I think people underestimate how powerful it is to have a candidate that is even moderately attractive. Democrats are obsessed with running the oldest dinosaur they have because it’s “their turn”
Except when you realize that the last five Republican presidents have looked like: Annoying Orange with a cobweb toupee and a perfectly cylindrical body; the guy who bullied literally everyone in high school; an unholy combination of Jeff Daniels, age 70 on the right side and Jeff Daniels, age 40 on the left side; a washed up movie star with too many hours under the warming lamp; and the villain in a teen movie about having a bake sale to save the local dance hall.
running the oldest dinosaur they have because it’s “their turn”
Nothing says “in touch with the needs of the American People” like making sure to enforce the written rules and unwritten customs of the line of noble succession everybody is waiting in. But they’re lined up to take turns on a ride that burned down long ago.
I think people underestimate how powerful it is to have a candidate that is even moderately attractive. Democrats are obsessed with running the oldest dinosaur they have because it’s “their turn”
Except when you realize that the last five Republican presidents have looked like: Annoying Orange with a cobweb toupee and a perfectly cylindrical body; the guy who bullied literally everyone in high school; an unholy combination of Jeff Daniels, age 70 on the right side and Jeff Daniels, age 40 on the left side; a washed up movie star with too many hours under the warming lamp; and the villain in a teen movie about having a bake sale to save the local dance hall.
People are shallow, this is true
Nothing says “in touch with the needs of the American People” like making sure to enforce the written rules and unwritten customs of the line of noble succession everybody is waiting in. But they’re lined up to take turns on a ride that burned down long ago.