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[AzzarTheGod]

Originally Posted by JurisDictum [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Hats off to Tucker -- he had to look far and wide to find a nutcase like that I'm sure.

*extends olive branch to JD*


That is one thing both the right and left agree on.

Tucker has the most amazing retard wranglers. I'm in awe of how he gets Washington Post journalists to come on his show.

That is another thing we can agree on. Why do people go on Tucker? His swagger and setup is literally rigged to make the other person look bad. He doesn't need to cut people off like Bill O'Reily or berate people to look good. They think because he's smiling and having a good time that he's an easy mark? Only thing I can think of. I just don't understand how respectable people in their fields (he's had some very big names come on and get obliterated, WaPo probably being the prime example) can seriously watch a few episodes and decide "Oh Tucker yeah pffft I'm not going to look bad, this guy just wasn't prepared". Its not about being prepared to go on his show or being prepared to discuss your position.

I study social dynamics as a hobby so I'm fascinated by the Tucker guest bookings and his ability to book guests consistently, every single night. Some pretty big names too. Congressmen as well.

[JurisDictum]

Presidential Personality



Dimensions of personality according to James David Barber in The Pulse of Politics (New York: W.W. Norton, 1980).

1) Activity or Passivity

How much energy does a president invest in his presidency?

2) Positiveness or Negativeness toward the job of president

Does the president enjoy his job? Does he enjoy exercising power? Does the job make him sad or discouraged?

*These dimensions are closely related to dimensions of dominance/submissiveness, extroversion/introversion, and optimism/pessimism.



Types of Personality

1. Active positive

A president who spends a lot of energy and enjoys his job. This type of president tends to have high self-esteem. He tends to be productive in pushing programs through. He is flexible enough to try something else when his plans are stymied. He wants results.

FDR, Harry Truman, John Kennedy, George Bush (The first Bush presidency)

2. Active negative

A president who spends a lot of energy but does not enjoy his job. This type tends to have low self-esteem. Expands his energy compulsively to compensate for some shortcoming or to prove to others that he is a person to be reckoned with, Seeks and tries to retain power. Is rigid when stymied. He wants to get and keep power.

Woodrow Wilson, Herbert Hoover, Lyndon Johnson

3. Passive positive

A president who does not spend much energy but nevertheless likes the job. Tends to have low self-esteem and compensates for this by seeking affection instead of power. He does this by being agreeable and cooperative rather than assertive. He wants affection.

William Howard Taft, Warren Harding, Ronald Reagan

4. Passive negative

A president who does not spend much energy and does not like the job. He becomes president because he thinks he should, out of a sense of service to the country. He wants the grim satisfaction of doing his duty.

Calvin Coolidge, Dwight Eisenhower, Richard Ni

Sounds like Trump might be Active Negative. Look out Nixon.

-- the one American politics guy I had any respect for said the theory was obviously laughable because Lincoln was active negative (largly considered the bad one).

[AzzarTheGod]

Honestly JD you strike me as the type of guy to go on Tucker. I can hear you talking when I read your posts on his show.

[JurisDictum]

Originally Posted by AzzarTheGod [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Honestly JD you strike me as the type of guy to go on Tucker. I can hear you talking when I read your posts on his show.

You strike me as the kind of guy that gets batphoned at 2AM to train a SSRA raid for the hundredth time. I'm sure you fit as fucking a fiddle and perfectly ready for primetime.

[AzzarTheGod]

Originally Posted by JurisDictum [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

You strike me as the kind of guy that gets batphoned at 2AM to train a SSRA raid for the hundredth time.

its not a bad gig, but the hours are kinda weird though.


i suppose we all gotta make some kinda choices in life

[Domo]

saw this yesterday on reddit:

Sinclair's script for the local news stations that they own

[AzzarTheGod]

Originally Posted by Domo [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

saw this yesterday on reddit:

Sinclair's script for the local news stations that they own

Good share. Keeps getting deleted from the frontpage of Reddit lol.

Just scratching the surface.

[Domo]

arrgh, had to edit the link...put by mistake the wrong link in (had autoplay turned on and put the link of the next video in)

[Wonkie]

Originally Posted by Domo [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

saw this yesterday on reddit:

Sinclair's script for the local news stations that they own

gold and worth it's own thread

promoting you to full member

[mickmoranis]

Originally Posted by Wonkie [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

gold and worth it's own thread

promoting you to full member

#deletefacebook #democrats

DERP