Kennedy, Nixon, and Trump

Writes: Todd P. McAdams:

“In government school, we learned that audience opinions on the debates between Nixon and Kennedy in 1960 were informed by the medium in which they were broadcast.  If you listened to them on the radio, you thought Nixon won.  If you watched them on tv, you thought Kennedy won.  Last night I was on my way home and listened to some of the debate on my radio thanks to the TuneIn radio app on my iPhone.  Trump was clearly in trouble, but he sounded like he was going down for the count.  Well, maybe not that bad but he was obviously having a bad night.  Watching some of the coverage today and some of the debate on my iPad last night painted a different picture.  It still wasn’t good, but not nearly as bad.  Trump’s charisma owes so much to his body language.  He commands a lot of attention with his mouth, but it really loses its punch without the rest of him.  It’s no wonder he’s not been banking on philosophy (like Ron) or ‘policy’ like the rest of these quacks—he knows his personality is mesmerizing in its full glory.  This is why he’s such an effective entertainer.  But all entertainers feed off of their audience, and he had nothing to work with last night.”

The Best of Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr.