"There are countless horrible things happening all over the world and horrible people prospering, but we must never allow them to disturb our equanimity or deflect us from our sacred duty to sabotage and annoy them whenever possible." -Auberon Waugh
The habitual sense of entitlement, plus the arrogant temperament and the (historically mediocre and getting much worse) cognitive capacity of this pathetic boob combine to make one hell of an unappealing presidential candidate.
But you never know. As Mencken reportedly said, "No one ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American public" (possibly apocryphal, but definitely in line with his thinking and other very similarly expressed sentiments).
The latest from the Gaffe-0-Matic:
ReplyDeleteLocal Las Vegas TV reporter asking again about packing the Court: “Well sir, don’t the voters deserve to know—“
Gropey Uncle Joe: “No, they don’t." (Because the viewers speaking to the reporter are "probably Republicans")
Self-destruction in progress
He's become a cartoon caricature of a hack politician, a rusted-out station wagon dropping parts as it chugs along the highway.
The habitual sense of entitlement, plus the arrogant temperament and the (historically mediocre and getting much worse) cognitive capacity of this pathetic boob combine to make one hell of an unappealing presidential candidate.
ReplyDeleteBut you never know. As Mencken reportedly said, "No one ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American public" (possibly apocryphal, but definitely in line with his thinking and other very similarly expressed sentiments).