People get the kind of government they elect. Scratch a dem and you will find an authoritarian. Remember, they are perfectionists at projection. They are always calling repubs NAZI's.
In the final analysis, people get the government they deserve.
https://www.fox2detroit.com/news/before-she-was-governor-gretchen-whitmer-was-a-rebellious-teen-from-grand-rapids hints at the mechanics of politics without spelling it out.
LANSING, Mich. – Only Michigan’s second female governor who graduated Magna Cum Laude from Michigan State University’s law school, Gretchen Whitmer’s professional tenure is dotted with experience and accolades.
But that wasn’t always the case. As it turns out, Whitmer wasn’t so career-oriented growing up.
The word that she would use to describe herself? “Recalcitrant.”
“I was a pain. When I was going away to MSU, neither my mom nor I could wait for that to happen,” she said. “I was strong-minded.”
She also had an active social life with subpar grades. A graduate of East Grand Rapids High School, she said she didn’t turn her attention towards her career until after she had started college.
“Yeah, I did okay. But it wasn’t until the second half of MSU,” she said. “By the second half of MSU, it really clicked and I started just getting four points. I went to law school and I graduated Magna Cum Laude.”
But even at that point, it wasn’t public service she was interested in entering. No, she wanted to be ESPN’s first female sports reporter. That’s why she took an internship with George Perles, the former football head coach at MSU.
However, after another internship with former Speaker of the House Curtis Hertel, things changed and she redirected her vision toward government and what would amount to 14 years of experience.
ESPN? Football team intern? A recalcitrant young woman? Politics sounds like a step down if you ask me but that’s the one she took; and under the guidance of Curtis Hertel hisself, yer honor.
The late Curtis Hertel: https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/name/curtis-hertel-obituary?pid=179423485
…Hertel was known for a number of important pieces of legislation, some of the most notable are the passage of Proposal A which overhauled education funding in Michigan, increased revenue for road funding through a gas tax increase, the creation of The Children’s Trust Fund, and an increase in the minimum wage…
An obituary is not the place to get specific about the deceased success and has little to do with the grooming of Governor Whitmer.
It does provide a starting point for gaining understanding of how less than worthy leaders are 'duly' elected all across the U.S.A.
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