Let's name positive traits of previous Republican presidemts [View all]

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Ok, don't get mad! Hear me out.

Trump is an outlier, even among bad Republican presidents. He has literally no redeeming qualities. Not one.

This comes into stark relief when we compare him to other bad Republican presidents. Watch this:

George W. Bush. Literal war criminal. Started US policies of kidnapping and torturing political prisoners. Remember "extraordinary renditions?" He also stole one (possibly two) elections. Extremely corrupt cabinet. And yet he did have some decent human traits: he had a sense of humor (which enraged me), and appeared to love his wife and kids. Later in life he became an artist. His paintings are weird but not bad.

Ronald Reagan. Put in motion the entire economic debacle that is now blamed on Democrats. Total liar. Incredibly corrupt cabinet. Disgraceful attitude toward HIV. And yet: he appeared to love his wife and kids. He seemed to like animals. He knew how to behave in public. He could rock a brown tweed suit. He was pleasant to the press, teasing them without demonizing them.

Richard Nixon. War criminal. Serial liar. Incredibly corrupt cabinet. Seemingly a mean man who wasn't nice to his family. And yet: Nixon wasn't stupid. Some of his policies were thoughtful.

What I'm trying to do here is show that Trump is a true monster. He has no redeeming human traits.

He's a blank slate that his followers paint anything they believe in onto. They make things up - they believe he's kind and smart and good. In the absence of anything decent - anything at all - they create a fantasy.