You're not impressed by Biden's improving name-calling game?
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I actually have to wonder how many aides, consultants, etc they gathered together and how much time they spent trying to come up with a real, humdinger zinger until they finally decided on the stupendous Broke Don.
Oh, my heavens! He could never do that! It would be seen as antisemitic. But he could make a seemingly critical comment about Netanyahu. That's permissible.
"Hey fellow humans. This man can't pay a $454 million bond. Let's all laugh at how poor he is! Can you imagine?..being poor? I don't think I could live with the indignity of it. Frankly, I don't think I'd want to!...Being poor..."
Democrats are sp good at politics. Lets insult bring poor - which most people are and realize they're going to renain because of how they've been fucked by the system
the trick is not to be clever or funny but to simply make up a name that is stupid and mean
They really can’t understand actual criticisms. Trump’s names aren’t just random names to be stupid or mean, they have meaning. Sleepy Joe because he’s a tired old man, Low Energy Jeb because his campaign was a wet towel, Alfred E. Neumann for Buttigieg because just look at him, etc.
“Broke Don” has no meaning, he a fuckin billionaire. Even if he’s been ordered to pay some big fine, he’ll still have plenty of money left. Plus insulting someone for being poor is just bad. But we already know they hate the poors.
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"The trick is to not be clever or funny - " opinion discarded. That is the ENTIRE point of namecalling. It's supposed to be catchy and memorable. It doesn't need to be factual, but if it is, that's just a bonus. I hate to say it, but calling him a "cheeto" is more memorable simply because it's been ironically said by people here so much that I now find it funny. The fact that they fail to understand this basic concept and want to follow RULES and PROCEDURES for fucking NAMECALLING shows how sheltered liberals are, at best, and at worst, they have no hatred for their "enemies"
Of all the nickanmes they could've chosen, they decided to pick the one thing that millions of Americans are suffering from right now, and something that democrats have accused their voters of "being too stupid" to understand and "ruining Biden's election" whenever they complain about it
Conservatives get a boner whenever they see Trump handing out pizzas to people. Being """broke""" will only give more cred with his base who are also broke.
Of all the nickanmes they could've chosen, they decided to pick the one thing that millions of Americans are suffering from right now, and something that democrats have accused their voters of "being too stupid" to understand and "ruining Biden's election" whenever they complain about it
Totally nailed it with this. For me this is what makes this the worst idea ever. "Broke Don", no he's still rich - I'm the one that's broke and its not funny
Conservatives get a boner whenever they see Trump handing out pizzas to people.
I'm trying to imagine Biden doing that. I can't. It's harder for me than if I don't google and right now I tried to explain the details of the science and physics of a warp drive might actually work. I can't even take a baby step. I have no starting point.
Kim Jong-un came up with “Dotard” in an instant while showcasing his appreciation of late Middle English (never forget, Kim was Western educated, in Swiss international school!) without any of the million dollar think tank money spent on this crap.
I think the peak was when they referred to Biden as a rabid dog
"Rabid dogs like Biden can hurt lots of people if they are allowed to run about. They must be beaten to death with a stick, before it is too late,” it wrote. “Doing so will be beneficial for the U.S. also."
As a bonus - "How could a president as kind, as generous, as decent and just plain good as President Joe Biden stooooooooooooop..." and Lawrence O'Donnell falls over. He would be so worked up that in the middle of one of his shows - he gives himself a brain aneurism. And we could laugh at the video clip for years.
Trump's broke? Damn, I'm broke too! Hey, that reminds me, the IRS hasn't given me my tax money back and, wait a second... Genocide Joe still owes me 600 bucks! With interest! Geez, what an asshole!
Broke Don is fun when the economy is failing for most people and they can't afford basic expenses while Genocide Joe gaslights them about it. Great optics from PR demons with six figure salaries.
I know one that will get popular traction: you know what people hate? The genocide in Gaza. You know who encouraged Israel to "finish the problem?" Donald Trump. We should call him Zion Don. That'll associate him with something incredibly unpopular.
I'm taking bets for how many days before this gets turned around by the Trump campaign (or his redcaps) into a rallying cry that becomes a resounding success:
I don't think "Don" works at all because nobody calls him that. The only thing I can think of off the top of my head is "Donald Broke". It's very dumb but I think it's still better than Broke Don.
"Look, these names don't have any moxie," he says with a downcast look.
An enterprising aide pipes in "Mr. President, I know a guy at DDC (DelawareDemocraticConsulting). Should I get in touch with him?"
"Delawareyasay?"
"Yes. The firm could purpose-build a name-calling department for just this purpose."
"Well, get on the horn and talk to them!"
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A few minutes later the aide is in the bathroom making a surreptitious call to his brother-in-law. He says "Remember when I told you to make that jokey DelawareDemocraticConsulting website? 'Fucking stupid' you said. Yeah-yeah-yeah. Shut up. Remember when I said - 'Just you wait. It might pay off. And big too.' It has. We just made a few hundred grand. No, I'm not shitting you!"
Do you remember that one time you thought up a really clever come-back for that kid who bullied you, and when you finally get a chance to deliver it it doesn't land at all and the bully is completely unfazed? That's what this energy is. You can't bully the bully, that's not how it works. Not sure what the play here is, but this ain't it.
Biden will call Trump an r-word and the Liberals will split between embracing it and getting mad that he said it. Hexbear will have a struggle session over this.
"Hawaii has always been a very pivotal role in the Pacific. It is in the Pacific. It is a part of the United States that is an island that is right here." -Dan Quayle
We're in a society where the collapse of capitalism places the Bourgoisie on a single path, and so the only possible policy choice is if you whine about having to do the fascism or embrace it. So this is really the perfect example of US Political discusion.
it really doesn't work in audio because you could hear "Don" as "dawn", or as the spanish/portuguese/italian word for "Lord", or as as the verb "don" as in to put on clothes. It also sounds similar to the phrase "broke down". Maybe that is intentional? Needs a lot of context clues to even parse the very very ambiguous language.
All that aside from the fact that being broke is um pretty relatable to a lot of people.
Personally if I had to chose between a broke person or a genocider I know which one I'd pick.
Sometimes I miss the most absolute obvious things. It took me ~2 hours but I finally realized why they didn't go with "Broke Billionaire". The nickname could really upset the donor class. It could become popular in its own right and be reused to deride any old billionaire or Richie Rich in financial trouble.