- Currently, a humorous phrase related to male anatomy is garnering attention within the Democratic party in the United States.
Obama hadn't typically dabbled in dick jokes, but this U.S. presidential race is unlike any other, with the sitting president sort of willingly giving way for his Vice President, stirring up a wave of excitement. And let's not forget the perpetual conservative candidate, Donald Trump, and his fixation on various quantities.
Is it really that big?
"There are the immature nicknames, the absurd conspiracy theories, and this bizarre obsession with crowd sizes," Obama remarked, mimicking Trump's hand movements in an accordion-like fashion, stopping only a few inches apart. The crowd at Chicago's United Center got the joke and roared with laughter.
Thanks to Trump's affair with Stormy Daniels, the world now knows more about Donald's private life than most would prefer – and his affection for crowds isn't exactly new. What's new, though, is his apparent loss of perspective, recently claiming that his January 6, 2021 speech attracted more viewers than Martin Luther King Jr.'s famed "I have a dream" speech with at least 250,000 attendees.
Democrats can sink too low
Americans are used to their former president's boasting, but the current Democratic leaders sometimes seem to be abandoning their usual restraint and hitting back just as hard – like Obama. To hell with Michelle Obama's motto, "When they go low, we go high" – the lower they stoop, the higher we climb.
Even Kamala Harris's vice-presidential candidate, Tim Walz, had his moment of slightly risqué humor. "I can't wait to debate him. That is, if he ever gets off the couch and shows up," Walz joked to a cheering Philadelphia audience in early August.
The rumor about J.D. Vance and the couch
Walz was referring to the strange rumor that J.D. Vance, Walz's Republican counterpart, once engaged in an inappropriate act with a couch. Despite no mention of this in Vance's popular book "Hillbilly Elegy," the rumor refuses to go away.
Walz, the former teacher and football coach, also introduced the word "weird" into the campaign – and it caught on. "Weird" means strange or odd, not aggressive but clearly exclusionary. No one wants to be considered "weird," not even "weirdos." Since Walz first used the term, it's gained an unexpectedly powerful influence that even Trump, the usually loquacious man, can't seem to counter.
Donald Trump's struggles
The contemptuous-cheerful tone that Democrats are adopting towards Donald Trump is a stark contrast to the arrogant-contemptuous language Hillary Clinton used against him in 2016, or Joe Biden's fatherly-statesmanlike tone. So far, it's been the Republicans who have set the tone with their dark, self-pitying, and bizarre comments. But Trump, it seems, is losing his grip.
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Barack Obama sounds a note of caution
Some even feel a sense of deja vu, reminiscent of 2008, when Obama captivated half the world and became the U.S. President. But it also brings back memories of 2016, when Donald Trump stumbled through the campaign as a joke and still became the U.S. President. Obama hasn't forgotten that, and he's been reminding the Democrats not to get too carried away: "Don't be fooled: This will be a fight, as the election will be a close race in a deeply divided country."
Barack Obama, in a recent speech, cautioned the Democrats, saying, "Remember, I was once a candidate thought to be an outsider, and the election was a close race in a deeply divided country."
Despite his public support for the Democratic campaign, Obama has consistently urged his party to be vigilant, echoing his own experiences during his own presidential campaign with Barack Obama.
