• 👍Maximum Derek👍@discuss.tchncs.de
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        Putting an e on the end of potato basically ended his political career and now Trump supporters shout “covfefe” because they think it’s somehow smart. I think about that a lot.

        Or the fact that people largely see the photo that Dukakis took in a tank as the moment HW Bush won the 88 election - compared to Trump’s photo op in a Fire Truck…

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          Or when Howard Dean “ruined” his political career by whooping at a rally because it “wasn’t presidential.”

          Our expectations are so low right now that putting together two cogent sentences could literally mean that you win the election.

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        The 90s: “How could we ever put someone in charge who’s so stupid he can’t even spell potato?”

        George W. Bush: “Watch this drive”

        Donald J. Trump: “unintelligible gibberish”

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        I would argue they were just better at hiding the same type of shit these modern politicians are thinking and saying. Now it’s just acceptable. Then you had Howard Dean dooming himself for a cowboy scream.

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      Worst is subjective. I’d argue that Cheney’s support of blood for oil and Halliburton rebuild scheme was far worse than anything Quayle did.

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          Agreed. Despite Vance’s inability to please a crowd, he’s more on the “Cheney dangerous” side of the spectrum than “Quayle dumb.”

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        Everyone loves a redemption arc. But how sad is it that the ‘potatoe’ guy was the voice of reason who helped save American democracy in it’s darkest hour (so far!). We really are living through Idiocracy!