I firmly believe, for every politician, when they reach a certain level, there is a period of discovery. I'd bet money even the ones who join politics with good intentions get to a point in their political career where there are absolutely no good choices .
I know this because I live it in my own life. For the politician, though, they have to settle into it, reject it and defect, or gamble. A good politician, one people mostly admire, is probably just a gambler that won the jackpot. They were in the right place at the right time and pulled the right lever. A bad politician is someone we see as bad only because we see them constantly making safe bets. Like a drunk who spends all day at the horses they bet the 2:1s and try to beat the house.
Its crazy to me that logic, reason, and decency arent very good political tools. They cant sway the masses. They always need to be propped up by some underlying moral structure that no one ever agrees on.
Leading up to the election all we were talking about is how trump got ahold of documents through court filings that would show exactly how the voting machines worked. Crazy how thst talking point just fell away.
At this point we know the who, the why, the what, and the how. We need to figure out the where and when.
I think people need to know stuff about religions. I think a lot of politics in america are tied to american christianity and you would go bonkers trying to figure some stuff out if you didnt have that lense to view things.
I looked online about Islam and I know a little bit but sometimes its nice if someone can help understand. Like there's a lot of book reading you can do on christianity but if you wanted I could give an inside perspective on protestant sects in the south. I could also dialogue if you had any questions.
You want me to believe anyone in this country cares about "optics" when a man in orange make-up blathers on about nothing, live on television every single day.
Nope, optics is just another scape goat that keeps lefties on the benches while the right is burning the constitution.
Compromise is fine. Im talking about gridlock.
If you think they are equivalent, thats fine. I dont agree.