Gravitas? Don’t make me laugh
For all of Trump’s faults—and Republicans who make a living trying to win elections tend to be honest about most of them, albeit privately—the United States is still a center-right country, at least according to the data the G.O.P. trusts. And Trump brings a certain gravitas to the job, despite his periodic tendency to diminish the presidency. A lightweight Democratic contender too enthralled with, or captive to, leftist dogma is an opponent that even a politically pockmarked Trump can exploit.
Lol lol.
Trump. Gravitas. In the same sentence.
The article posits that Republicans think Trump will fare better against a lefty wonk because they allegedly share certain philosophical traits about isolationism and populism so the Trump voters in those all-important midwest states will stick with him. They say they hope to run against Warren (because she reminds people of Hillary — guess why) Sanders or Booker and most fear O’Rourke and Biden because they either inspire the youth or have a way with the white working class.
Whatever. Number one, I never assume that political strategists are being honest with reporters in these pieces. Their job is to try to psych out the opposition. So, basically, who cares what they say?
Second, this entire genre, at this point in the game, is tiresome and stupid. We have a year to see what these people have got. Events often intervene to change the dynamic and people you don’t expect emerge and the big stars often crash and burn. (Scott Walker, ladies and gentlemen?) So everyone needs to relax and let this unfold.
However, we don’t have to wait to understand exactly what the Democrats are up against in Donald Trump. There has been no “periodic tendency to diminish the presidency.” The cretinous monster has demonstrated every single day for two years that he is 100% unfit for the job in every way.
Gravitas. You’ve got to be kidding me.
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