Travis
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I have never even considered that. You think perhaps that George Bush was partially acting—actively renforcing a stupid archetype? You know that that presidents spend quite a bit of time cultivating a public persona, most highly-public figures do this. Obama seemed to have a refined act, but he acted in the opposite way.@x-ray peat: One of their most successful psyops was to make people think that the government is too inept and incompetent to successfully conspire to do anything.
Donald Trump could be a George Bush type, playing dumb and ignorant for reasons alluded to above—and also appealing to a certain segment of voters, cultivating an image of naïveté, and channeling Homer Simpson with the his Matt Groening-designed keyring before he ascends the podium.
This could be the most underappreciated move by wicked politicians, perhaps goaded in doing so by few unnamed.
Presidents are mostly actors now anyway. They don't write their own speeches, read them from a teleprompt, and plan essentially all public and television appearances weeks in advance. I wonder if presidents even now select their own acting coaches, or have them thrust upon them once they enter office—or beforehand.
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