Posted on 07/02/2024 7:00:36 AM PDT by where's_the_Outrage?
Like everyone else, I’ve been reading about the abysmal prospects for our country after the presidential debate, and there’s one recurring theme: the problem is the candidates. This is simple and convenient, but I think it is wrong. One guy is clearly incompetent and the other guy is a jerk, but in any republic or democracy, the candidates reflect things about who we are as a nation.
You have to ask yourself how, in a population of over 300 million people, these two guys are the best we can do. Of course, the easy conclusion is that we have been beguiled by the system or the parties or the candidates. However, in a free society, the beauty and danger is that our government is indirectly and directly driven by us, the people. Our constitution starts with these three words: We the people. This idea was derived from the fact that our nation gets its power from the people, not from sovereign rulers or Congress. This is the foundation that our constitution and country are built upon, but currently, we, as responsible Americans, aren’t using our power when it counts the most.
I find myself in conversations with people griping about our political system. This seems to be ever more popular. However, nothing is going to change if more people don’t get actively involved in their government. The way to get change is not to sit on the sidelines and complain the way to get change is to get more qualified people to run for office or to get involved in our political system in some material way.
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Biden was worse than a jerk before he ever became president.
Trump is bombastic by nature and can be a total jerk, but he ran the country well during his first term. We were not sucked into a new war, the economy was roaring, we achieved energy independence for the first time in decades, unemployment especially among minorities was the lowest in ever seen and despite Trump’s bluster we had a good relationship with most nations. Compared to the last three years of Biden or more likely some shadowy cabal running the country things have deteriorated.
“One guy is clearly incompetent and the other guy is a jerk”
Author blames all you stupid people.
And will vote for the incompetent, cuz Mean Tweets.
What an absolute arsehole.
Exactly
Absolutely.
Yah, if you characterization of the non-Pedo guy is “jerk” — we know how you like your kiddies.
You forgot Trump’s public policies (pre-China virus ) were WILDLY successful!!
Liberal teachers like to punish the whole class instead of finding out who shot the spit ball. Classic “they are all bad candidates” because my guy is toast.
Moreover TDS is shaping up to be a terminal disease for many highly toxic political figures in this country.
Long May Trump Wave!
Trump is not a jerk.
Hear! Hear!
Bingo
Biden has always been an evil corrupt little man who used what power he has to destroy anyone he disagrees with. I hate this nation that the main with Biden is his current mental state.
I know. The first time I really noticed him was during the Clarence Thomas confirmation hearings. I have despised him ever since.
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