So Now It's A Virtue....

[The5thHorseman]

“One of Trump’s great advantages is he talks at a level where third, fourth and fifth grade educations can say, ‘Oh yeah, I get that. I understand it.’” Gingrich told host Laura Ingraham on her Fox News show.

Newt, a PhD and Consulting Historian, is speaking to a graduate of Dartmouth College - whose admissions rate hovers around 5%....

This might be true in a very narrow context. But it is alarming if it is the "default state"....detailed policy isn't debated in terms understandable by grade schoolers....it's formulated, and executed, by people who have demonstrated the necessary skills to AT LEAST get out of high school..

Without doing so, they would not have accumulated any understanding of the functions and responsibilities attendant to their positions.

"...and a 5th grader shall lead them" doesn't strike me as much of a rationale for a second term.

 

[Blues Man]

You all see the caliber of politicians the corrupt duopoly have provided but you all still vote for them.

 

[Independentthinker]

You all see the caliber of politicians the corrupt duopoly have provided but you all still vote for them.

Is there somebody to vote for who is not a politician?

 

[Blues Man]

Is there somebody to vote for who is not a politician?

You're right keep voting for the idiots the duopoly tells you to vote for that'll fix everything

 

[Independentthinker]

You're right keep voting for the idiots the duopoly tells you to vote for that'll fix everything

I was just asking a simple question. Is there someone to vote for who is not a politician?

 

[Blues Man]

I was just asking a simple question. Is there someone to vote for who is not a politician?

There are who are not part of the corrupt duopoly

 

[Independentthinker]

There are who are not part of the corrupt duopoly

But they are politicians and the definition of a politician is to tell you what you want to hear. You sound like one of those Libertarian losers who listen to Libertarians tell you what you want to hear for your vote but, in most cases, since they pretty much always lose, you never get to see that they were lying to you all along. But there are hints if you pay attention to them. There have been so called Libertarians who ran as Republicans and won, campaigning on term limits. And yet they keep on seeking more terms. Libertarians are no different than any other politician who will tell you anything to get you to vote for them. It is naive to think anything would be different, just as it is naive for the left to believe that Bernie Sanders cares about them. He's a one percenter campaigning against one percenters. People are fools to believe him.

 

[Blues Man]

But they are politicians and the definition of a politician is to tell you what you want to hear. You sound like one of those Libertarian losers who listen to Libertarians tell you what you want to hear for your vote but, in most cases, since they pretty much always lose, you never get to see that they were lying to you all along. But there are hints if you pay attention to them. There have been so called Libertarians who ran as Republicans and won, campaigning on term limits. And yet they keep on seeking more terms. Libertarians are no different than any other politician who will tell you anything to get you to vote for them. It is naive to think anything would be different, just as it is naive for the left to believe that Bernie Sanders cares about them. He's a one percenter campaigning against one percenters. People are fools to believe him.

Not a libertarian

All I want is a third party with enough juice to claim 20% of house and senate seats that way the corrupt duopoly will never be able to own Congress and supermajorities will be a thing of the past.

 

[Independentthinker]

Not a libertarian

All I want is a third party with enough juice to claim 20% of house and senate seats that way the corrupt duopoly will never be able to own Congress and supermajorities will be a thing of the past.

And which party is that?

 

[Harpy Eagle]

And which party is that?

It really does not matter, anything to break the hold your beloved duopoly has on our country.

 

[SassyIrishLass]

There are who are not part of the corrupt duopoly

Trey Gowdy comes to mind

I have respect for him

 

[Blues Man]

And which party is that?

Don't care as long as the supermajority bullshit will never happen again

 

[struth]

“One of Trump’s great advantages is he talks at a level where third, fourth and fifth grade educations can say, ‘Oh yeah, I get that. I understand it.’” Gingrich told host Laura Ingraham on her Fox News show.

Newt, a PhD and Consulting Historian, is speaking to a graduate of Dartmouth College - whose admissions rate hovers around 5%....

This might be true in a very narrow context. But it is alarming if it is the "default state"....detailed policy isn't debated in terms understandable by grade schoolers....it's formulated, and executed, by people who have demonstrated the necessary skills to AT LEAST get out of high school..

Without doing so, they would not have accumulated any understanding of the functions and responsibilities attendant to their positions.

"...and a 5th grader shall lead them" doesn't strike me as much of a rationale for a second term.

Yes, it's a virtue to be able to communicate with the entire public at large.

 

[Independentthinker]

Don't care as long as the supermajority bullshit will never happen again

Both parties get closer to that every day, not further apart. It is a contest to see which party can achieve the supermajority first.

 

[AquaAthena]

Trey Gowdy comes to mind

I have respect for him

Senator Josh Hawley comes to mind at first thought which is about all the time I have to devote being here today.

 

[AquaAthena]

“One of Trump’s great advantages is he talks at a level where third, fourth and fifth grade educations can say, ‘Oh yeah, I get that. I understand it.’” Gingrich told host Laura Ingraham on her Fox News show.

Which the same could be said for bidum....only beginning with kindergarten through first grade at any government school.

 

[The5thHorseman]

Which the same could be said for bidum....only beginning with kindergarten through first grade at any government school.

Except that it isn't.

 

[The5thHorseman]

Yes, it's a virtue to be able to communicate with the entire public at large.

Makes you wonder why so many of his appointees deemed him a "moron"...

 

[struth]

Makes you wonder why so many of his appointees deemed him a "moron"...

could’ve been worse they could have said he was wrong on every issue for forty years…like xiden’s coworkers did

 

[dblack]

You all see the caliber of politicians the corrupt duopoly have provided but you all still vote for them.

That's the crux of the problem, right there.

Just say no.