Shortly before Ms. Klobuchar declared her own presidential bid earlier this year, Abigail Bessler, her 24-year-old daughter, an amateur stand-up comic herself, somewhat sheepishly reminded her mother about the senior thesis Ms. Bessler wrote at Yale. The topic: the use of humor in presidential politics and the “Path to Power Through One-Liners, Talk Shows and Tweets.”
“Should an orator want to stir up laughter?” Ms. Bessler asked in her thesis. “The answer is a fairly resounding yes.”
Additional gems from the paper, written to complete a degree in political science, include:
“Humor can be used as a political weapon: to attack opponents, inoculate oneself from criticism, establish one’s good humor and more. Through comedy and wit, a politician can reduce audience scrutiny of arguments by appealing to their emotions and allowing them to discount any messages they might disagree with as ‘just a joke.’
If I were a billionaire, perhaps I’d hire a team of people to follow me around and cite things like this any time I do or say anything. It could be like the modern version of a slave whispering in Caesar’s ear that he’s mortal.
Like my personal chef brings my breakfast out and right behind him is a guy with an iPad who starts reading a recent write up on how modern livestock raising techniques are sure to doom the entire world to disease. Or whatever. Not like in an accusatory way, just as a neutral reminder. “Let me read this article about avian flu mutations while you chomp those eggs down”
Base form Goku would mop the floor with any of the other candidates easily. He MIGHT have to use kaiyoken if Klobuchar is running.
He wouldn’t get that far, Goku’s already proven vulnerable to the heart attack gun.
Future Trunks would come, slice Biden and Kamala in half, and then give Goku the anti-heart attack gun pills.
But what if Hillary gets the dragon balls and wishes to run for president as the Democratic candidate again?
Shenron can only revive something once, and hilldawg already had two dead campaigns.
We all know she used a wish in 2016 to get ahead of Bernie.
🐲: “THAT IS BEYOND MY POWER. FAREWELL”
That would be the most Hillary thing to do. Don’t wish to improve the world. Don’t wish to win. Just wish to run.
“And I said to Goku: “How would your hair fair in a spirit bomb, Mr Savior of Earth?”” chuckles nervously
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/06/us/amy-klobuchar-comedy.html
If I were a billionaire, perhaps I’d hire a team of people to follow me around and cite things like this any time I do or say anything. It could be like the modern version of a slave whispering in Caesar’s ear that he’s mortal.
Like my personal chef brings my breakfast out and right behind him is a guy with an iPad who starts reading a recent write up on how modern livestock raising techniques are sure to doom the entire world to disease. Or whatever. Not like in an accusatory way, just as a neutral reminder. “Let me read this article about avian flu mutations while you chomp those eggs down”
Lol
I was just posting cos shes so lame but sure
Yeah, I’m just joking around.
It did feel like a slight stab to the heart like “oh no… I’m empowering that dumbass…”