Donald Trump goes low on "Mini Mike" Bloomberg. Here is how Bloomberg should respond...

Donald Trump received a standing ovation at CPAC for dropping down to mimic Mike Bloomberg’s height…

Now I know some of you found it funny, but let’s explore the effectiveness and morality of the name-calling tactic...

Does name-calling work?

Well the fact Donald Trump is President of the United States suggests it does.

Interestingly enough some people who oppose Donald Trump’s name-calling do it themselves, which they justify their hypocrisy by saying a president should be held to a higher standard, which he should be, but a president is a reflection of the people he represents. Change starts with you, always.

But to further highlight name-calling’s political effectiveness, how many of Hillary Clinton’s policy proposals do you remember?

Okay, now how many of Trump’s monikers do you remember: Mini Mike, Crazy Bernie, Crooked Hillary, Lyin Ted, Little Marco, Low-Energy Jeb?

But then if name-calling does work, the deeper question becomes is it the morally right thing to do?

Allow me to get up on my high-horse for a second, but I have NEVER in my life called someone a name with the intent to hurt their feelings. I may be unusual in this regard, but as Abraham Lincoln said, “I don't like that man. I must get to know him better.”

But what if by calling just one person bad names you could save millions of lives THEN would it be morally right?

If you are running for President of the United States then you should believe that you are superior to the other candidates running and therefore by extension you could save and improve more American lives. Winning the White House is literally a matter of life and death.

So does the end justify the means?

Maybe in Mike Bloomberg’s eyes he may think, ”In order to create a cleaner future I may need to sling some mud.”

Can anyone get elected president nowadays without getting their hands dirty?

Most Republicans seem to think Trump’s name-calling is justified because it worked. They think it’s no big deal because in the grand scheme of things if Trump has to do that in order to win reelection then so be it if it means having more conservative judges on the Supreme Court, enforcing the borders, and keeping taxes and regulations low.

But my problem with name-calling is it makes us stup*d.

Let’s say Bloomberg responds to Trump in kind, “You can call me Mini Mike, but at least I don’t have a mini brain, Mini Brain!”

An ol’ fashion: “I know I am but what are you!”

If Bloomberg responded this way, I bet he’d see a bump in his poll numbers as the mainstream media would pick up on the story and Democrats adopt the new moniker to further annoy Trump.

I can then see the comment sections all around the internet descending further into the mud, which then makes it more difficult to have any rational discussion.

I’d much rather Bloomberg respond to Trump’s insults with something like, “I'll leave the small-minded name-calling to you because Mini Mike’s got big ideas! While you rant-and-rave, I’ll be talking about those ideas to Make America Better Than Ever Before!”

If insulted, responsible politicians should attack the insult itself and then redirect the conversation to policy.

By forcing the debate back onto policy we elevate the public discourse by educating the public on the issues that matter most.

This is a harder road though because most people just aren’t that interested in policy details. Most Americans would fail a middle school history test. The only way to make them care is to give the simplified version in a charismatic fashion. And then the more nuanced your policy the more charismatic you have to be because the truth is often unpopular.

Unfortunately, it seems like in order to win nowadays you either need to entertain with insults or inspire with free, free, free.