OMG Politics, I'm over it already.

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mongooz said:
maybe so, but the candidates are not the government. the media could do a MUCH better job calling them out on their bullshit.
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Most of the candidates are the government. Most POTUS candidates are members of Congress or Governors. Most Senate candidates are members of the HoR or Governors. Most HoR candidates have high profiles in state houses. Most gubernatorial candidates are high-profile members of state houses or attorneys general. When they’re not in office these people all have lots of high profile friends in business and politics and sit on the boards of businesses, schools, and NGOs. Taking on an American politician without a lot of ammunition is the kind of thing that can set a reporter’s career back for years.
 
If God wanted us to vote, he would have given us candidates.
~Jay Leno

The problem with political jokes is they get elected.
~Henry Cate, VII

We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office.
~Aesop~

When I was a boy I was told that anybody could become President; I'm beginning to believe it.
~Clarence Darrow

Politicians are people who, when they see light at the end of the tunnel, go out and buy some more tunnel.
~John Quinton

Politics is the gentle art of getting votes from the poor and campaign funds from the rich, by promising to protect each from the other.
~Oscar Ameringer

A politician is a fellow who will lay down your life for his country.
~Tex Guinan

There ought to be one day -- just one -- when there is open season on Congressmen.
~Will Rogers
 
I’m starting to enjoy this. Hopefully the old guard and their friends in the chattering class will realize that they’re the ones who brought it to this and finally stop putting party politics above all else.
 
jp_nyc said:
I’m starting to enjoy this. Hopefully the old guard and their friends in the chattering class will realize that they’re the ones who brought it to this and finally stop putting party politics above all else.
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I'll start holding my breath.
 
Tig said:
If God wanted us to vote, he would have given us candidates.
~Jay Leno

The problem with political jokes is they get elected.
~Henry Cate, VII

We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office.
~Aesop~

When I was a boy I was told that anybody could become President; I'm beginning to believe it.
~Clarence Darrow

Politicians are people who, when they see light at the end of the tunnel, go out and buy some more tunnel.
~John Quinton

Politics is the gentle art of getting votes from the poor and campaign funds from the rich, by promising to protect each from the other.
~Oscar Ameringer

A politician is a fellow who will lay down your life for his country.
~Tex Guinan

There ought to be one day -- just one -- when there is open season on Congressmen.
~Will Rogers
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rhino said:
"If voting made any difference, they wouldn't let us do it." - Mark Twain

"We have the best government money can buy." - Mark Twain

"Politicians and diapers must be changed often, and for the same reason." - Mark Twain
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Because more anti-intellectual populism is what our system needs.

 
Peen Simmons said:
Because more anti-intellectual populism is what our system needs.
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jp_nyc said:
I’m starting to enjoy this. Hopefully the old guard and their friends in the chattering class will realize that they’re the ones who brought it to this and finally stop putting party politics above all else.
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Gosh, you're optimistic.
 
jp_nyc said:
I’m starting to enjoy this. Hopefully the old guard and their friends in the chattering class will realize that they’re the ones who brought it to this and finally stop putting party politics above all else.
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NEVER
GONNA
HAPPEN

too much money in it.
 
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"Maybe, maybe it's not the politicians who suck. Maybe something else sucks around here. Like the public." - George Carlin
 
Tig said:
"Maybe, maybe it's not the politicians who suck. Maybe something else sucks around here. Like the public." - George Carlin
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no....i have to disagree with george here.....the politicians DO suck.....the public are just stupid.
 
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mongooz said:
no....i have to disagree with george here.....the politicians DO suck.....the public are just stupid.
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Yeah, he should have added " maybe it's not just the politicians who suck".
When you have a suckfest candidate selection and are forced to choose the lesser of evils, it isn't the public's fault.
However, stupid, gullible people voting in large numbers is a dangerous thing.
 
Tig said:
However, stupid, gullible people voting in large numbers is a dangerous thing.
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people who vote straight party lines every time are dangerous. so are idiots that base their entire vote on some small special interest.
 
I would laugh at your silly political circus if it wasnt for the fact that ours isnt much better :(
 
i forget who said it, but "democracy is absolutely a terrible way to run a country......but it's better than what's in second place"

or sumthin' like that.
 
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