***Official Political Discussion Thread***

[rexanglorum]

I diversity of experience among elected officials is good and we need to have more of that but it needs to be BEFORE they take office and instead of them using their office to enjoy a lucrative post career in law or finance.

I agree that engineers, union leaders, teachers, clergy, scientists, members of the military as well as non finance businessmen should all be better represented in legislatures.



More broadly, I feel like this focus on length of tenure means that we are focusing on the wrong things. Most people are frustrated with the outsized role of money and special interests but we need to blame those things and not length of tenure. If someone is in elected office for 30 years or 30 days, it doesn't make much of a difference. If anything, the new guy can be even more easily cajoled, sweet talked, tricked, intimidated or bribed by special interests.

 

[blco02]

I know there's positives to both sides on this issue. But people like Rubio who got his clock cleaned and is going to try again in 4-8 years and hope people forgot why they voted against him (amnesty) really irk me.

 

[cl-1b]

I think that we forget these politicians are supposed to support our views and do by the people and what they vote for. When you have people in positions of power for an extended period of time I don't think this does more good then bad in this perspective. Corruption starts to set in with growing relationships and agendas become more prevalent

 

[gwap]

 

Also bravo to everyone ignoring the clown the last couple of pages dude has literally been talking to himself

 

[cl-1b]

 

Also bravo to everyone ignoring the clown the last couple of pages dude has literally been talking to himself

Every single one of you know this was the most bland, dry thread on here before I showed up. Everything n everyone(except the two others) was on the same thing-just str8 bandwagon and harmony of leftist rhetoric.

No one agrees with me? Turn it into a sham.

 

[mister friendly]

 

[Master Zik]

Turned off ya reps bruh

 

[Belgium]

Idk why they haven't gone over to Stormfront yet. They could actually have productive discussions with similar minded people there.

 

[District of Columbia]

 

[RustyShackleford]

I love scrolling the page and seeing dem grey bars instead of nonsense.

 

[deuce king]

Seems like Obeezy is telling folk what they already know:

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/18/us/politics/obama-hillary-clinton-bernie-sanders.html?src=trending

Now's the time.

 

[whywesteppin]

There are useful skills that a good politician possesses that may not be shared by others. The ability to bring people together, to forge concensus, to compromise on some issues in the interest of getting things done -- those are very different from the skills needed to be a good lawyer, a good doctor, a good scientist, or a good businesswoman.

I often stay up late at night wondering (well not really) about what an ideal politician is supposed to be like:

Do they stick to their word and never change their whole lives? Or is it better that they change with the times and what the people want?

Do they represent just the people who voted for them? Or just their party? Or all the people? Or the people who financed their campaign? Or the people willing to work with them? Or just the downtrodden? Or do they stick most of all to their ideology?

Are they completely honest and forthcoming, always putting on the same face to everyone they deal with? Or do they deal differently with different people in order to get things done?


These are just thought experiments. Please don't answer each question in detail. My point is that these are the sort of challenges a politician faces. Sure, in another profession you may at some point have to play politics, but it's usually not fun and not what the goal of your job is. As a politician, your job is to play politics. Unfortunately it's not as simple as we want it to be.

 

[cl-1b]

Typical leftist talk.. Don't like it cry to the mods n hope for a ban. Leftists love Internet censorship too so they can cover up the tracks of a communist agenda

 

[cl-1b]

Just like N. Korea

 

[RustyShackleford]

 

[zapatohead408]

Nope!

 

[blco02]

Typical leftist talk.. Don't like it cry to the mods n hope for a ban. Leftists love Internet censorship too so they can cover up the tracks of a communist agenda

The modern day left is facist, anti free speech, and for censorship of all non government approved ideas and speech. It becomes clearer every day. Very North Korea like.

 

[whywesteppin]

^ is that a metaphor? typical "lefty" using his left hand to try to punch ("tax" or get "welfare") from the big guys (the rich, who obviously only got to where they are with lots of hard work and good ethics).

 

[whywesteppin]

hmm you're right. the little guy is actually rich, and he thought that would make him popular, but instead people still don't like him or respect him, and now he's mad at the world and blames everyone else for his own inadequacies.

 

[mister friendly]

I don't know why Bloc co-signs with this guy.

He was a much better troll than this guy.

It's like identifying with a fellow fan of your favorite team who's drunk loud obxnious and whos cussing out everybody and defending him in fights with the rival teams fans.

All because he likes the same team as you do, although you have nothing in common personality wise.

Now Bloc getting hungrier for attention because people are starting to ignore him too.

 

[Master Zik]

Both have been posting off their rocker as of late which is why they're getting ignored.

The new guy definitely got him posting crazier ****.

 

[superblytrife]

I like this new approach to those 2 clowns.  

Should've done this ages ago. 

 

[cl-1b]

If I knew they were preaching that commie talk in here I woulda came thru earlier [emoji]129296[/emoji][emoji]128565[/emoji]

 

[mister friendly]

Trump Is No Accident

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/14/o...-0331&WT.mc_ev=click&ad-keywords=AUDDEVREMARK

 

[cl-1b]

So much hate in here tho.. Like some of you guys got a little throw up in your mouth or something