Joe Biden is Trying to Lose

[Dill]

(03-12-2020, 11:20 PM)Nately120 Wrote: That is what is so surreal about the whole Trump being president thing.  He had the freedom and power to do and say whatever he wanted and get expert editing in post-production to make sure he comes off looking spotless...and yet he chose to become what should be the ultimate servant of the people.

But I mean, Obama and Reagan made all sorts of sarcastic comments and said stupid/insensitive/incorrect stuff that their opponents loved to get all up in arms about, but those guys seemed like they might actually have senses of humor in there somewhere.  When someone like Trump plays the "I was only joking" card it just comes off with more of a thud.

His sarcasm seems more like a defense mechanism.  It's like when you suggest some raunchy sexual stuff to a woman you know and you put LOL at the end of the message in case she isn't up for it.  Hey I was just kidding...unless you want to do it, in which case I was being serious....LOL!

Reagan and Obama did have a sense of humor for sure. Reagan was rarely not smiling. Trump rarely is. I don't recall ever seeing Trump laugh. Does anyone here have a link to a Trump laugh?

As far as stupid and incorrect stuff though--for both presidents it was relatively rare. A week of Trump's missteps would be a full term of them for either Reagan or Obama. Also, their worst comments were caught off camera, which suggests some judgement about what looks bad. Trump's worst are not recognized by him as bad and proclaimed from public stages. Mexico IS sending us "rapists," aren't they?

Trump is cruel and vindictive to people in a very personal way (e.g., public mention of Mika's "bleeding" facelift; the "ugly" comparison of Cruz' wife to his). Neither former president was.

Surreal indeed is that TENS OF MILLIONS of followers lap it up, while other millions DENY that it is what it is and will embrace it for another four years.