The Party of the Foul Mouths

• What would Eleanor Roosevelt say?

American Spectator: The members of what was once called the Party of Conscience — that is to say the Democratic Party — have denounced President Donald Trump for his sallies into vulgarity. Well, hear, hear. I am with you all the way, fellows and fellowesses! Let us resist the temptation to sound like shock jocks on the campaign trail. Yet I do not think that President Trump is at the heart of the problem.

I have not heard of the Republican National Committee cautioning the president against using crude back-alley language while campaigning. It is the Democratic National Committee that has repeatedly had to caution its candidates for high office against vile language, and I am not talking about some dirty-mouthed candidate from some remote congressional seat. I am talking about the Democratic National Committee cautioning its top-tier candidates for president against using foul language that runs athwart FCC guidelines.

Some weeks ago ABC News, the network broadcasting the debate aired in Houston on September 12, cautioned the Democratic presidential candidates to “avoid cursing or expletives in accordance with federal law and the FCC guidelines.” Has any previous network broadcaster felt obliged to issue such a warning? That night things went okay, but since then the F-bomb has been flying — most notably from the mouth of young Beto O’Rourke. Other even cruder formulations have been heard from Democrats, and again the Democratic National Committee has felt called upon to urge its presidential candidates to tone it down.

Remember, this is 2019. Many of the Democratic candidates are women. Supposedly they are the keepers of American virtue. What would Eleanor Roosevelt say? What about Jackie Kennedy? Back in their day, if a Democratic presidential candidate would let fly the F-word, I would imagine that the men in the white coats would come calling. more here