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Originally Posted by mooby
We bullshit a lot on here but I would really love it if everyone, haters and Trumpers alike, would read this article and give me a solid, multi-sentence (looking at you Chico) opinion on it. Especially if that can be done without "Trump is mentally incompetent, and so are his supporters" or "just another MSM fake news piece by someone who is blinded by their hatred of Trump."
The question of why Trump is scandal-proof has perplexed me since he started running for President. This article is the closest thing I've read to actually getting some analysis as to why this phenomenon is unique to him.
I think we can all agree that any number of Trump's scandals would have destroyed any other candidate, and yet he still emerges through the inevitable next one.
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/b...cw4dwnWbu3Nu88 |
I read the article at a glance, and I am sure some of the analysis is reasonable and sound, but I also think it is not as complicated or incomprehensible as the writer makes it seem. Many presidents are able to "do no wrong" with their supporters. Reagan was known as the Teflon president, Bill Clinton was Bill Clinton and could get by with a hearty laugh and a big aw shucks. I don't think it is really that unusual for Presidents to be untouchable, in fact even Nixon won reelection in a landslide at one point.
Basically people want to believe in their elected officials, and forgive all sorts of crap on both sides of the aisle. Look at Robert Byrd he was a flat out racist democrat that held office till he was over 90, or Ted Kennedy consorted with the russians in the middle of the cold war to get Reagan out, but he was a hero to the democrats. It is really only a modern trend that people on both sides of the spectrum actually hold SOME politicians accountable, and even then it almost has to be a smoking gun laced with sexual immorality and/or racial affronts for fairly minor politicians to be disgraced out of office.
I honestly think people like G1 are far more fascinating in that Trump could bring about world peace, offer free healthcare to all, and ensure social security would never fail, and G1/many others would still hate his guts.
Mind you I am not saying he has done any of that and his style is extremely grating to everybody so I get when people who disagree with policy issues attack him incessantly, the republican core did that with Obama as well, even when he had good ideas or policies.
Finally, in this day and age, AND as this forum has repeatedly demonstrated, if you want to find a reason to support or hate trump there is a link for that.
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