- Joined
- Apr 8, 2019
- Messages
- 1,093
- Reaction score
- 229
- Gender
- Male
- Political Leaning
- Slightly Liberal
Being born after Reagan left office, I must admit that I never listened to a speech he gave so I thought I might take a minute and see what he had to say. Some people made compilations of Reagan's comments and comebacks during debates, interviews and press conferences. So, I click on one of them to see why someone would do that.
Around 0:20, a journalist asks Reagan about the recession. The journalist reminds Reagan that he blamed past administrations and that he blamed Congress before asking him if any blame befalls him. Reagan then pulls an absurdly witty reply: "Yes, because for many years I was a Democrat." Agree or not with his agenda, that is quite the burn and it doesn't seem to have been an isolated incident.
I have heard people on the left portray him as a dim-witted dunce, but dim-wits don't turn insults into weapons to have them blow right back in your face. God knows Kamala Harris would have killed for that kind of witty repartee when Tulsi Gabbard caught her pants down during the second debate of this year. Again, regardless of your opinion of either of those candidates, the point here is that Harris got rather savagely attacked and didn't offer a strong response. This is hard to dispute given that Harris started to talk smack about Gabbard the following day -- you know, once she was alone in an interview without Gabbard present to respond.
So, that's the background information. Let's talk about moments when politicians were peculiarly witty and moments where they just missed the boat.
Around 0:20, a journalist asks Reagan about the recession. The journalist reminds Reagan that he blamed past administrations and that he blamed Congress before asking him if any blame befalls him. Reagan then pulls an absurdly witty reply: "Yes, because for many years I was a Democrat." Agree or not with his agenda, that is quite the burn and it doesn't seem to have been an isolated incident.
I have heard people on the left portray him as a dim-witted dunce, but dim-wits don't turn insults into weapons to have them blow right back in your face. God knows Kamala Harris would have killed for that kind of witty repartee when Tulsi Gabbard caught her pants down during the second debate of this year. Again, regardless of your opinion of either of those candidates, the point here is that Harris got rather savagely attacked and didn't offer a strong response. This is hard to dispute given that Harris started to talk smack about Gabbard the following day -- you know, once she was alone in an interview without Gabbard present to respond.
So, that's the background information. Let's talk about moments when politicians were peculiarly witty and moments where they just missed the boat.