When Jimmy Carter emerged to capture the Presidency it happened after Richard M. Nixon had finally, after many years, managed to reveal himself enough to disgust a large enough portion of the electorate that they wanted someone who was not Richard M. Nixon or anything like him.
So, from the cynical, Machiavellian Nixon, we swung to Carter, who looked maybe a bit naive, but fresh and open and not at all a schemer.
After 8 years of George W. Bush, anyone who sounded as if he had two neurons synapsing would have been a breath of fresh air.
John McCain fell into the trap of choosing Sarah Palin, who reminded a lot of people of George W. in her easily apprehended stupidity. She was just dumb as a stick. Aggressive, cocky, self confident and really stupid. Remind you of anyone?
Yep, George W.
So, all Barack Obama had to do was to speak grammatical English and to not come off as a scary Black man.
Now, President Obama has to throw punches, but he has got by his whole life by being non confrontational, and it's just not in him. He just doesn't know how to trade punches with Mitt and Mitch and Rush.
So, his fate appears about as clear as that of the ACA, Obamacare.
Our electorate is just not all that bright.
Just look at the comments you see on the internet.
I'm just hoping what you see in cyberspace is not what goes to the polls in November, but like the fate of the ACA, it doesn't look good.
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