• 👍Maximum Derek👍@discuss.tchncs.de
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    4 months ago

    Putting an e on the end of potato basically ended his political career and now Trump supporters shout “covfefe” because they think it’s somehow smart. I think about that a lot.

    Or the fact that people largely see the photo that Dukakis took in a tank as the moment HW Bush won the 88 election - compared to Trump’s photo op in a Fire Truck…

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      4 months ago

      Or when Howard Dean “ruined” his political career by whooping at a rally because it “wasn’t presidential.”

      Our expectations are so low right now that putting together two cogent sentences could literally mean that you win the election.