Hi, Shrewd!        Login  
Shrewd'm.com 
A merry & shrewd investing community
 Best Of PoliticsBest OfAll BoardsThe Shrewd’m WeeklyLearn to InvestHow to Become Shrewd
Search
Shrewd'm.com Merry shrewd investors
Search
Best Of PoliticsBest OfAll BoardsThe Shrewd’m WeeklyLearn to InvestHow to Become Shrewd

The week's question
In December 2024, in the thread "Re: BRK: Why Not XOM?", BreckHutHigh asked the members: "What about the long road trips with kids?" This week it is put to everyone again. The button below opens the small thread re-asking it - read what others have said so far, then give your own answer as an ordinary reply.
Answer this questionContinue to Shrewd'mThis note won't appear again
Halls of Shrewd'm / US Policy
Unthreaded | Threaded | Whole Thread (5) |
Author: albaby1 ✶❂ SILVER
SHREWD   😊 😞
Number: of 84362 
Subject: Re: Borowitz
Date: 10/21/24 3:40 PM
Post New | Post Reply | Report Post | Recommend It!
No. of Recommendations: 5
Or the biggest unforced error since Dukakis put on an army helmet and stuck his head out of a tank.

none of it matters to a cultist.

Or to anyone, really.

The reason the Dukakis photo op was so deadly to his campaign is that they were able to tie it into the attack that the GOP often runs against Democrats - that they're weak on defense. The photo of Dukakis looking goofy and dwarfed by the tank and helmet hung that story on Dukakis in a powerful way, on an issue that people cared a lot about.

But Donald Trump making an off-color reference to another person's body? It's hard to see what that does. It's nothin we don't know about Trump already (the video of him making fun of a reporter's disability is eight years old already). And it doesn't reinforce anything that Democrats really have to say about Republicans on an issue that people care about.
Post New | Post Reply | Report Post | Recommend It!
Print the post
Members reply directly to albaby1 here — and replies get answered. Reading is free; so is joining the conversation. Join Shrewd'm »
This community has written 84,309 posts about US Policy. The article-length ones it recommended most:
It's going to get worse · 33 recs · 2025
G’day Donny · 30 recs · 2026
Old Related Story · 28 recs · 2026
HCR is a national treasure · 27 recs · 2025
Fascism in America · 27 recs · 2025
Unthreaded | Threaded | Whole Thread (5) |


Announcements
US Policy FAQ
Contact Shrewd'm
Contact the developer of these message boards.

Ticker or Board Name Author

Best Of Politics | Best Of | Favourites & Replies | All Boards | Followed Shrewds | Open Questions | Moving a community