• Slagathor@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    It’s really crazy that the “somebody other than Trump” campaign approach has endured for ~4 years.

    I don’t have the words to describe how far the credibility of the United States has fallen in my lifetime.

    I remember when Dan Quayle misspelled potato, and poof, his career was over. Now you have a criminal reality TV star running for reelection.

    • Philolurker@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      You don’t even have to go that far back. Howard Dean’s enthusiastic-but-awkward yell was such a non-issue, and it still ruined his whole campaign.

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        1 year ago

        It was even more of a non issue than you think. The clip that went around had the audience noise removed to make it seem more awkward than it was.