(25-04-2020 13:26 )Goodfella3041 Wrote:  I think too many people are under the impression that the President of the United States has a significant and direct bearing on the economy and they vote accordingly. And that may have been true in the past, but I personally think it's a myth in the present.

A hyper-complex, globalised, multi-trillion dollar economy doesn't dance to the tune of any president. Clinton simply managed the Reagan/Bush economy; 'W' managed the Clinton economy; Obama manage the 'W' economy; and Trump is managing the Obama economy.

Trump inherited a strong economy and he managed to not fuck it up. He entertained his base and distracted the media with porn stars, gaffs, impeachments and investigations, while McConnell and Graham busied themselves with gutting health care, protecting gun rights, filling the benches with pro-life, anti-immigration judges, eliminating environmental regs and lowering taxes for rich people. And Trump was waltzing into re-election.

Then this happened.

This is when America needed a real president. It needed a 'tear down this wall' and 'touched the face of God' Ronald Reagan; it needed the post-9/11 Bush; the Obama we saw after Hurricane Sandy and every tragic school shooting. Someone to calm, console and inspire. Instead they have a nasty, dimwitted reality TV star. A crisis like this needs leadership and they have buffoon. (So do we, mind you, but that's a different post)

If the next election really is a referendum on his handling of covid-19, then I think he's toast. If it isn't, then he wins.

(26-04-2020 10:09 )HannahsPet Wrote:  the mother of the person making the allegations appeared on Larry King live on CNN in the 90's with the allegations against a senator which turns out to be him