Thats why I think Deval Patrick's ex-brother-in-law won't be a problem for him. If Trump has done anything, it would seem he's inured us to this stuff. Hell no one's perfect, who wants an alter-boy running the country anyway.
I think people are mistaken that what Trump has overcome, re peccadilloes, will be the case for any other candidate. Trump had the power and campaign to push them to the side. Thinking that will be an easy fete for Deval and others is a big leap.
Indeed. Voters and the human mind are quite willing to fall into denial or rationalization but you have to give them a reason first- If they have not bought into you or anything you are doing then all they see are the faults. Refer to Kamala Harris and Kirsten Gillibrand's campaigns for more on this. Both Trump and Obama had potentially fatal flaws- Trump's well known, and Barry's muslim heritage, Rev. Wright america hating connection, Rev. Farrakan Nation of Islam connection, etc. But both of them ran full scale Chautauqua tent revival style campaigns with issues and personalities larger than life. Once you have been swaying with the crowds and come down to the front of the tent to declare that you are born again you are able to rationalize a lot. Deval's little secrets there in Massachusetts are highly manageable if he were/is able to give people a reason to rationalize them. I mean, shiite, Massachusetts consistently re-elected a man who was a serial womanizer, a severe alcoholic, and who had killed a woman at Chappaquiddick. But he had the kennedy charm and power and aura around him. Deval, either not so much, or not yet. But then again, you only need the personality of a Russet Potato to be VP or a cabinet member so he may be on track to meet his career goals. Joe doesn't exactly have voters swaying with the crowds either. He just has name recognition from when he was an altar boy at Obama's tent revival meetings. That will only get ya so far.
No allegations of corruption or perversion have been made against anyone in the Trump family. I do wonder how Uncle Joe will fair in fly-over country. Not everyone is a creature from the coast who exercises cheesy moral equivalency. Things are a bit more binary out there with regular folk. One also wonders if black Americans will vote for someone who conducted a completely racist "confirmation hearing" of a potential supreme court justice. Not everyone has forgotten that farce.
Joe Biden’s weakness is that he’s old. He looks old and acts old. That’s it. Trying to pin corruption or perversion on Joe Biden will only backfire because he is likable. He could walk on any block in America and get along fine. Joe Biden had zero issues with supporting and following the first black president. He set the tone for Obama’s presidency. That resonates BIGLY with AA voters. Unpopular opinion here: Biden gets the momentum going into Iowa.
Certainly not his only problem. He ran twice before when he was younger and never got more than 1% of the vote anywhere, anytime. But yeh, not surprisingly he did not improve with age. He is only being propped up now by the fact that the field is all losers. And of course, he is a loser too. Welcome to the Dem Primary 2020.
What Trump said was guy talk baited by tv host on hot mic, sure no excuses. But guys really talk like that, like it or not. Biden on the other hand, does what he does openly, like a real perv.
Is this fake or has Biden just completely lost it? If this is real, he is a disgusting perv and it is clearly straight jacket time.