Biden Calls Reporter A "Stupid SOB"

[Belsnickel]

(01-25-2022, 09:52 AM)BFritz21 Wrote: How do you figure the Trump movement is based off of emotion?

The country was a hell of a lot better off under Trump than it is now.

Trump was a fake populist. He ran on a populist message that he couldn't deliver on but that resonated with voters because of a feeling of socioeconomic disparity and disenfranchisement. These are real concerns and they are causing problems all throughout America which is what pushes the emotional vote. However, Trump didn't have any real solutions. He didn't actually understand the issues at hand and truly didn't care about them. All he cared about was getting into power. This was highly evident from the start but because of the emotional driven faux populist campaigning, he rode into victory.

As to your last statement: seriously? Can you point to any objective metrics that would confirm this? Anything evidence based that doesn't come from a partisan think tank or "news" source would be good. Not to mention that we just passed one year of Biden in office with a Congress in which he can get nothing done. He was handed an economic downturn during a pandemic that had been fumbled so poorly we are the literal laughing stock of other developed nations when it comes to how we handled it. I'm not saying Biden is doing great or even that he is doing well, but your statement that things were a hell of a lot better under Trump than they are now is entirely based on your emotions regarding the issue and not at all based on actual evidence.

Don't worry, though, you're in the majority when it comes to approaching these topics with emotion. It's why for so long politics was a taboo topic in polite company. Most people get emotional about it rather than logical.