The Lincoln Project

[Dill]

(06-25-2020, 11:04 AM)Nately120 Wrote: And yes I realize you could put Reagan joking about bombing Russian civilians, Bush claiming that his drinking buddy is doing a heckuva job while people die on his watch and Obama making fun of the special Olympics next to a clip of Trump saying something that isn't heinous if such a thing exists.

Obama's special Olympics gaff and Reagan's joke were not policy positions and insults proudly brayed before the public and then doubled down on or denied.

Find a clip of Obama deliberately mocking a special Olympics kid at a public rally or Reagan insisting he would rain nukes on the USSR and you have a Trump-level comparison.  

The mass of Trump gaffs and public insults from one year trumps anything we could compile from 24 years of Reagan, Bush and Obama combined.

That's no secret though. I'd like to see more soundbites of Trump bad decisions--e.g., with COVID and Iran and Saudi Arabia and Putin.

These comparative ads won't affect Trump's base, but I hope rubbing our nose in the difference will move enough independents in the right direction.