https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2020/10/15/trump-derangement-syndrome-429527 "Just consider what Trump is facing in his life right now: — He was just hospitalized with trouble breathing from a disease that has killed many people his age. How could he not have experienced some intimation of mortality? — A person who has made an obsession of “winning” is facing the possibility, and even the probability, of an electoral repudiation. — In either scenario, but especially if he loses, he is facing fearsome legal and financial challenges. — He is the public-health equivalent of a wartime president. Even if he genuinely believes that he has done a superb job battling the coronavirus pandemic, he lives with the knowledge that words he says and actions in balancing health and economic imperatives will have life-and-death consequences. These are not abstractions but actual individuals with names and addresses. Who would not be carrying an awesome psychological burden under these circumstances? Consider some other questions. Given how thoroughly Trump has merged his personal life with the Trump brand, with his own children working for Trump Inc., is there even one person in his life who would say, “You know, no matter what happens, I love you for the person you are—not because you are rich or you are president”? Does he have one friend close to him who would have the nerve to say: “Man, I’m worried about all the stress you are under. How about I come up to Camp David, we shoot the breeze and maybe go for a stroll, and the only rule will be we don’t talk politics or business”? Even asking the questions seems absurd. Probably, Trump himself would scoff that such acknowledgment of human vulnerability may be for mortals but not for him. But recall that the myth of Trump’s superhuman qualities is precisely that. In other words: Not reality." The fact that none of us believe the President has a genuine human connection is absolutely terrifying.
First and foremost any politician's first real job is to get re-elected. If there's blood in the water, they will do whatever it takes to make that happen, with or without Trump. From day one I think people latched on to him as there was no downside, but now that there is, people are adjusting their game plans.
Paraphrasing a political consultant: Democrats families must be dysfunctional wrecks, Republican families must be Norman Rockwell paintings. They will attack the Democrat's family, especially God forbid if there's an element of diversity there, because by comparison their family has to appear more wholesome. Creepy uncle Joe is one thing, but some pics and quotes of Trump and his daughter....JESUS CHRIST. Also, I think Trump's been accused of sexual assault or impropriety over a dozen times now, whereas Biden has I think just the one accusation. The other thing is Biden's other son is dead, and a big reason he didn't run in 2016. Getting Biden's family involved in the campaign is a pretty sore spot for Biden and it also serves to normalize the Trump family relationship to the presidency.
Does this have some sort of other meaning I’m not getting? The Clintons had Socks the cat. I think the Obamas got a dog while in the White House, if that’s what you mean.
First and foremost, Ben Sasse sounds like H. Jon Benjamin with just a little bit of helium in the air supply.
I think that was Hannity. “The Obamas got a dog? Probably a chihuahua owned by a cartel so it dug a hole and snuck in illegally from Mexico!” Now I’m paraphrasing, but he’s probably said something exactly like that at some point.
I feel it’s a little late for the “he was always a piece of shit” platitudes. They had plenty of time to jump ship.
...you ever consider getting into politics? And I was wrong, the Clintons did get a dog while in office.
Yeah, they had Socks the cat, and they got shit over it, because all previous presidents (in recent history) had dogs. Then, because of the pressure, I guess, they got a dog. Then they got shit over that. (To be clear, I've NEVER liked the Clinton's, but even I thought that was some petty shit.) Now we have a president who has never had any kind of pet. Remember how much simpler things were in the '90s? I know I miss it.
that's his bidet By the way, anyone watching this MSNBC town hall with trump? The moderator is fact checking him on his bullshit and it's incredibly cathartic to watch
"Human" colostomy bag Rush Limbaugh made this comment in 1993: Socks is the White House cat. But did you know there is also a White House dog?” – Rush Limbaugh, holding a pic of 13-year-old Chelsea Clinton on TV https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/rush-limbaugh-chelsea-clinton/
The funeral home will have an easy job once the cancer finally gets around to doing some good. Just perform an enema and then stuff the skin into a small coffin.