Why Donald Trump Got Elected

[JasonBlack]

(03-14-2022, 12:00 PM)David Horn Wrote:

(03-14-2022, 09:01 AM)JasonBlack Wrote:

(03-14-2022, 08:42 AM)pbrower2a Wrote: Many people find in Donald Trump the rarity if a pol who not only tolerates their vulgarity, but also actively endorses it. Of course, many also despise the vulgarity that Trump is.

As an entertainer and businessmen, I find his vulgarity amusing and funny. As a politician, I find it concerning. I am not a Catholic school nun when it comes to foul language, but we need too much vulgarity gets in the way of projecting an image which is authoritative and gets people to want to follow you. I will say this though...it is infinitely better to be too blunt and vulgar than to exhibit the fake, stale, flaccid presentation style which dominate both sides of politics since the 90s. You'll notice that, after 4 years of Trump, the nation has grown tired of the fake, obsequious communication style that Biden returned to when taking office.

Side note: one reason I think we haven't had many Xer presidents (just one cusper in Obama) is that their generation-of-rebels, school-of-hard-knocks personal style doesn't lend itself well to top bureaucratic positions (Trump is not Gen X, but his bad boy image tends to sit well with them). Gen X are more comfortable projecting the authority of an entrepreneur, a field commander or tough love sports coach, not a head of state. In terms of conservatives as a whole, I think we need to be steering in a direction that restores a sense calm, steady-hand authority coming from a place of strength. Something FDR was amazing at in spite of being downright evil on a policy level.

I agree, we don't even listen to the obsequious anymore ... nor should we.  It's an obvious form of political speech intended to offend no one and not make enemies.  Unfortunately, it fails at the latter by being too good at the former.  People want to be offended by things they find offensive.  Duh!  Smearing on a thick veneer of inoffensive rubbish is insulting to almost everyone.  Will anyone in a power position see that for what it is?  Apparently, Trump and his doppelgangers (Ted Cruz and Ron DeSantis come immediately to mind) seem to have in mastered at a crude level.  Maybe, it IS crude, and they are spot on. 

a real asshole is better than a fake Semaritan.