▲ 863 ▼ “Donald Trump was fired by 81 million people and clearly he's having a very difficult time processing that” (slrpnk.net) submitted 2 years ago by silence7@slrpnk.net to c/politicalmemes@lemmy.world 53 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] profdc9@lemmy.world 20 points 2 years ago (3 children) It's a great line, but it's also kind of tragic that these kind of soundbites are how we decide who is commander and chief of the armed forces. permalink fedilink source hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] JuBe@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago There’s a lot more to deciding the president than this… this was just cathartic. permalink fedilink source parent [–] GoofSchmoofer@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago Nixon lost the 1960 election to Kennedy in part due to how he looked during the first televised debate. while I agree with you and would love to have policy be the main driver of people's decisions, elections are unfortunately more about likability than policy for most voters. permalink fedilink source parent [–] drunkpostdisaster@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago It's always been this way to some degree. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] JuBe@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago There’s a lot more to deciding the president than this… this was just cathartic. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] GoofSchmoofer@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago Nixon lost the 1960 election to Kennedy in part due to how he looked during the first televised debate. while I agree with you and would love to have policy be the main driver of people's decisions, elections are unfortunately more about likability than policy for most voters. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] drunkpostdisaster@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago It's always been this way to some degree. permalink fedilink source parent
