A Progressive Perspective: It's the President, Stupid!
by Irwin Stoolmacher
The economy, stupid was a phrase coined by James Carville during the 1992 presidential campaign to emphasize the then-prevailing recession in the United States. In an attempt to keep the campaign on message, Carville hung a sign in Bill Clintons Little Rock headquarters with the now famous slogan on it.
Id suggest that the Biden campaign post a little sign on its headquarters with the phrase: Its the President, stupid on it to reinforce the notion that the focus of the campaign should be on President Trumps lack of leadership skills. While there are literally thousands of examples that demonstrate the presidents lack of leadership, in this column Im going to concentrate on his handling of the deadly outbreak of coronavirus.
From the start of the crisis, President Trump has been downplaying and minimizing the risk of the coronavirus. He has repeatedly made false, misleading, careless, dangerous and narcissistic statements based on whats best for his re-election not what is best for the American people. He has relied on his hunches and misinformation, rather than on facts provided by experts like Anthony Fauci, the long-time Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.
Trumps missteps and mendacity started with, We have it under control. Its going to be just fine. It proceeded to:
When it gets a little warmer, it [the coronavirus] miraculously goes away.
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