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Dumb Politicians Won't Get Elected
Townhall.com ^ | December 25, 2013 | Walter E. Williams

Posted on 12/25/2013 4:11:45 PM PST by Kaslin

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To: Farmer Dean

Rumor has it that Nancys threatening to Make Kwanzaa a Mandatory National Holiday!!


61 posted on 12/25/2013 6:17:06 PM PST by MeshugeMikey ( Visit http://icantenroll.com/ In Glitch We Trust....;o})
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To: Kaslin

You mean like some one who thinks you can capsize an island?


62 posted on 12/25/2013 6:19:17 PM PST by Duckdog (If it wasn't for NASCAR my TV would have gone out the window years ago!)
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To: Kaslin

That’s a dumb title.


63 posted on 12/25/2013 6:36:18 PM PST by SgtHooper (If at first you don't succeed, skydiving is not for you.)
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To: Kaslin

Not one word in the article about the entitlements other countries receive in foreign aid and American subsidies of other countries’ national defense in Yankee blood and money. Some folks who rail against entitlements lose their voice when the entitled happen to be foreigners.


64 posted on 12/25/2013 6:37:43 PM PST by Colonel Kangaroo
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To: ETL

As dumb as he may be, Paul Ryan let him get by so that Biden could declare victory in their “debate” and never look back.


65 posted on 12/25/2013 7:12:38 PM PST by Theodore R.
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To: gorush

Ron Wyden is one of the few democrat senators who will actually try to pass common sense stuff.


66 posted on 12/25/2013 7:34:06 PM PST by staytrue
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To: Kaslin

So it’s dumb to do the right thing and smart to do whatever it takes to remain in office.

Got it.

Nothing new here, move along.


67 posted on 12/25/2013 8:41:37 PM PST by Blue Collar Christian (Vote Democrat. Once you're OK with killing babies the rest is easy. <BCC><)
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To: Rodamala
There was an article about Grover Cleveland many years ago in the Weekly Standard.

So many things I didn't know. Apparently he was known as "Steve" to his friends. Nobody who knew him ever called him Grover.

He was also quite an honest guy, and known for truthfulness.

A rare bird. An honorable democrat.

IIRC, he vetoed more legislation than any other POTUS, because if he couldn't find it in the Constitution, it was unlawful.

Imagine such a creature today in either party.

Steve Cleveland 2016!

68 posted on 12/25/2013 11:33:19 PM PST by boop (Liberal religion. No rules, just right!)
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To: boop
Apparently he was known as "Steve" to his friends.

I feel like inserting a "Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium" reference here.

69 posted on 12/25/2013 11:53:31 PM PST by thecodont
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To: Antihero101607
“And if not dumb, they’re corrupt, grossly incompetent, or mentally unbalanced.”

All those characteristics perfectly describe our current community activist organizer, Dear Leader, the great and powerful Obamination.

However, he was elected twice by the duped and moronic voters of this country. What does that say about Americans that vote and how they are so easily misled and manipulated?

70 posted on 12/26/2013 4:20:01 AM PST by MasterGunner01
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To: Kaslin

Change the headline to dumb or unprepared Republican won’t get elected... so lets not give them any...


71 posted on 12/26/2013 5:50:46 AM PST by pithyinme (Oh great 3 more years of crap to wade through....)
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To: LegendHasIt

“What the heck happened to Walter Williams?”

He makes perfect sense to me. Williams is not talking about the all too numerous truly dumb-dumb information deprived rat politicians like the Sheila Jackson Lees and Hank Johnsons.

He is talking about the smart-dumb politicians like Helms who knows that he isn’t dumb enough to vote against farm subsidies and the like.

Walter Williams realized that politicians have to be or act as ‘dumb’ as the people who elect them to stay in power.


72 posted on 12/26/2013 7:04:58 AM PST by A'elian' nation ("Political Correctness does not legislate tolerance; it only organizes hatred." Jacques Barzun)
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To: RKBA Democrat
Who is this “we?” I had nothing to do with it. My family had nothing to do with it. I daresay the overwhelming majority of FReepers had nothing to do with it. So how is this “our” responsibility?

Look at any thread that discusses 'social security' and you'll find plenty of freepers that support this unsustainable racket.

73 posted on 12/26/2013 7:19:54 AM PST by zeugma (Is it evil of me to teach my bird to say "here kitty, kitty"?)
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