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brooklynite

(93,847 posts)
Sun Jul 5, 2020, 08:42 PM Jul 2020

Trump's 'Sleepy Joe' jibe at Biden is falling flat, data shows

Source: New York Daily News

The numbers don’t lie: “Sleepy Joe” just doesn’t have the ooomph of “Crooked Hillary” — or even “Lyin’ Ted.”
Trump’s favored insult for Democratic rival Joe Biden is falling flat with the public even as Election Day nears, according to an analysis of Google search trends reported by Axios on Sunday.

Americans are searching for “Sleepy Joe” at just about a third of the rate that they searched for the negative moniker aimed at Hillary Clinton during the same period of 2016.

The data suggests that voters are not latching on to Trump’s negative campaign to make Biden more unpopular. That’s a cornerstone of Trump’s effort to win reelection in November because his own unfavorable ratings have been remarkably high throughout his presidency.

Read more: https://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/ny-trump-biden-election-20200705-xfwyha5yobftzfdcrpxxop5wea-story.html

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Trump's 'Sleepy Joe' jibe at Biden is falling flat, data shows (Original Post) brooklynite Jul 2020 OP
The name calling is getting old. hadEnuf Jul 2020 #1
High school bully? SergeStorms Jul 2020 #13
5th grade bully. sarcasmo Jul 2020 #19
Folks DownriverDem Jul 2020 #2
Well I for one would sleep better with Joe Biden... nycbos Jul 2020 #3
Biden agrees... louzke9 Jul 2020 #18
the name calling alone is sickening Skittles Jul 2020 #4
projection. The way the Idiot came down that ramp couple weeks ago pretty much tells you he's in bad onetexan Jul 2020 #7
Is Putin the only person that he doesn't have a derogatory nickname for? SeattleVet Jul 2020 #5
Trump's nickname for Putin is "Yessir!" lagomorph777 Jul 2020 #20
Every nickname Trump uses on his opponents is far better suited for him. John Fante Jul 2020 #6
Traitor Trump, COVID Donny, Putin's useful idiot IronLionZion Jul 2020 #8
I actually kind of like Sleepy Joe kurtcagle Jul 2020 #9
Now they're pivoting to Mao Tse Biden Yeehah Jul 2020 #10
Finally, Trump Fatigue Lord Ludd Jul 2020 #11
Maybe DT could just share his Adderall Geechie Jul 2020 #12
I was going to say... SergeStorms Jul 2020 #14
Somebody needs to find his pacifier! Geechie Jul 2020 #17
Oh yes, Coleman is still with Serge... SergeStorms Jul 2020 #21
That's a relief! Geechie Jul 2020 #22
Well, when he keeps slurring his speeches BigmanPigman Jul 2020 #15
Keep it up, Donald Roy Rolling Jul 2020 #16

hadEnuf

(2,150 posts)
1. The name calling is getting old.
Sun Jul 5, 2020, 08:52 PM
Jul 2020

We've got serious, serious problems in this country and a POTUS acting like a high school bully just isn't cutting it any more.

SergeStorms

(18,883 posts)
13. High school bully?
Sun Jul 5, 2020, 11:32 PM
Jul 2020

More like a second grade bully. If he couldn't afford body guards, or have Secret Service protection, someone would have rearranged his face long, long ago.

louzke9

(296 posts)
18. Biden agrees...
Mon Jul 6, 2020, 09:19 AM
Jul 2020

with you. He's ok with Trump calling him "Sleepy Joe" because people can sleep at night with Joe in the White House!

onetexan

(12,994 posts)
7. projection. The way the Idiot came down that ramp couple weeks ago pretty much tells you he's in bad
Sun Jul 5, 2020, 09:18 PM
Jul 2020

shape physically & mentally. The only one whose sleepy & lazy here is him. Biden is older than him by 5 years and is in great shape all around.

John Fante

(3,479 posts)
6. Every nickname Trump uses on his opponents is far better suited for him.
Sun Jul 5, 2020, 09:18 PM
Jul 2020

Americans figured this out a while ago.

Trump is a lyin', sleepy, low-energy, low-IQ, crazy, and crooked asshole.

kurtcagle

(1,601 posts)
9. I actually kind of like Sleepy Joe
Sun Jul 5, 2020, 10:03 PM
Jul 2020

Calm, unflappable, affable, the kind of guy you'd like to share a beer with late into the evening, talking about things. Mellow, like hot chocolate or a good cognac, next to a fire in the fireplace.

I'm convinced Trump never sleeps. Sleep for him is anathema, probably because it brings nightmares of what he's done, what happens when the mask falls away. I've met a few amphetamine junkies - they remind me a lot like Trump. They are always frantic, always going from one disaster to the next, but they never actually get anything done, and usually make things worse for themselves and others.

I like people who get a good night sleep. I can live with Sleepy Joe.

SergeStorms

(18,883 posts)
14. I was going to say...
Sun Jul 5, 2020, 11:35 PM
Jul 2020

better to have someone who actually sleeps than an Adderall addict who's up all night tweeting. Trump needs to sleep, but won't.

Geechie

(857 posts)
17. Somebody needs to find his pacifier!
Mon Jul 6, 2020, 08:51 AM
Jul 2020

BTW, thanks for reminding me. I need to find out what Serge Storms has been up to lately. Is his friend Coleman still around, I wonder ...

SergeStorms

(18,883 posts)
21. Oh yes, Coleman is still with Serge...
Mon Jul 6, 2020, 07:24 PM
Jul 2020

to break them up would be like peas without carrots, franks without beans, Trump without crime. It just isn't done.

BigmanPigman

(51,430 posts)
15. Well, when he keeps slurring his speeches
Mon Jul 6, 2020, 12:13 AM
Jul 2020

who looks lame assed? He is bringing it on himself. "Pot calling kettle black" comes to mind.

Roy Rolling

(6,853 posts)
16. Keep it up, Donald
Mon Jul 6, 2020, 01:59 AM
Jul 2020

It’s a losing slogan, just like his businesses. The Trump brand means bankruptcy, corruption, and stupidity. He just doesn’t know it.

Which is worse, and dangerous. He doesn’t know what he doesn’t know.

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