[CASchack]

I had mentioned this a couple of days ago...Fred would have been a great 19th century candidate—meaning that those candidates (Abraham Lincoln, etc.) would not have fared well in today’s superficial criteria for gaining the office. He is a man of substance in a time which puts greater value on style.

[littlehouse36]

“He is a man of substance in a time which puts greater value on style.”

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Yes. I spoke last night with my elderly parents, who are dismayed at this whole process. The best candidates, they said, were chosen in smoke-filled rooms.