Too Weak to Not Run Again

[applegrove]

Too Weak to Not Run Again

November 16, 2022 at 12:02 pm EST By Taegan Goddard 138 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2022/11/16/too-weak-to-not-run-again/

"SNIP.......

Amanda Carpenter: “Trump—who dragged his party to midterm losses in 2018, lost the White House in 2020 ........, incited an insurrectionist mob into attacking the U.S. Capitol, was impeached twice, and contributed to yet another GOP midterm flop last week—sneered and grimaced through his announcement. He slow-read prepared remarks in a monotone, digressing to riff on whatever non sequitur popped into his mind.”

“Maybe Trump’s spirits were low because he read the terrible press coverage running up to his announcement and could see the faces in the crowd, which were nothing close to the assembly of GOP elite he commanded in rallies past. The biggest bold-faced names spotted in the crowd were a grifter’s row of deplorables and has-beens: Roger Stone, Madison Cawthorn, Mike Lindell, and Dick Morris.”

.......SNIP"

[cilla4progress]

1. Paper Tiger

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[Just A Box Of Rain]

2. I could have lived without the ageist shot at Joe Biden, frankly.

[secondwind]

3. Same here

[applegrove]

4. I hear you but I thought the idea of the losers who were his supporters was important:

"The biggest bold-faced names spotted in the crowd were a grifter’s row of deplorables and has-beens: Roger Stone, Madison Cawthorn, Mike Lindell, and Dick Morris.”

[MyOwnPeace]

11. Yep - quite the 'ALL STAR' bunch there!!!!

[Bernardo de La Paz]

6. You see Biden as aged, though I agree against ageism. I see his age in office as an accomplishment

... an accomplishment worth saluting and remarking on.

When Reagan took office he was the oldest to win and serve.
When tRump won and took office he was the oldest to win and "serve".
Biden is the oldest person to win and serve.

Fact.

Deal with it.

[Just A Box Of Rain]

7. Huh?

This is a very weird response. Are you talking at me???

I deeply admire Joe Biden, supported him in 2020 even before he announced, and wholeheartedly support him today.

I think history will judge him as one of the greatest US presidents.

I object to ageist attacks made on him by supposed allies.

Deal with that.

[Hugh_Lebowski]

9. It's factual, but it's also unnecessary.

The way this reads, it's very easy to interpret it as saying 'look what a loser Trump is, after all, he lost to a super-old guy!'.

Had he lost to Obama in 2008 instead of McCain, and the article said "he lost to the first Black Man ever elected POTUS" ... in the same spot in the article, you'd be like ... WTF, right?

[relayerbob]

5. The audience was trying to leave even as he spoke

"A crowd has formed by the exit of the ballroom as some try to leave Trump’s announcement speech before he has finished…. But security won’t let them."

Link to tweet

[chriscan64]

10. My Pillow guy was there.

I would have asked for a pillow to sleep on or smother myself with.

[MyOwnPeace]

12. And look at the flags!!!!!!!

Surprised he didn't end the 'speech' by trying to hug & hump all of them!!!

[Walleye]

8. Some general said, "being too weak to retreat, we attacked"