The comment “I think I prefer President Trump to President Bush” is a good way to annoy anyone and everyone, for reasons not quite able to put one’s finger on.\u00c2\u00a0 Part of the reaction may be presentism — an affect both rational and irrational in equal measure — as, well… yesterday is over, and why relitigite the Hoover Administration?\u00c2\u00a0 Part of the reaction is it implies something — anything at all — positive, even by comparison’s sake.<\/p>\n
(We’ll see if the limited isolationalist military posturing blows up in smokes, as with Trump and his Fox News habit and his base voters, it always feels like it has the potential to any minute.\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0I see liberal blogosphereland giddy about a Rand Paul \/ Mitt Romney split,\u00c2\u00a0or Hannity \/ Carlson …\u00c2\u00a0but I’m thinking I miss the damnable chantings of the handful of Friday protesters marching as they did during Obama years “US Out of Afghanistan.\u00c2\u00a0 Can We Do It?\u00c2\u00a0 Yes We Can” — these days mostly seemingly focused on the Mexican border (with the standby of the guy with the Israel \/ Palestine sign), because…<\/p>\n
I ponder whether or not if one to wear a “Biden for President” button, you’d get a similar effect.\u00c2\u00a0 It’s notable that as I sit here, I see no uprising of support for any candidate — save a couple of people coming out of a “Yang” event, and I doubt Yang’s getting even Kucinich level traction hereabouts.\u00c2\u00a0 (Though maybe he is?)\u00c2\u00a0 No one’s plopping down on anyone… though my guess is no one hereabouts would be plopping down on Biden.\u00c2\u00a0 Not a MAGA hat, sure, but just kind of irritating nonetheless.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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