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Bobby Tony said:
( October 8th, 2016 @ 11:12 am )
It is in the queue now with a minor update based on the recent release of DT's "not off the record" comments on women. We are in the home stretch now with both leaders muddling it out in the slop.
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Bring it out of the discard B.T. It is very topical now, with the Trump tape running on the Clinton News Network (CNN).
Thank God Trump has Mike Pence on the ticket. |
Stan, I have an article in the discard stack about character revealed. It discussed how a former politician acts after they are no longer in the hunt that their true character is revealed. My judgement of Character used to be my first gateway in selecting a candidate, but that has been somewhat diluted recently.
Example number one of character post public office : Al Gore |
Well considered comment here B.T., but I would counter that, while not perfect (who is?), there are some outstanding Republican politicians as governors, as congress people.
The People are just getting to know Mike Pence and he is making an impact. I am a political observer, so I knew Pence, just as I also know: Jeff Sessons, Ted Cruz, Rand Paul, Jim Jordan, Trey Gowdy, and yes, I break with some Conservatives, Speaker Paul Ryan. |
Well said.
I am not sure when I lost confidence in my government to tell me the truth. I'm not talking about shading the truth a bit, but outright lying for political purposes. I always knew that certain things had to be kept secret for national security or sensitive negotiations. That is reality. I was never naive enough to think they did not fudge things from time to time. I am not a conspiracy nut. But when citizens lose overall faith and trust in their government and its institutions we are destined for disillusionment. Most reasonable people can accept that we must keep certain secrets. However, when we erode the fundamental trust a citizenry has for its government we create a vacuum. Donald Trump did not create this vacuum; he merely stepped forward when it was clear we could no longer trust our representatives: Democrat or Republican. The system can no longer sustain itself because of the people we allowed to run it. “Sometimes it is said that man cannot be trusted with the government of himself. Can he, then, be trusted with the government of others? Or have we found angels in the form of kings to govern him? Let history answer this question.” ― Thomas Jefferson www.goodreads.com |
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