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@Victor-Meldrew said in US Politics:
@Crucial
... As for bullying, he's a rank amatuer compared to the likes of Lyndon Johnson...True but I think this very amateurishness makes it seem so much worse. Johnson was a bully behind closed doors to the people around him. Trump just lashes out wholesale and in such a petty manner. It's the old sales saying, throw enough mud and some will stick.
I agree though with what some have said, he is not to blame so much for the current state of US politics but he is certainly a symptom of it.
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@Catogrande said in US Politics:
True but I think this very amateurishness makes it seem so much worse.
Yeah, good point. I can't make up my mind if it's deliberate and amateurish or just who he is.
Johnson was a bully behind closed doors to the people around him.
He was similar to Trump in his treatment of the press. Used to say at press conferences that certain reporters were in a room as he could smell them. Difference was he and the Republicans were willing to work together.
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@Victor-Meldrew said in US Politics:
@Crucial
Trump's falsehoods are probably no worse than say JFK, Nixon or Lyndon Johnson but he does seem to openly revel in them. As for bullying, he's a rank amatuer compared to the likes of Lyndon Johnson. But equally, I can't recall a President who has been subjected to such constant and caustic attack - almost hatred - by his opponents and the media from day one.Check out how the media doctored video of Trump feeding the fish in Japan or his opponents attacked his mis-reported Charlottesville comments. If Trump's such a unique liar and deliberately divisive, what does this say of his opponents and their motivations?
Should he have tried to rise above it? Absolutely yes. Has he attempted leadership during Coronaviris crisis? No. I'm def not a Trump fan but to mainly blame him for the current state of US politics or think his departure or replacement is going to improve things is to me, just simplistic.
Double like!
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@Victor-Meldrew said in US Politics:
@Catogrande said in US Politics:
True but I think this very amateurishness makes it seem so much worse.
Yeah, good point. I can't make up my mind if it's deliberate and amateurish or just who he is.
Johnson was a bully behind closed doors to the people around him.
He was similar to Trump in his treatment of the press. Used to say at press conferences that certain reporters were in a room as he could smell them. Difference was he and the Republicans were willing to work together.
Given Trump doesn’t subscribe to globalisation and climate change, etc. orthodoxy, the Democratic anti-Nation elite was hardly going to cooperate!
And diametrically opposed values to the heavily left leaning MSM.
It does seem POTUS is very deal orientated, so it doesn’t come naturally to put his best foot forward.
Meanwhile, ‘amateur’ approach seems more effective in Middle East than that of the urbane Obama.
The swing to politicians who are seen as doers rather than talkers seems a global phenomenon.
But the personal qualities of such leave a lot to be desired.
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@Victor-Meldrew said in US Politics:
@reprobate said in US Politics:
What's Kamala like on law and order?
She's not white and she's not male. Querying her policies, therefore, is probably regarded as racist and sexist.....
She's strong on that, she was a prosecutor and the Californian Attorney-General before she was elected as Senator.
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@Godder said in US Politics:
@Victor-Meldrew said in US Politics:
@reprobate said in US Politics:
What's Kamala like on law and order?
She's not white and she's not male. Querying her policies, therefore, is probably regarded as racist and sexist.....
She's strong on that, she was a prosecutor and the Californian Attorney-General before she was elected as Senator.
They need her to come out now and be the hard voice. They might lose a few voters, but it would really help with the suburban housewives in Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, etc.
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@pakman said in US Politics:
Meanwhile, ‘amateur’ approach seems more effective in Middle East than that of the urbane Obama.
To be fair, anyone would be more effective than Obama on foreign policy.
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@Victor-Meldrew Wonder how he'd have gone with today's mainstream and social media intensity?
Certainly wouldn't have come out better
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@gt12 said in US Politics:
@Godder said in US Politics:
@Victor-Meldrew said in US Politics:
@reprobate said in US Politics:
What's Kamala like on law and order?
She's not white and she's not male. Querying her policies, therefore, is probably regarded as racist and sexist.....
She's strong on that, she was a prosecutor and the Californian Attorney-General before she was elected as Senator.
They need her to come out now and be the hard voice. They might lose a few voters, but it would really help with the suburban housewives in Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, etc.
Black voters not happy that she was hard on black criminals.
Go figure.
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@Bones Fascinating guy alright but Biden trying to change history for some old fashioned pandering is a bit much. Why not just talk about this guy and his achievements? It doesn't make him less of a person for improving on Edison's design especially with his back story.
This illustrates the contempt democrats have to black people. "Maybe if we tell then a black person invented the light bulb then they'll vote for me!". To think that people wouldn't have the capacity to check for themselves whether Biden's claim was true.
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@Frank said in US Politics:
I don't agree with all of this, but this is one of the most brilliant independent diagnoses of the last four years in US politics I have ever read.
Brilliant article. Matt is very good at writing. Thanks for sharing.
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A blow hard salesman cashing in on a dissatisfied electorate to become president is one thing, but the strategy and antics of the opposition party to waste 4 years only to offer an equally unpalatable option is something else.
Tulsi Gabbard could have won this thing for the democrats in a heartbeat.
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@Siam said in US Politics:
A blow hard salesman cashing in on a dissatisfied electorate to become president is one thing, but the strategy and antics of the opposition party to waste 4 years only to offer an equally unpalatable option is something else.
Tulsi Gabbard could have won this thing for the democrats in a heartbeat.
They had 4 whole years to realise Hillary's strategy didn't work. Looks like they've learned very little. If Trump gets 4 more years they will have got what they deserved
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