I’m not a fan of candidates dancing. Not Kirsten Gillibrand. Not Kamala Harris. And certainly not Donald Trump. But there is a difference between a few moments of awkward dancing and what happened at Trump’s Town Hall in Oaks, Pennsylvania.
Has he lost it? Can this be rationally explained? Sure, there’s the nonsense about his “weave,” where his inability to stay on topic for a complete sentence is in question. And then there’s his bizarre beautiful body claim, making his “smarter than the generals” look downright banal. The infantile nicknames have become his brand, as has his use of hyperbole and superlatives to describe everything he’s ever done or has ever been done to him.
But this?
Regardless of what you think of Kamala Harris, is this your stable genius?
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FWIW, he dances like there’s nobody watching… which might be a good thing.
Don Cornelius could not be reached for comment.
I’m losing faith in the system that has delivered us two freaking morons to be the most powerful leader of the free world.
H. L. Mencken:
“ As democracy is perfected, the office of the president represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. We move toward a lofty ideal. On some great and glorious day, the plain folks of the land will reach their heart’s desire at last, and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron.”
Only just now?
Reminds me of Tangiers, where I bought a striped djellaba I could wear at home.
You work both arms and you work both feet
Use a dab of gravy, you right on the beat
You flap your arms
But your feet still schleppy
Then you know you doin’ the funky covfefe
Well played!
Can it be rationalized? No. Well, maybe yes. I was never a pro wrestling fan as a kid and not now as an adult. But recently I watched one of those docuseries on Netflix on Vince McMahon. I don’t know why I kept watching. But it hit me as I watched, that the Trump campaign is channeling WWE. Its entertainment by fictional story lines that grow more and more bizzar. Fiction starts to blend with reality and it eventually blows up into scandal. The viewer continues to watch, because they are left continually wondering what ridiculous thing happens next. I think this, or something like it, is what Trump is going for. Not my taste. But then again Vince McMahon built a billion dollar empire on nonsensical entertainment, and Trump did become president.
Easy as it would be to chalk this up to senile dementia, but how would anyone know? Is it just daily bizarre or special bizarre?
You may have lived in Haverford, but you perhaps have not spent enough time in Oaks, PA. Maybe that’s how they roll there.
I lived in an apartment above a laundry on the Main Line.
Seems way more entertaining than the standard politicians’ events where narcissistic sociopaths lie to you for 30 minutes. Granted, that’s not a high bar.
Bingo.
This “song and dance” routine seems to have been in response to some medical emergencies that occurred in the audience and Trump stopped the proceedings to allow medical personnel to tend to the audience members.
If so, a totally rational response. Sway to the music for 39 minutes. What presidential candidate wouldn’t do that in response to someone passing out?
You see this in a more subdued fashion with Harris’s vibes based Campaign Of Joy but this is plainly a secular form of worship for the faithful who largely have no other form of spiritual practice but want a hit of that ol’ time religion without any of the concomitant obligations or introspection. These rallies are services where the gathered throng congregate to bask in the warm glowing warning glow of their orange Messiah and be affirmed by his presence. They hear the hymns of their people (Journey, YMCA and Celebrate by Kool and The Gang) and maybe, if they’re lucky, witness a miracle when the Leader survives a dramatic assassination attempt (admittedly pretty impressive).
All of this would be fine, but these people vote and this Walmart Marjo absurdity is no way to run any country, let alone a nuclear power.
Judging a presidential candidate’s dancing is where we are now?
At least you could include Harris dancing as well.
I am deciding on my write-in candidate
Read the third sentence. Then read the third sentence again. Then question your existence.