Every presidential election in my lifetime has had a candidate that has been attacked as “the dumb one” and another that has been attacked as “the smart evil one” (note: the might not be this, but they were attacked as if they were this)
The “dumb one” has won every time.
Wait! Obama was the dumb one and John McCain the smart? D:
TBF McCain was spot on on Putin in a way that Obama was not.
Are you talking about the debate with Mitt Romney?
Fair enough! Not that I think it means Obama-McCain fits into the dumb-smart dichotomy.
And yet everything else policy wise he was a dinosaur.
Obama was seen as severely lacking in foreign policy credentials, he was only in his first Senate term and didn’t have any other national political experience before running in 2008. That was part of the reason he picked Biden for VP in the first place, it offered some reassurance for voters who thought Obama was weak on foreign policy.
Even so, when Putin invaded Crimea in 2014 Obama kind of just yawned and let him. The UN passed a few resolutions, but that was that. I don’t think Biden would have rolled over if he were President at the time. I think if you asked Biden about any major disagreements he had with Obama, that might be at the top of the list.
I also think McCain would have handled it differently, too. He would have made a good President, even if I would have disagreed with him more. He was better than the absolute trash the GOP puts up these days.
I concur, except I didn’t get those vibes during Obama v Romney. Who was who then?
There wasn’t a “dumb” one in that one. But there was massive hypocrisy from the GOP because Romney is the embodiment of the Elite, while they tirelessly touted Bush Jr as an everydayman (“dumb”) while villifying the Elite.
This was just 4 years later.
Has there ever been a time without massive hypocrisy from the Republicans?
They’ll swallow the party line and that’s all there is to it.
Any better cases for projection, guys? Politicians, amirite?
Bet you she claims that the history books have been changed by the Demoncrats
Or the Jewish space lasers
Firecracker
I rolled my eyes at first during that. Then realized it actually happened in real life, and got a little more depressed.
Lmao wait what? Real life??
It’s a line taken from Marjorie Taylor Greene, yes
I see your shwartz is as big as mine. Touché.
Her flowchart must be Charlie from It’s Always Sunny.
It’s going to be an awkward conversation but she is officially off the trivia team. If she thinks I’m switching trains to get to Capital Hill just to lose, she’s got another fact to learn.
She has, conservatively (ahem), several facts to learn
Yeah, she does strike me as a “Herby Hancock” kind of person.
I just hear Chameleon start playing in my head.
that synth sound will never get old
The killer bit is apparently she looked up their ages in 1776 and just didn’t bother confirming who signed.
From here:
https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/signers-factsheet
Yeah, average age was 44.51.
56 people signed it.
Oldest was Ben Franklin at 70.
Youngest were Thomas Lynch Jr. and Edward Ruteledge, both 26.
28 people were under the age of 45.People no say Marge smart. MARGE SMASH
Nah. Deeeefinitely pass on Marge.
When you’re right you’re right, I guess.
That would rule out voting for most Republicans, though. I think the Republican brand is all about not appearing smarter than anyone else - or, better yet, actually being quite stupid and not just having to play stupid - because being smart and knowing things is considered “elitist” by the con base.
They have subverted the definition of elitism to carve out exceptions for the actual elitists, to the point where donnie is considered (by them) to be for the little man, while simultaneously supposedly being a business magnate with billions to his name. Nothing elitist about having billions, and being given half a billion by your father, I guess.
LOL, that perfectly captures the BS talking point about having an “outsider” instead of an actual expert. I love it!
I often notice that people that clamor for term limits and for “outsiders” to run government are not pining for outsiders to pilot planes they are on, drill their teeth, fix their roofs, prepare their taxes, defend them in court, and so on.
Another problem is their definition of outsider. A rich, corporate douchebag is not.
I would if any smart people ever ran for office.
smart, mentally stable people never get in to politics and instead find enjoyable work they can be proud of.
My God, how does such an ignorant, sophomoric, and patently ignorant take have so many upvotes on Lemmy? Some of the most intelligent and kind people I know have gone into politics, but mostly have just been local.
But even at the top, without even thinking I can point to Obama who went to Harvard law.
Granted, I agree that politics does not select specifically for intelligence, as mtg among many others prove, but the idea that smart and mentally stable people don’t go into politics is just ridiculously stupid.
fine fine. mentally stable people rarely make it big in politics. even local in my region has some sketchy shit going on where nothing gets done about it even after its made public. The seemingly nice politicians that actually care about the people never get voted in here, only the ones that make empty promises and never deliver, or just outright bait and switch.
Counterpoint: Bernie
Yes. Edge cases are fun to point out.
“Never” is asking for one
I thought she would be finished when she was going on about Jewish space lasers. But that is my fault for thinking they would get rid of their jester.
Your fault for thinking they consider her a jester
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Now there’s rage? The “jewish space lasers” wasn’t a problem??? Need to deport her ass to Russia where she belongs.
Based on that article, the rage is just twitter users calling her a moron. Nothing to see here, her ineptitude will continue to be ignored or praised by her base.
Man, B6 is such a goddamn embarrassment
B6?
A hilariously apropos insult leveled at her by a fellow representative whilst calling her out on some hypocrisy a little while ago: bleach blonde bad built butch body
Alliterative, snappy, and didn’t even have to stoop to the obvious profane jab that would work under that constraint (thus running afoul of chamber decorum rules). Props to Rep Crockett for that. I like to shorten it to B6.
Ahhhh hahahah. Thanks
