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This election is going to determine the fate of all Americans, and the American Way of Life for generations to come. It will decide who votes, who works, and who lives and dies in this country. It really is that important.
This election is going to determine the fate of all Americans, and the American Way of Life for generations to come. It will decide who votes, who works, and who lives and dies in this country. It really is that important.
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For far too long Americans have had the luxury of coasting along a river of privilege. The routine of our daily lives insulated from the real harshness of daily reality in other parts of the world.
Foreign wars, plagues, and catastrophes are exactly that - foreign.
For far too long Americans have had the luxury of coasting along a river of privilege. The routine of our daily lives insulated from the real harshness of daily reality in other parts of the world.
Foreign wars, plagues, and catastrophes are exactly that - foreign.
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We see it only through the lens of a camera. Not touching us. Not OF us.
Even domestic tragedies, mass shootings, and acts of domestic terrorism are sanitized in the nightly news, separate from us, almost reduced to the mythology of a "reality show" script.
We see it only through the lens of a camera. Not touching us. Not OF us.
Even domestic tragedies, mass shootings, and acts of domestic terrorism are sanitized in the nightly news, separate from us, almost reduced to the mythology of a "reality show" script.
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And so it all rolls off, leaving the majority of our lives untouched and unchallenged.
But Americans are, by culture, a nation of brawlers. We need an outlet for the rugged "John Wayne individualism" which is the keystone of our national consciousness.
And so it all rolls off, leaving the majority of our lives untouched and unchallenged.
But Americans are, by culture, a nation of brawlers. We need an outlet for the rugged "John Wayne individualism" which is the keystone of our national consciousness.
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So out of boredom we've turned to politics.
Our representatives and leaders are chosen in a WWF style personality contest with no regard to actual qualification.
It's FUN.
So out of boredom we've turned to politics.
Our representatives and leaders are chosen in a WWF style personality contest with no regard to actual qualification.
It's FUN.
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And until recently, largely inconsequential for the vast majority of Americans. At least not in ways that they would notice right away (or can't blame on something else).
Unfortunately, years of electing pirates has had consequences.
And until recently, largely inconsequential for the vast majority of Americans. At least not in ways that they would notice right away (or can't blame on something else).
Unfortunately, years of electing pirates has had consequences.
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Pirates & carnival barkers are fun to watch on stage, but cannot respond in any adequate fashion to a real crisis. They react to every development in any way that keeps their audience entertained. Twisting from one position to another w/ shifting perception of public opinion.
Pirates & carnival barkers are fun to watch on stage, but cannot respond in any adequate fashion to a real crisis. They react to every development in any way that keeps their audience entertained. Twisting from one position to another w/ shifting perception of public opinion.
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With every change in direction and self-serving contradiction knitting a bad situation into a Gordian knot of increasing tragedy.
With every change in direction and self-serving contradiction knitting a bad situation into a Gordian knot of increasing tragedy.
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It doesn't matter if you LIKE Donald Trump or not. It doesn't matter if you think he's fun to watch or if his very countenance causes the bile to rise in your throat.
That doesn't matter.
What matters is that he is simply, fundamentally, INADEQUATE TO THIS TASK.
It doesn't matter if you LIKE Donald Trump or not. It doesn't matter if you think he's fun to watch or if his very countenance causes the bile to rise in your throat.
That doesn't matter.
What matters is that he is simply, fundamentally, INADEQUATE TO THIS TASK.
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And he is being aided and abetted by a multitude of other entertaining pirates and buffoons elected for their entertainment potential and not their competence.
And he is being aided and abetted by a multitude of other entertaining pirates and buffoons elected for their entertainment potential and not their competence.
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If Americans cannot bring themselves to elect leaders who can govern and lead, then our country cannot be stronger on the other side of this. America will be broken.
If Americans cannot bring themselves to elect leaders who can govern and lead, then our country cannot be stronger on the other side of this. America will be broken.
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We must choose our leaders from best among us. Those with integrity and the experience required to do the job of government.
Sure, that's BORING.
But what most people are only beginning to realize is that BOREDOM IS A PRIVILEGE.
We must choose our leaders from best among us. Those with integrity and the experience required to do the job of government.
Sure, that's BORING.
But what most people are only beginning to realize is that BOREDOM IS A PRIVILEGE.
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