THE ANTI-TRUMP MADNESS – QUOTE OF THE DAY – AT 10:54 A.M. ET:  You don't have to love President Trump, or even like him, to be appalled at the anti-Trump hatred that the left is generating.  It has the potential to ignite something truly dangerous.  Nolan Finley of the Detroit News describes it perfectly: 

Liberals are so determined to vanquish all things Trump that they risk losing the one friend they may have in this new White House.

Ivanka Trump, the new president’s oldest daughter and most trusted personal adviser, is as stylish a first family member as the country has seen in a while. She turned her fashion sense into a clothing line that is sold in many of the nation’s top stores, including Nordstrom.

Or at least it was. The sight of Ivanka Trump’s name on the garments’ labels so triggered the derangement of her father’s haters that they demanded the upscale retailer rid the clothing from its racks, or face boycott.

Boycotts are the favorite weapon of the resistance movement. Anyone who suggests affinity for Donald Trump or cooperates with his administration or fails to speak out against him on command (see Tom Brady) faces being ostracized or having their livelihoods threatened and their names smeared.

The left’s demand for conformity in loathing Trump is creating a blacklist to rival that of Joe McCarthy’s Red Scare.

COMMENT:  Finally, someone mentioned Joe McCarthy.  I remember him, and actually worked with some of his real Hollywood victims – people who had to leave the United States.  And yes, what we're seeing today is modern McCarthyism – the destruction of reputations and livelihoods.  The idea of attacking Ivanka Trump is particularly vulgar.  This young woman could be spending her life going to parties.  Instead, she works hard, has built a company, and devotes herself to empowering women.  Gee, what crimes. 

The media can pay a terrible price for participating in this madness.  Organs like The New York Times and CNN are selling their souls in the Trump-hating crusade.  But if Trump succeeds, those pundits will look ridiculous, incompetent, and out of date.  Come to think of it, that's what they already look like.

February 13, 2017