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AllChem_NoEcon t1_jdsafov wrote

Telling people hard truths can be seen as a mistake, but that's only because the people he was telling were (and are) being dumb as fuck.

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Who_DaFuc_Asked t1_jds9pv4 wrote

..how was it a big mistake?

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cme884 t1_jduqnd2 wrote

A mistake politically, perhaps, as it’s widely seen as contributing to his election defeat. He was not wrong, however.

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t-bonestallone t1_jdsdfnl wrote

At the time he call the American public lazy. Not a thing any leader should do.

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spookyskost t1_jdsx8en wrote

Hard disagree. A leader should speak what they truthfully believe.

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Who_DaFuc_Asked t1_jdtbjw8 wrote

I seriously doubt he meant that in a Republican "it's your fault you are poor" way.

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