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[-] SnowboardBum@kbin.social 10 points 1 year ago

An unserious person wanting to have the most serious job in the country.

[-] ArtieShaw@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago

To be fair, that's sort of our bag. The idea of electing an actor (Regan) caused some nervous clenching back in the day, but after that we pretty uniformly just elect the weirdest or most entertaining candidate that makes it through the primaries.

  • Bill Clinton vs. Bush "Don't ask me about the CIA" the First? Bubba for the win against an incumbent.
  • Gore who reminds you of vaguely of a too-handsome funeral director vs. Bush "I can't talk good" the Second? Hold my beer.
  • McCain "let me tell you about POWs" vs. No Drama Obama? I know who I'm inviting to my BBQ. We can all drink Mojitos and laugh and point at the racists while they lose their minds.
  • Hilary "Jesus, she's not even president and you can't shut the fuck up about her for the last 25 years AND she comes with a mess of Bill's baggage" Clinton vs. ... well, you get the idea.

Biden is a bit of an outlier, but so was everything about 2016-20. It's like the nation rolled its collective eyes, sighed, and said "enough with all the entertainment. It's not fucking funny anymore." And it was a nail biter. So there's that.

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