There's certainly a lot of truth in that, but for whatever reason -- game theoretic or otherwise -- I would practically fall out of my chair if I heard a presid

There's certainly a lot of truth in that, but for whatever reason -- game theoretic or otherwise -- I would practically fall out of my chair if I heard a president today say stuff like what's quoted at the top of this article. Even if it was just politics, it's clear to me that the bar for political speech has dropped considerably.