I have never been a Reaganite but Reagan had internally consistent and coherent political convictions, developed over a long period of years. His diaries published after his death show that to be true. Trump, in contrast, has no discernible political convictions. He's spectacularly unfit for the presidency.
Besides, I consider him a man of low character. I know that sounds odd when speaking of a politician, but I think you know what I mean. Who publicly calls John McCain "loser" for being shot down and captured? Or publicly makes fun of a disabled person? Or makes a menstruation joke about a female journalist? Or writes books bragging about his extramarital affairs -- including those with married women? The guy's a moral, ethical and temperamental train wreck.
"It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye."
--Antoine de Saint-Exupery
"Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold."
--Yeats
“True, we [lawyers] build no bridges. We raise no towers. We construct no engines. We paint no pictures - unless as amateurs for our own principal amusement. There is little of all that we do which the eye of man can see. But we smooth out difficulties; we relieve stress; we correct mistakes; we take up other men's burdens and by our efforts we make possible the peaceful life of men in a peaceful state.”
--John W. Davis, founder of Davis Polk & Wardwell
Was LA pretending to be non-partisan? If you belong to a political party, you are partisan by definition.
How can someone read that and come out not wanting Bernie? He's the only one for whom "lovable" works.I don't like Cruz, but he's a smart guy and has a platform. I don't like Rubio, he's a lightweight, but I understand why other people do; he's likable. I like Jeb, but apparently I'm the only person on earth that does. Hillary is Hillary; you get a whip smart politician, emphasis on politician. And Bernie is like a lovable uncle who hates the world and has wild ideas about "the man."
Is Rubio really likable?
Kasich is growing on me quite a bit.
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“It only ends once. Anything that happens before that is just progress.”
Well, because he thought it was good sport. Because some men aren't looking for anything logical, like money. They can't be bought, bullied, reasoned, or negotiated with. Some men just want to watch the world burn.
Ugh...really? Cruz, Trump and Rubio are all unmitigated disasters, but, the Dems this election are twice the train wreck. Give me the Joe's on the Demo side.....Lieberman or Manchin, and Kasich on the Republican side and we've got ourselves a pretty good field.
Is this supposed to be some kind of joke? You really don't have to go back far to find a President who was more qualified. Take George 41 -- Served in the military and ended up a war hero, founded his own successful company, Congressman on the House Ways and Means committee, US Ambassador, Envoy to China, CIA Director and Vice President. Side by side it isn't even close. You could also successfully argue even her won husband was more qualified, being AR Attorney General and Governor for 10 years. In fact, any candidate that has actually governed a state could arguably be as qualified, or more so than Hillary. The three candidates mentioned above (Lieberman, Manchin, Kasich) are miles more qualified than Hillary. To say Hillary's the most qualified since Adams is just silly. But, it is the silly season.
“Children and dogs are as necessary to the welfare of the country as Wall Street and the railroads.” -- Harry S. Truman
"You never soar so high as when you stoop down to help a child or an animal." -- Jewish Proverb
"Three-time Pro Bowler Eric Weddle the most versatile, and maybe most intelligent, safety in the game." -- SI, 9/7/15, p. 107.
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"It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye."
--Antoine de Saint-Exupery
"Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold."
--Yeats
“True, we [lawyers] build no bridges. We raise no towers. We construct no engines. We paint no pictures - unless as amateurs for our own principal amusement. There is little of all that we do which the eye of man can see. But we smooth out difficulties; we relieve stress; we correct mistakes; we take up other men's burdens and by our efforts we make possible the peaceful life of men in a peaceful state.”
--John W. Davis, founder of Davis Polk & Wardwell
It was a rhetorical device. I was trying to show how unlike able she can be, regardless whether or not she is a capable leader and administrator.
A big problem with our current electoral system is we select our candidates based on their ability to campaign. But being an effective campaigner and being an effective administrator are not necessarily related. In fact the two may be entirely separate and non-overlapping skill sets. A person's ability to interact with voters in a soundbite-for-effect setting may actually be detrimental to the same person's skill as a leader and decision-maker.
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I get the feeling the wheels are about to come off of the Trump Express. The question is how far-spread will be the devastation? He apparently has found a court in Chicago willing to hear the case of whether Cruz, the half-Cuban, Canadian-born candidate, can even legally run for President.
Because the crazies of the political world control our elections candidates are elected on bluster and hot air.
There's nothing, beyond the next election, to hold the candidate to their word.
Locally one needs to look no further than Rocky Anderson and Ralph Becker. Both made promises to get endorsements. Both either went back on those promises or ignored them all together once elected. When that was pointed out it was ignored.
Sadly it seems the US cares more about the ability to talk a good game than the actual results.
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Can't I just say I am voting for neither as it would violate my conscience?
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"It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye."
--Antoine de Saint-Exupery
"Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold."
--Yeats
“True, we [lawyers] build no bridges. We raise no towers. We construct no engines. We paint no pictures - unless as amateurs for our own principal amusement. There is little of all that we do which the eye of man can see. But we smooth out difficulties; we relieve stress; we correct mistakes; we take up other men's burdens and by our efforts we make possible the peaceful life of men in a peaceful state.”
--John W. Davis, founder of Davis Polk & Wardwell
If I don't answer my phone tomorrow, it's because I'll have my hands full of caucus. Just leave a message.
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I know many here won't like this but I'll share it anyway. Peggy Noonan makes a good point here something here about why Trump appeals to so many people:
I close with a thought about an aspect of modern leftism that is part of the context here.
There is something increasingly unappeasable in the left. This is something conservatives and others have come to fear, that progressives now accept no limits. We can’t just have court-ordered legalized abortion across the land, we have to have it up to the point of birth, and taxpayers have to pay for it. It’s not enough to win same-sex marriage, you’ve got to personally approve of it and if you publicly resist you’ll be ruined. It’s not enough that we have publicly funded contraceptives, the nuns have to provide them.
This unappeasable spirit always turns to the courts to have its way.
If progressives were wise they would step back, accept their victories, take a breath and turn to the idea of solidifying gains, of heroic patience, of being peaceable.
Don’t make them bake the cake. Don’t make them accept the progressive replacement for Scalia. Leave the nuns alone.
Progressives have no idea how fragile it all is. That’s why they feel free to be unappeasable. They don’t know what they’re grinding down.
They think America has endless give. But America is composed of humans, and they do not have endless give.
Isn’t that what we’re seeing this year in the political realm? That they don’t have endless give? And we’ll be seeing more of it. people
I close with a thought about an aspect of modern leftism that is part of the context here.
There is something increasingly unappeasable in the left. This is something conservatives and others have come to fear, that progressives now accept no limits. We can’t just have court-ordered legalized abortion across the land, we have to have it up to the point of birth, and taxpayers have to pay for it. It’s not enough to win same-sex marriage, you’ve got to personally approve of it and if you publicly resist you’ll be ruined. It’s not enough that we have publicly funded contraceptives, the nuns have to provide them.
This unappeasable spirit always turns to the courts to have its way.
If progressives were wise they would step back, accept their victories, take a breath and turn to the idea of solidifying gains, of heroic patience, of being peaceable.
Don’t make them bake the cake. Don’t make them accept the progressive replacement for Scalia. Leave the nuns alone.
Progressives have no idea how fragile it all is. That’s why they feel free to be unappeasable. They don’t know what they’re grinding down.
They think America has endless give. But America is composed of humans, and they do not have endless give.
Isn’t that what we’re seeing this year in the political realm? That they don’t have endless give? And we’ll be seeing more of it.
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"It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye."
--Antoine de Saint-Exupery
"Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold."
--Yeats
“True, we [lawyers] build no bridges. We raise no towers. We construct no engines. We paint no pictures - unless as amateurs for our own principal amusement. There is little of all that we do which the eye of man can see. But we smooth out difficulties; we relieve stress; we correct mistakes; we take up other men's burdens and by our efforts we make possible the peaceful life of men in a peaceful state.”
--John W. Davis, founder of Davis Polk & Wardwell
Oh please. Her entire premise also applies to the way the Tea Partyists and Religious Right have hijacked the Grand Old Party. The Republican Party is being set upon by territorial warlords who believe they can capture the whole party and wield it at their leisure, but in fact what is happening is a Balkanization of the GOP similar to the death of the Whig Party.
"It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye."
--Antoine de Saint-Exupery
"Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold."
--Yeats
“True, we [lawyers] build no bridges. We raise no towers. We construct no engines. We paint no pictures - unless as amateurs for our own principal amusement. There is little of all that we do which the eye of man can see. But we smooth out difficulties; we relieve stress; we correct mistakes; we take up other men's burdens and by our efforts we make possible the peaceful life of men in a peaceful state.”
--John W. Davis, founder of Davis Polk & Wardwell
Lol. Despite what this author says, trump is a republican.
Interesting stuff here.
Trump: Nemesis Of The GOP
http://www.theamericanconservative.c...ublican-party/
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"It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye."
--Antoine de Saint-Exupery
"Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold."
--Yeats
“True, we [lawyers] build no bridges. We raise no towers. We construct no engines. We paint no pictures - unless as amateurs for our own principal amusement. There is little of all that we do which the eye of man can see. But we smooth out difficulties; we relieve stress; we correct mistakes; we take up other men's burdens and by our efforts we make possible the peaceful life of men in a peaceful state.”
--John W. Davis, founder of Davis Polk & Wardwell
"It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye."
--Antoine de Saint-Exupery
"Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold."
--Yeats
“True, we [lawyers] build no bridges. We raise no towers. We construct no engines. We paint no pictures - unless as amateurs for our own principal amusement. There is little of all that we do which the eye of man can see. But we smooth out difficulties; we relieve stress; we correct mistakes; we take up other men's burdens and by our efforts we make possible the peaceful life of men in a peaceful state.”
--John W. Davis, founder of Davis Polk & Wardwell