Well, I thought LW's post was mocking some of the criticisms made of Obama's image and public presentation, in a way that suggested there weren't any. I was just adding some actual criticisms, e.g. pretending to be about peace when he actually loved drones, pretending to be about family while deporting kids' parents, etc.El Pollo Diablo wrote: ↑Fri Oct 23, 2020 8:23 amBut then yours seemed a bit of an over-reaction to people essentially sighing and reminiscing about the time when the US President could string two sentences together and seemed to want the best for people. (LW's wasn't a jokey hagiography, it was ironic criticism). Nonetheless, people should be able to contrast Obama to Trump with fondness, without some dreary arse leaping down their necks because Obama did some not good stuff. It's no different from all the tw.ts on the far left of labour.Bird on a Fire wrote: ↑Thu Oct 22, 2020 7:14 pmBit of an exaggeration there, EPD. I think the truth is probably somewhere between your "they're all the same" position and LW's jokey hagiography (which is what I was responding to).
I guess I just disagree with the idea that "what's missing from the US presidency" is somebody who looks stylish and speaks nicely while also being a c.nt. Sorry if wanting a non-c.nt makes me dreary. I'll just cheer along with the rest of you at whoever my team puts forward, because heaven forfend we should strive for better.