CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY APRIL 29, 2026
IF YOU THINK TODAY’S POLITICAL LANGUAGE IS BAD – AND IT IS – CONSIDER WHAT POLITICIANS SAID ABOUT EACH OTHER IN THE PAST.
THOMAS JEFFERSON DESCRIBED JOHN ADAMS AS A “BLIND, BALD, CRIPPLED, TOOOTHLESS MAN WHO IS A HIDEOUS HERMAPHRODITE CHARACTER WITH NEITHER THE FORCE AND FITNESS OF A MAN, NOR THE GENTLENESS AND SENSIBILITY OF A WOMAN.”
A PRO-ADAMS NEWSPAPER SAID IF JEFFERSON WAS ELECTED IN 1801, “MURDER, ROBBERY, RAPE ADULTERY AND INCEST WILL OPENLY BE TAUGHT AND PRACTICED.”
ANDREW JACKSON SAID HE REGRETTED NOT HANGING HIS VICE PRESIDENT, JOHN C. CALHOUN.
THERE ARE OTHERS WHICH CAN’T BE REPEATED ON THIS STATION, BUT YOU GET THE PICTURE.
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THEN AND NOW IS SOCIAL MEDIA AND THE INCREASED VIOLENT NATURE OF THE INSULTS. TWISTED MINDS ABSORB CLAIMS THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP IS HITLER RE-INCARNATE, A DANGER TO THE CONSTITUTION AND SO ON. THEY THINK THEY MUST ACT TO ELIMINATE THAT THREAT BY ELIMINATING HIM.
I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT AFTER A VERY BRIEF COOLING OFF PERIOD THIS WILL CONTINUE BECAUSE DEMONIZING ONE’S OPPONENT IS EASIER THAN HAVING A DEBATE ON WHICH IDEAS WORK AND WHICH DO NOT. I’M CAL THOMAS.
