"Out of Touch" presidents

Scan This Mr. Media Man

“ [Boston Globe, February 6, 1992] President Bush, according to reporters who followed him around Tuesday at the National Grocers Association convention in Orlando, Fla., had never before seen a supermarket cash register on which the name of the item and its price flashed on a screen when the item was dragged across an electronic scanner. The scanner was introduced at supermarket checkouts in 1980, the year Bush was elected vice president, and is just one of the many aspects of everyday life from which a president (or vice president) is shielded in the private life of public office. [...] Maybe there will be time next year to try some of these things. After 12 years' vacation from the real world, there will be a lot of catching up to do.  ” The New York Times and ilk [snidely] went to great lengths in 1992 to make the case that President George H.W. Bush, then running against Bill Clinton for reelection, was "out of touch with the American people" and responsible for the "worst economy in 50 years."  If you watched the actual video of this incident, you'd see Bush politely inquiring about technology he was being shown.  At any rate, if the media felt justified in portraying Bush 41 as "out of touch," let's see how they handle this.