“It’s downright stunning to see how deep in dumb they are.”
And that, with all due respect, is why we are in trouble. It really isn’t stunning. From the moment we became a society in which being a politician could be a career, it was inevitable we would have poor leadership.
It has nothing to do, IMHO, with their intelligence. I don’t think you have to be Einstein to be an effective President, or Congressman, or Senator etc. To be effective, you must put the country before self, and to not be driven by ego to the point that your can’t admit you are wrong and can’t take advice from those more qualified to render certain decisions
That, unfortunately, appears to be a rarity in current day politics. Honestly, I truly believe we’d do better having revolving groups of randomly picked high school seniors running the country. I’m serious.
The founding fathers were brilliant, but they screwed up by not having term limits for presidents, senators, and representatives from the get go.
Lifetime appointments for judges was another mistake.
Since Trump has been in.. I’m finding out who the GOP really is... Each one who is angry at Trump shows me who they are.. and there have been some surprises. The true conservatives are but a very few. The rest belong to the club of the GOP. To think I ever thought they were working for us... it’s a crying shame that I ever believed in any of them.
As for GW.. he went home and forgot us. He didn’t say a word all the time obama has been slamming the country and blaming everyone in GW’s administration.. Cheny spoke out a few times and the media crucified him.. Still GW didn’t respond. To think that was proper... it wasn’t.