words for her husband Bill too.  She was overheard calling Slick Willie  “a sorry son of a bitch;”  “You f**king asshole;” “You stupid motherf**ker;” and  “You stupid f**king moron.”  Again, I can’t argue with that.  That’s not all.  She called Bills gubernatorial campaign manager “You fu***ing Jew bastard” and referred to Jews as “Stupid kikes.”  That should wrap up the Jewish vote.  What about her stance on women?  Hillary referred to women (most of whom her husband was shtupping) as
“Bimbos,” “sluts,” “trailer trash,” “rednecks,” “whores” and “shit-kickers.”  Hillary thinks women who complain about men should be believed, unless they complain about Bill.  “These women are all trash.  Nobody’s going to believe them.” “We have to destroy her.”  Ready for Hillary?  Hillary also loves the media.  She once called New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd “a short, Irish bitch.”  One more.  Hillary’s looking out for the children, right?  This is Hillary at an Arkansas Easter Egg hunt for developmentally disabled kids, “When are they going to get those f*****g retards out of here?”  Look, Donald Trump is no saint and he’s no politician, but neither is Hillary Madame Cleanliness.  This election isn’t about some bad words uttered by Trump 11 years ago.  It should be about the economy, taxes, Islamic terrorism and border security, but neither Hillary nor the media want to talk about any of those things.  I wonder why?