From the author of "The Art of The Deal"

[about_average]

http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/07/25/donald-trumps-ghostwriter-tells-all

Here's an interview that was broadcast last night.
http://www.npr.org/2016/07/21/48692...stwriter-on-why-trump-should-not-be-president

"One of the chief things I'm concerned about is the limits of his attention span, which are as severe as any person I think I've ever met," Schwartz says. "No matter what question I asked, he would become impatient with it pretty quickly, and literally, from the very first time I sat down to start interviewing him, after about 10 or 15 minutes, he said, 'You know, I don't really wanna talk about this stuff, I'm not interested in it, I mean it's over, it's the past, I'm done with it, what else have you got?' "

The idea of a president in an "incredibly complex and threatening world who can't pay attention is itself frightening," Schwartz says.

 

[Lancecastor]

Ronald Reagan didn't know what day it was for much of his Presidency.

Kennedy was usually nuts deep in some coed.

etc

 

[NOIRTRASH]

HRC makes its much easier.....IT NEVER HAPPENED.

 

[phrodeau]

Tony Schwartz appeared with Bill Maher Wednesday.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3SeDjWOuOyY&t=22m20s

 

[phrodeau]

Ronald Reagan didn't know what day it was for much of his Presidency.

Kennedy was usually nuts deep in some coed.

etc

Yeah, I remember Reagan. He had no business being President, and only managed to stumble through the days with the help of his staff and cabinet.

So, let's elect another doofus like Reagan.

 

[about_average]

Tony Schwartz appeared with Bill Maher Wednesday.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3SeDjWOuOyY&t=22m20s

It was odd they had the banner read "Co-author..."

From the NPR interview

SCHWARTZ: Well, every word was written by me. I wrote the manuscript, handed it in to him. He made a few red marks on it, handed it back to me, and that was the form in which it was published virtually completely.

 

[Lancecastor]

Yeah, I remember Reagan. He had no business being President, and only managed to stumble through the days with the help of his staff and cabinet.

So, let's elect another doofus like Reagan.

You've had lots of Presidents ill-suited to the gig... relax!

The only thing you need is a leader who reinforces America's love of capitalism, of getting ahead via hard work.

If you don't flip that switch, you're just another country.

 

[about_average]

You've had lots of Presidents ill-suited to the gig... relax!

The only thing you need is a leader who reinforces America's love of capitalism, of getting ahead via hard work.

If you don't flip that switch, you're just another country.

What kind of "hard work" does a kid in diapers do to get a $12,000 a year income?

 

[RobDownSouth]

The Republican elite have always had the most success with incurious presidential candidates, those more concerned with playing to the crowd than the actual business of governing.

Reagan (the gold standard of incurious): 2 terms
Bush I (policy wonk): defeated after one term
Dole (policy wonk): defeated
Dubya (incurious): 2 terms
McCain (policy wonk): defeated
Romney (policy wonk): defeated
Trump (incurious): likely to lose due to alienation of non-white, non-males.