Ronald Reagan speaks

[George K]

I'd never heard this.

“Thomas Jefferson once said, 'We should never judge a president by his age, only by his works.' And ever since he told me that, I stopped worrying.”

[Mik]

Ahhhhaaahahahaahaha!

[jon-nyc]

He had a glorious sense of humor and stellar delivery.

So did Bob Dole, by the way.

[George K]

@jon-nyc said in Ronald Reagan speaks:

So did Bob Dole, by the way.

I've mentioned how much I enjoyed Dole's book, "Laughing (almost) All the Way to the White House."

Reagan's delivery, however, was better - actor, you know.

[Doctor Phibes]

Reagan was very funny, and very likeable, even to those who didn't like his policies.

Call me Mr. Shallow if you will, but I honestly think it's one of the most important qualities a leader can have.

[jon-nyc]

@Doctor-Phibes

That’s not shallow. It actually makes them more effective. People like them better. And it can disarm their adversaries.

I remember Bob Dole cracking Clinton up during one of their debates in 96. I even remember the line.

[Doctor Phibes]

@jon-nyc said in Ronald Reagan speaks:

@Doctor-Phibes

That’s not shallow. It actually makes them more effective. People like them better. And it can disarm their adversaries.

I remember Bob Dole cracking Clinton up during one of their debates in 96. I even remember the line.

I was semi joking about it being shallow.

I honestly don't understand why anybody wants to vote for such an unmitigated twat as Donald Trump. BoJo "Britain Trump" I understand - he can be a lot of fun, after all.

[Horace]

@Doctor-Phibes said in Ronald Reagan speaks:

@jon-nyc said in Ronald Reagan speaks:

@Doctor-Phibes

That’s not shallow. It actually makes them more effective. People like them better. And it can disarm their adversaries.

I remember Bob Dole cracking Clinton up during one of their debates in 96. I even remember the line.

I was semi joking about it being shallow.

I honestly don't understand why anybody wants to vote for such an unmitigated twat as Donald Trump.

Because everybody who finds him funny and endearing is a difference species of human, incapable of being understood by the rest of us.

[Doctor Phibes]

@Horace said in Ronald Reagan speaks:

@Doctor-Phibes said in Ronald Reagan speaks:

@jon-nyc said in Ronald Reagan speaks:

@Doctor-Phibes

That’s not shallow. It actually makes them more effective. People like them better. And it can disarm their adversaries.

I remember Bob Dole cracking Clinton up during one of their debates in 96. I even remember the line.

I was semi joking about it being shallow.

I honestly don't understand why anybody wants to vote for such an unmitigated twat as Donald Trump.

Because everybody who finds him funny and endearing is a difference species of human, incapable of being understood by the rest of us.

Either that or you're a bunch of twats, too.

[jon-nyc]

@Doctor-Phibes said in Ronald Reagan speaks:

@jon-nyc said in Ronald Reagan speaks:

@Doctor-Phibes

That’s not shallow. It actually makes them more effective. People like them better. And it can disarm their adversaries.

I remember Bob Dole cracking Clinton up during one of their debates in 96. I even remember the line.

I was semi joking about it being shallow.

I honestly don't understand why anybody wants to vote for such an unmitigated twat as Donald Trump. BoJo "Britain Trump" I understand - he can be a lot of fun, after all.

They don’t fall for Trump because he’s funny, they fall for him because he smites the people they resent.

[Doctor Phibes]

@jon-nyc said in Ronald Reagan speaks:

@Doctor-Phibes said in Ronald Reagan speaks:

@jon-nyc said in Ronald Reagan speaks:

@Doctor-Phibes

That’s not shallow. It actually makes them more effective. People like them better. And it can disarm their adversaries.

I remember Bob Dole cracking Clinton up during one of their debates in 96. I even remember the line.

I was semi joking about it being shallow.

I honestly don't understand why anybody wants to vote for such an unmitigated twat as Donald Trump. BoJo "Britain Trump" I understand - he can be a lot of fun, after all.

They don’t fall for Trump because he’s funny, they fall for him because he smites the people they resent.

A billionaire pretending to be Alf Garnett/Archie Bunker

[Copper]

@Doctor-Phibes said in Ronald Reagan speaks:

I honestly don't understand why anybody wants to vote for such an unmitigated twat as Donald Trump.

Hillary

[Doctor Phibes]

@Copper said in Ronald Reagan speaks:

@Doctor-Phibes said in Ronald Reagan speaks:

I honestly don't understand why anybody wants to vote for such an unmitigated twat as Donald Trump.

Hillary

Yeah, but that's preventative action, which I do understand, not enthusiastic support, of which there was a fair amount. Even here, in liberal Mass, there were loads of blokes (mostly blokes) blowing the horns of their pickup trucks and yelling support for the little Trump rally on the town common. We never had anything like that for Bush or Obama.

And sure, I'm stereotyping, but the rally was the most stereotypical thing I'd ever seen.

[Renauda]

@Doctor-Phibes said in Ronald Reagan speaks:

@Horace said in Ronald Reagan speaks:

@Doctor-Phibes said in Ronald Reagan speaks:

@jon-nyc said in Ronald Reagan speaks:

@Doctor-Phibes

That’s not shallow. It actually makes them more effective. People like them better. And it can disarm their adversaries.

I remember Bob Dole cracking Clinton up during one of their debates in 96. I even remember the line.

I was semi joking about it being shallow.

I honestly don't understand why anybody wants to vote for such an unmitigated twat as Donald Trump.

Because everybody who finds him funny and endearing is a difference species of human, incapable of being understood by the rest of us.

Either that or you're a bunch of twats, too.

I wouldn’t necessarily put that in the plural.