Debs ran for president in the 1920 election while imprisoned

Apr 01, 2023 09:46

Eugene Debs ran for president in the 1920 election while imprisoned in the Atlanta Federal Penitentiary. He ran as a Socialist, so he only received a few percent of the popular vote, but there is precedent for a candidate running for president from prison ( Read more... )

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matrixmann April 2 2023, 00:40:55 UTC
"With Trump, there has never been such a thing as bad publicity."

And that ever since he had to do with media - which is like several decades...
Whether good or bad publicity, Donald Trump never serioudly took harm away from it.

A little bit - or a lot? - this rests on his personal attitude of handling failures: Don't give a shit, go on like nothing happened.
So... it's a matter of "How do you touch an untouchable? How can you reach someone who always gets to maintain the necessary distance between him and people who come to get his head?".
You only get to catch someone if they really let you...

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