I worked with a hard core conservative dude who listened to Rush and Micheal Savage and shit. Lot of long car rides and her say nonsensical shit to me like "it's proven that cutting taxes brings in more revenue to the government". So I'd research it. He also was ultra religious, hated gay people and thought women who had abortions should be thrown in jail.
Needless to say he'd fit in here. Except he loved the SEC and the Yankees.
I worked with a hard core liberal that would listen to the View and Joy Reid and Brian Stelter and shit. And this chick who was really a guy that was having a sex change operation and I would take short bus rides and walks together and she'd say nonsensical shit to me like "Social Security didn't exist back in the 1950s" and "The debt isn't growing because of SS or Medicare" and "it's a documented fact that Trump's team met with a Russian team to discuss giving DNC emails and Hillary emails to Trump." So I'd research it. He also was a pathological liar that hated Jews and thought blacks still couldn't drink out of public water fountains in the 1970s and the Covington kids got what they deserved and Jessie Smolletts really was assaulted white MAGA hat wearing guys.
Needless to say, he'd fit right in with the Hondo Bros.
I worked with a hard core conservative dude who listened to Rush and Micheal Savage and shit. Lot of long car rides and her say nonsensical shit to me like "it's proven that cutting taxes brings in more revenue to the government". So I'd research it. He also was ultra religious, hated gay people and thought women who had abortions should be thrown in jail.
Needless to say he'd fit in here. Except he loved the SEC and the Yankees.
The dinner table. My earliest memory was the Nixon Kennedy debates. Then in 64 while walking with the parents I noticed the look of distress on their face as we rushed by the one house with a Goldwater sign.
In high school a lot of hot girls liked politics. That's the real reason I doorbelled for McGovern.
I grew up just outside DC and my dad was a lobbyist. I told my HS government class in 1998 that W would be the next President.
I don't *think* I really argue it though, I find everything about politics so dumb anymore as it's nothing but cliched bullshit. Detailed policy debates trying to solve complex multi-variate problems are interesting, but those don't exist anymore. Dedicated servants trying to do what's best for their constituents and country don't exist anymore. It's become another game to try to play and win which will burn us eventually.
I grew up just outside DC and my dad was a lobbyist. I told my HS government class in 1998 that W would be the next President.
I don't *think* I really argue it though, I find everything about politics so dumb anymore as it's nothing but cliched bullshit. Detailed policy debates trying to solve complex multi-variate problems are interesting, but those don't exist anymore. Dedicated servants trying to do what's best for their constituents and country don't exist anymore. It's become another game to try to play and win which will burn us eventually.
That's actually happening at every level of government; you're just choosing to concentrate on the froth
My father had a meeting with Wayne Morse back in the 60's. I got to meet him and I thought that was cool and that is where my interest started. As young as I was I knew all about him. Ironically I ended up working for the guy who took away his seat in the Senate. I spent a long time in DC and became dissolutioned with both sides of the aisle and quit it all together but I can honestly say it was the democrats that were mostly the ones that turned me off, and I was an ardent democrat in the early days. I call myself an independent fiscal Conservative now and for the most part stayed away from discussing politics for a number of years but I don't like what the democrats are doing to increase their power. In listening to this current group of 23 candidates for President, I have yet to hear of one thing they are talking about that will heal the divide and be good for everyone. They are dividing the races, creating class envy and doing whatever they can to make people feel like victims. They are doing virtually nothing to lift people up and it is all done so they can get elected and have control over the rest of us as opposed to serving us. So I have been doing small things to stay involved and try to keep the wolves at bay but I am not interested in any more than that. I did my time and looked like Pig Pen from Peanuts when I got out of there.
I grew up just outside DC and my dad was a lobbyist. I told my HS government class in 1998 that W would be the next President.
I don't *think* I really argue it though, I find everything about politics so dumb anymore as it's nothing but cliched bullshit. Detailed policy debates trying to solve complex multi-variate problems are interesting, but those don't exist anymore. Dedicated servants trying to do what's best for their constituents and country don't exist anymore. It's become another game to try to play and win which will burn us eventually.
Just curious how long he lasted as a lobbyist and if you can share what industry he worked for.
I thought and cared starting during the 2000 presidential election. Cared even more after getting my first job post-college working in government affairs. The further I've gone in my career, which is focused in the housing industry, the less I give a shit about the national stuff. Local politics are insane and take too much energy and attention, and they're what actually matter the most. This Trump bullshit that people get distracted over is 99% meaningless, unless he launches a nuke.
My parents were very passionate about politics. "Oh you god damn peice of shit!" I'd hear my dad yell from the living room. So I'd come running in to see what was making him so upset, and sure enough there'd be some guy talking on C-Span with a big D next to his name.
I warned my fellow Senators that giving temporary dictatorial powers to a popular war hero would doom the Republic but they were all too willing to give up their duties for the comfort of whores and wine
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Needless to say, he'd fit right in with the Hondo Bros.
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Completely irrelevant but I figured you'd approve
I don't *think* I really argue it though, I find everything about politics so dumb anymore as it's nothing but cliched bullshit. Detailed policy debates trying to solve complex multi-variate problems are interesting, but those don't exist anymore. Dedicated servants trying to do what's best for their constituents and country don't exist anymore. It's become another game to try to play and win which will burn us eventually.