Do I get a cookie for telling you repeatedly that all the crazies in the primary will be defeated?
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Do I get a cookie for telling you repeatedly that all the crazies in the primary will be defeated?
How did Obama win his then?
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Originally Posted by Loki
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Marvelous. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Nessus
Of the race or the closet? ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Ominous Gamer
So
How come motherfuckers whose idealogies are all, like, hurf durf personal responsibility are the first to blame it on TEH MEDIA when no bugger votes for them.
Please explain this conundrum.
Because they're also delusional and can't believe that they would lose a fair race.
Kinda true for the general case too, though... vast right-wing conspiracy and all that, after all.Quote:
Originally Posted by Loki
There is quite a heavy case of selection bias for anyone who runs for the presidency.
No doubt... but what else is a narcissist to do? :(
Reality TV?Quote:
Originally Posted by CitizenCain
Film, television, music.. Possibly academia? :p
Loki and Kane perhaps come off as not being serious but they really are accurate. You can't be a politician on the national stage if you aren't an egomaniac and probably narcissistic to boot. The constant attention and pressure select against other traits and almost every politician who has gotten that high is a veteran electioneer, a successful one, which means they know tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, perhaps even millions of voters really do like them, love them, prefer them to anyone else. Successful American politicians expect to charm and win over pretty much anyone they encounter and when they don't they assume something else must be to blame.Quote:
Originally Posted by Steely Glint
Successful politicians know how not to come across as a whiny little bitch, even in America. To keep the example from the same party and the same country to avoid accusations of bias I don't recall McCain's concession speech being full of "a blooo blooo the media was against me otherwise i would totally have won right :cry:". In fact, I remember it being rather gracious and humble.
If Santorum was successful, he wouldn't have lost his Senate seat by 18%; if Gingrich was successful, he wouldn't be in political wilderness for nearly a decade and a half. In contrast, McCain regularly wins reelection to his Senate seat.
You don't actually take political speeches at face value, do you?Quote:
Originally Posted by Steely Glint
Cain, right, this entire conversation is about political speech.
Oh, I thought it was about the nature of politicians, not about the particular lie they tell in a given circumstance. My bad, I guess.