Presidential campaigns always produce some famous lines or phrases that come to define the race. They have staying power because they say something deeper about the dynamic in the race and the country.
“There you go again.”
“Read my lips.”
“It’s the economy, stupid.”
“Who’d you rather have a beer with?”
“Hope and change.”
“But her emails.”
“They’re rapists … and I assume, some are nice people.”
This year is no different, indeed there are likely going to be far more lines remembered, in part, because that the nation is so polarized that there is a visceral hatred of each side. And in part because Trump is just so freaking bizarre that he’s a walking cliche.
But who could have ever predicted that in a presidential race for the highest office in the richest, most powerful country on Earth, that “Person, woman, man, camera, TV” would end up as perhaps the most remembered line in a race that will define the nation for the next two to three generations? It will be remembered because it actually says so much.
This country is under the grips of COVID, the worst epidemic in one-hundred years, the economy teeters on the brink, our kids can’t safely go to school, federal stormtroopers have been unleashed upon the streets, among many other historic issues, and yet the current president is so insecure and so demented that he spends much of his time bragging about “acing” a cognitive test. He didn’t “ace” the COVID test, but he’s not going to let anyone forget that he “aced” the MCA.
Thus it is, that “Person, Woman, Man, Camera, TV” has come to say everything about where we stand. The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallow really nailed it.
Can you say… Person! Woman! Man! Camera! TV! #FallonTonight [1] pic.twitter.com/9dHIMedoIx [2]
— The Tonight Show (@FallonTonight) July 24, 2020 [3]
There it is, for all of history. The power of it can be seen through the fact that it has been ripping the net apart for almost a day now.
Best. Shit. Ever! 😂😂😂 pic.twitter.com/fQYAw1YiG0 [4]
— hustletrees (@LFGweb3) July 24, 2020 [5]
https://twitter.com/Dangchick1/status/1286689843603480578
Donald the Explorer still can't find anything on a map. Except the bunker and his golf courses.
— Georgie Porgie 🌻🇺🇦 🟦 (@g_berish) July 24, 2020 [6]
https://twitter.com/RToddMiller/status/1286699244099960832
Absolutely he could‼️I’m confident Biden would “ace” the MoCA (and I’ve given many hundreds as a geropsychologist). Remember, it’s DJT who has a first-degree relative (his dad) who had Alzheimer’s, increasing his risk for this dementing illness ~2 times.
— Shelley Blodgett (@ShelleyBlodgett) July 24, 2020 [7]
Psychologists will question the words Trump was given to repeat. The test is designed to give 5 unrelated words, different categories, no connection. Presumably these could be changed but must be different categories. Person man woman—camera TV. 5 easy related words for Trump. pic.twitter.com/nZ0ExoXnPq [8]
— chris collins 🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊 (@ccollins43) July 24, 2020 [9]
It doesn’t matter even if he can remember five words. His judgment is far more impaired than Biden’s.
https://twitter.com/onlyonejewelry1/status/1286826747439144961
That is ridiculous.
https://twitter.com/lavender1980/status/1286788305951088643
Yes. It could well be.
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Peace, y’all
Jason
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