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Three Ring Circular Firing Squad

Obama saw this show coming!


If you forward through this verbose video to the 26:30 mark, you will hear President Obama lament about the rigidity of the Democrats creating a "circular firing squad."  His metaphor became a meme associated with the many candidates that rose up in 2019 to compete for the Democratic nomination.  His prescience is nearly a year old, and now we have -

In 1972, President Richard Nixon, a.k.a. 'Tricky Dick,' used a number of nefarious means to discredit his most challenging democratic foe (see Ed Muskie crying in New Hampshire? ), resulting in a 49 state trouncing of George McGovern.  President Nixon had the telegenic charm of the grim reaper but was one of the first to use the emerging medium of television to connect with his audience.*  The sloppy work of his subordinates combined with a Quaker sense of right & wrong resulted in his resignation on the verge of his impeachment just before the 1974 mid term elections.  In spite of the amateurishness, the ratings were HUGE.
Today, our senses are saturated by continuous media coverage from classic broadcasts (i.e., CBS, NBC, ABC, Fox, and NPR) to YouTube and TikTok.   The cacophony has created a far more media savvy incumbent, who does his own make-up and ad-lib.  Combining a Reality TV incumbent with a handful of very old school Democratic Party wannabes, one who first tried to run for office in 1972, may produce salacious political entertainment.  President Trump could win re-election by spending the next nine months secluded at his sea to lake resort in Florida, twittering pithy insults. but will be unable to resist the limelight.
As a result, we shall have the most entertaining election in history, full of obscenity, graphic allusions, and slapstick sick humor.  Think of it as election porn.

* a stroll down Memory Back Alley, see the best and worst of Nixon on TV -

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