What does a BIDEN Presidency look like?

[grumbler]

The trick is to make them look deranged rather than yourself look smug and arrogant.

They don't need any help looking deranged.



Avoiding smug and arrogant is good, but looking smug and arrogant hasn't hurt the Republicans.

[Josquius]

Is there an Overton window on crazy vs arrogant?
As I think that might have shifted too. Merely knowing a fact is now arrogant.

[garbon]

Is there an Overton window on crazy vs arrogant?
As I think that might have shifted too. Merely knowing a fact is now arrogant.

It is okay to know a fact but why should you rub it in people's faces?

[Admiral Yi]

It is okay to know a fact but why should you rub it in people's faces?

Because sometimes that can be entertaining for both parties.

[Josquius]

Is there an Overton window on crazy vs arrogant?
As I think that might have shifted too. Merely knowing a fact is now arrogant.

It is okay to know a fact but why should you rub it in people's faces?

If I say a cow is a vache in French is that rubbing it in your face?

[garbon]

Is there an Overton window on crazy vs arrogant?
As I think that might have shifted too. Merely knowing a fact is now arrogant.

It is okay to know a fact but why should you rub it in people's faces?

If I say a cow is a vache in French is that rubbing it in your face?

Please keep that behind closed doors. 

[Solmyr]

Plenty of people voted for a deranged-looking Trump.

[grumbler]

Plenty of people voted for a deranged-looking Trump.

Sure, but that goes back to the shitty Democratic messaging issue.

Trump was always going to get the deranged vote.  What the Dems needed to focus their messages on isn't the derangement of the right, but how pathetic it is.

[The Minsky Moment]

It is okay to know a fact but why should you rub it in people's faces?

I believe John Cleese addressed this some time ago

To call you stupid would be an insult to stupid people! I've known sheep that could outwit you. I've worn dresses with higher IQs.  . . . Now let me correct you on a couple of things, OK? Aristotle was not Belgian. The central message of Buddhism is not "Every man for himself." And the London Underground is not a political movement.

[viper37]

Yeah, I've noticed a thing about alt right populist types to outright fish for people calling them stupid so they can go off on one about arrogant metropolitan Liberal elites.

metropolitan Liberals don't really need outright fishing to call people outside their immediate circle "stupid".  That's been pretty much or less the same since at least the 80s.

Edit:
thinking of it, since at least Versailles was built...

[viper37]

What the Dems needed to focus their messages on isn't the derangement of the right, but how pathetic it is.

calling them a coallition of the pathetic?
Maybe...

[Josquius]

Yeah, I've noticed a thing about alt right populist types to outright fish for people calling them stupid so they can go off on one about arrogant metropolitan Liberal elites.

metropolitan Liberals don't really need outright fishing to call people outside their immediate circle "stupid".  That's been pretty much or less the same since at least the 80s.

Edit:
thinking of it, since at least Versailles was built...

.

They don't even exist in the right wing sense. It's just a way of grouping together various groups they don't like, whether they're urban dwelling and Liberal or not, using a term that requires a bit of investigation to see "yeah, you just copy and pasted old nazi and Soviet propeganda there".

That's another myth the far right use though. The whole "you just can't stand anyone with a different point of view!" when it's one particular point of view someone takes umbrage with.

[alfred russel]

Apparently Hershel Walker is running for US Senator from Georgia as a Republican.  A Trump friendly Republican according to CNN.

Help for Yuros: retired black football player.

Dude has dissociative identity disorder, hard to see him overcoming that.

There are betting odds on him getting the republican nomination for Senate. He is at 90%.

There are also betting odds on Republicans winning the senate race. They are at 62%.

Just how disconnected from the country are you?

Haven't been any dark money ads attacking his mental state yet.

Alright Tim, now there have been a zillion ads attacking him from all directions...He won the republican primary by 54% and fivethirtyeight now has him a 55% favorite to win the senate seat.

https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/2022-election-forecast/senate/georgia/

Are you ready to admit defeat on this one?

[The Minsky Moment]

Are you ready to admit defeat on this one?

You are missing the bigger picture.  Yes Georgia may elect Walker, but only so that they can trade him to Minnesota for extra Senators.

[alfred russel]

Are you ready to admit defeat on this one?

You are missing the bigger picture.  Yes Georgia may elect Walker, but only so that they can trade him to Minnesota for extra Senators.

Electing Walker would indeed be a gamble for Georgia. But who better to gamble with than a guy that has played russian roulette at least 6 times and is still going strong?