2016 Postmortem

John Poet

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34. This country was willing enough to allow SHRUB to usurp the White House

Mon Jan 18, 2016, 06:19 PM

Jan 2016

for eight years (I still won't say he won either election),
bouncing from one verbal flub to another
while moving from one disaster to the next...

After that, what the hell is the meaning of this 'presidential' thing
that people are supposed to want?

I think Bernie is EXTREMELY presidential.
I want a FIGHTER for ME in that office!

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It appears that for some, Bernie is not [View all] cali Jan 2016 OP

We've had a few decades now of media trained politicians at the national level. Kentonio Jan 2016 #1

Bernie's win will be revolutionary on azmom Jan 2016 #3

If that means that by telling the truth . . . fleur-de-lisa Jan 2016 #2

Clinton has dignity? Her comments on the killing of Gaddafi and wiping the server.. Skwmom Jan 2016 #4

....! KoKo Jan 2016 #6

I have a hard time imagining him spending a lot of time behind a desk too tk2kewl Jan 2016 #5

Great photos !! pangaia Jan 2016 #12

easy to find with the googles... tk2kewl Jan 2016 #13

This one is particularly harsh. Fawke Em Jan 2016 #17

is she too important or too vulnerable? tk2kewl Jan 2016 #19

Neither--the press were crowding her, asking questions, when she wanted to MADem Jan 2016 #28

What looks "Presidential" is in the eye of the beholder. I don't agree at all that Bernie doesn't. 99th_Monkey Jan 2016 #7

Just more dumb shit opinion presented as fact, easily ignorable and/or shot down. emulatorloo Jan 2016 #8

Different personalities, I think they're both 'Presidential' enough. Sunlei Jan 2016 #9

The problem is that I won't like the work she gets to. Fawke Em Jan 2016 #18

It's horseshit. Warren Stupidity Jan 2016 #10

I'm touched Cali. hrmjustin Jan 2016 #11

touched tk2kewl Jan 2016 #14

lol m-lekktor Jan 2016 #16

It's illiberal and reactionary. earthside Jan 2016 #15

Your words hootinholler Jan 2016 #21

Oh shucks, I thought that FDR was a president! sadoldgirl Jan 2016 #20

Abe Lincoln wasn't "presidential" in the eyes of many when he was president. Tierra_y_Libertad Jan 2016 #22

Dick Cheney ejbr Jan 2016 #23

No he isn't. Dick Cheney is an ignorant brute, who flunked out of Yale--his moron boss managed MADem Jan 2016 #29

You are talking about his actions ejbr Jan 2016 #30

He is not at all articulate!! He's the clod who chortled with his MADem Jan 2016 #31

Ok, ejbr Jan 2016 #33

He routinely swore; that's not Presidential. And he didn't have much hair, he kept it short, so MADem Jan 2016 #36

I apologize for the name-calling ejbr Jan 2016 #38

Perhaps you'd do better to just ask people to list what qualities about Senator Sanders MADem Jan 2016 #39

Well, we can agree on that! n/t ejbr Jan 2016 #40

in that first photo he looks pretty relaxed restorefreedom Jan 2016 #41

Indeed--he is an ignorant brute, watching that destruction with his feet on the furniture. MADem Jan 2016 #44

opposite of human, too restorefreedom Jan 2016 #45

The difference between LWolf Jan 2016 #24

I always thought it was pretty presidential in the way she dodged sniper fire. Katashi_itto Jan 2016 #25

Does one have to have a $600 haircut to be president? Rosa Luxemburg Jan 2016 #26

Did someone claim Bernie was "not presidential"? NorthCarolina Jan 2016 #27

I wonder if people said the same thing about FDR back then? Avalux Jan 2016 #32

This country was willing enough to allow SHRUB to usurp the White House John Poet Jan 2016 #34

Dignity? Really? Dignity.... Skwmom Jan 2016 #35

Once more, Straw Man has been defeated and America is safe for another day anigbrowl Jan 2016 #37

everyone said president romney is perfectly coiffed for the position restorefreedom Jan 2016 #42

Ahhh... The anonymous "They" used as a foil. Motown_Johnny Jan 2016 #43