[throwaway7312]

Ever notice how Republican presidents are always portrayed by partisan liberals as blithering idiots (Bush II as a religious fundamentalist warmonger dunce; Trump as an narcissistic ADD loose cannon dunce)?

And how Democrat presidents are always portrayed by partisan conservatives as morally corrupt degenerates (Clinton as a murdering, philandering drug kingpin; Obama as a Kenyan-born Muslim homosexual on globalist puppet strings)?

Usually I just assume this is confirmation bias + partisans being partisan.

But sometimes I like to wonder, "What if it's all true?"

[mikeash]

Trump’s stereotypes are clearly true. Just listen to the man talk. He has the attention span of a poorly fed sparrow. The other day he raved about the wonderful letter he got from Kim Jong Un, then eight minutes later said he hadn’t read it. Google “trump nuclear uncle” for a sentence so meandering and incomprehensible that it should probably be banned as a weapon of war on humanitarian grounds. Thousands more examples can be found.

W was a bit naive but not a dunce. His folksy Texas way of talking was an affectation. He flew fighter jets in the 70s, when that was about as safe and easy as juggling chainsaws. I think W is one of the worst leaders we’ve ever had, but he wasn’t an idiot.

[chillwaves]

Trump has confirmed himself that he does not read. Not books, not the news. It is widely reported by his own cabinet the man does not pay attention or have the depth of understanding of well, anything.

The thing about Obama being a muslim homosexual is fucking stupid and not worth responding to.

[cmurf]

What about 5 years pushing the racist lie that was birtherism? That his supporters didn't care, or they liked it?