Every presidential election in my lifetime has had a candidate that has been attacked as “the dumb one” and another that has been attacked as “the smart evil one” (note: the might not be this, but they were attacked as if they were this)
The “dumb one” has won every time.
I concur, except I didn’t get those vibes during Obama v Romney. Who was who then?
There wasn’t a “dumb” one in that one. But there was massive hypocrisy from the GOP because Romney is the embodiment of the Elite, while they tirelessly touted Bush Jr as an everydayman (“dumb”) while villifying the Elite.
This was just 4 years later.
Has there ever been a time without massive hypocrisy from the Republicans?
Obama was seen as severely lacking in foreign policy credentials, he was only in his first Senate term and didn’t have any other national political experience before running in 2008. That was part of the reason he picked Biden for VP in the first place, it offered some reassurance for voters who thought Obama was weak on foreign policy.
Even so, when Putin invaded Crimea in 2014 Obama kind of just yawned and let him. The UN passed a few resolutions, but that was that. I don’t think Biden would have rolled over if he were President at the time. I think if you asked Biden about any major disagreements he had with Obama, that might be at the top of the list.
I also think McCain would have handled it differently, too. He would have made a good President, even if I would have disagreed with him more. He was better than the absolute trash the GOP puts up these days.
