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Originally Posted by Guest
And neither did not even giving a chance to Garland, and don't jump on me. I added that to give credibility to what you say.
We seem to be so enamored with celebrity (see last two elections) and so much less to character and leadership in ALL (not just presidential) elections.
I recal even a number of years ago back North sitting with a candidate for office, and as he was editing a speech, he noted and I am para phrasing him....it's a shame I have to eliminate reference to issues, and spend so much time on them liking me...
Promises are not required to win anymore. This forum is a great example....Syria, immigration POLICY, Iran POLICY, tax reform, etc etc are not important. Your image, not your leadership is what counts.
A young very new senator wins.....a person who has done nothing for the country both get elected because of what they say and how they say it..
Try engaging in a conversation on this forum about policy and issues. Nobody holds our elected officials accountable..just win.
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Re: spending so much time being liked
Were that not so, perhaps, Ross Perot would have been president. Perhaps, Bill Clinton would not have been president.
Re: a young new senator wins-a person who has done nothing for the country. I did not vote for Obama but he is a very skilled politician. Obama successfully buried his past. Was allowed to hide the people he associated with.
Oh and if you questioned anything about him out came the racist card. While I did not vote for Obama, I would have been proud to find I was wrong. FEW PEOPLE ARE WILLING TO ADMIT THEY ARE WRONG.
SADLY, I DO NOT SEE ANY PEOPLE WHO VOTED FOR OTHERS THAN TRUMP ADMITTING THAT HE HAS ANY GOOD POINTS. PERHAPS, WHAT IS WRONG IS NOT THE CANDIDATES BUT OUR PEOPLE.
A further point, realize YOU do not know who or what you are electing. You vote for a THEATRICAL PRESENTATION.
It is a miracle that to date we have not had a Hitler, a Mussolini, a Hirohito rise to power. That is due to the miracle that established this nation. Historically, such people rise to power in times of stress. That is true of our nation as well. In my view the closest we have come is LINCOLN, FDR AND OBAMA. Think about it. We talk about the LINCOLN years and the post LINCOLN years, the FDR years and the post FDR years, we will in the future talk about the OBAMA years and the post OBAMA years. I for one HOPE like the first two, history will see the Obama years as a good thing. RIGHT NOW, BASED ON WHAT I SEE, BASED ON THESE POSTS AND SIMILAR ONES ELSEWHERE-I HOPE HISTORY WILL PROVE ME WRONG.