Gray Champion Predictions

[Bob Butler 54]

(07-10-2020, 09:38 AM)User3451 Wrote:

(07-10-2020, 12:57 AM)Bob Butler 54 Wrote:

(07-09-2020, 08:18 PM)User3451 Wrote: Bernie, Biden and Trump are all grey champions. There could be others

Grey champions are neither good or bad, and don't need to be president obviously, and there are more than one

But they tend to personify the new values.  They set an example for the new culture.  It is entirely possible to have several people doing that to various degrees, but Buchanan, Hoover and Trump are not examples of demonstrating the new values.  They show why the old values are obsolete and have to change.  A necessary role, perhaps, but it is very different from the grey champion's role.

Hmm.  My spell checker suggested the last role should be grey tampons.  Perhaps...  

By that logic Bernie and Biden are disqualified as well, since Bernie espouses early 20th century socdem values and Biden espouses midcentury conservative Democrat values.

Grey Champion is really a title best awarded with 20 20 hindsight, anyway.  This is why Bernie was not chosen, and we are disappointed in advance with Biden.  You don't preen with pride claiming comparison with Lincoln, FDR and Churchill until you have walked the walk.  Either Bernie or Biden would pick up the accolades if they managed to successfully navigate the crisis problems, but until they have done it the title should wait in reserve.