Shots of Joe smiling. Laughing etc.
VoiceOver ( somber male voice): real unemployment at 14.7%. Food stamp dependency up 62%. National debt up 5 trillion to 16 trillion dollars. Etc.
Superimpose : Why are you laughing, Joe?
It either that he was A) totally delusional, B) was in over his head and knew it, or C) he can laugh because he knows something we don’t.
(But some of us suspect.)