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Originally Posted by billethkid
some of you continue to amuse me when you try to differentiate the characteristics of a politician and then pretend either your guy does not have those traits or that whatever is said gets turned around to apply to the opposition only.
Politicians are a generic category. They all lie, cheat, flip flop, wind wag, say one thing today and the reverse tomorrow depending who is in the audience.
To continue trying to differentiate which politicians don't do what they all do, just makes your position less credible. Especially when you use the R vs D criteria.
How about measuring a passing cloud for us. The results might be more credible than differentiation of a politician's characteristic!!!!
btk
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Pretty broad brush you are using there. While I agree to an extent, saying they ALL lie, cheat, flip flop, wind wag etc makes your position less credible. I am confident there are politicians who do none of those things and are in politics for purely altruistic reasons, though they seem to be rare. My feeling is that MOST get into politics out of pure intentions to right wrongs, and have a positive effect on mankind, however, it would seem, MOST get corrupted by the system and cynical about the ability to affect real change over time. Term limits are, in my mind, essential to changing this cycle.