30th May 2017, 7:16 AM
True enough, but at least with the Russia scandal, the evidence really is piling up. At this point, I'd be surprised if there isn't something going on, and it goes beyond just America if France is any indication.
I mean, I've basically got no choice. Next election, it's either the party of Trump, or the democrats. So, democrats. It's just disconcerting how much they're willing to keep to the exact same "try to appease everyone" strategy that has failed, did fail them, and will only continue to fail more and more as the sorts of people who actually want real change get fed up with the whole system. ABF, everyone that isn't a Trump supporter hates Trump at this point. You'd be hard pressed to find anyone that's "neutral" on Trump. Running on the platform of "hate trump" isn't going to convert anyone. They want something they can actually get behind. There's far too many people who abstained from the last election that don't regret it. There's ZERO chance you're going to win over the most die-hard of Trump supporters. That's not going to happen.
That ridiculous advertisement where a bunch of democrats in a Denny's pretended to be republicans? You didn't actually trick any republicans with that damn thing. You just alienated any outsiders who might have considered democrats the "party of progressives". They took one look at that thing and said "well, they haven't changed a bit, have they?". I'll note that you've made no attempts at all to defend that atrocity of an ad, which I hope means you recognize just how much of a mistake it was. Yes, it was just one ad, and one that didn't even air here in Oklahoma, but when a party is willing to toss stuff like that out there, it speaks volumes about what sort of tactics they're willing to employ to win. And no, I'm pretty much sick of that "If you want to win, you have to play dirty just like them" mindset. At this point, playing dirty hasn't worked. Maybe playing clean will? When was the last time either party even ATTEMPTED that? I haven't seen it so long as I've been alive. I mean, it's worth a shot. Even if it fails, at least you can hold your heads high for once. Just... try apologizing every now and again. Say "I was wrong about X, and am sorry.". American politicians in general haven't genuinely apologized for ANYTHING (outside of affairs, months after lying about them) in far too long.
I would vote for someone who apologized and admitted they were wrong about something at this point. Like, literally the first candidate that did that. I'm not even kidding.
I mean, I've basically got no choice. Next election, it's either the party of Trump, or the democrats. So, democrats. It's just disconcerting how much they're willing to keep to the exact same "try to appease everyone" strategy that has failed, did fail them, and will only continue to fail more and more as the sorts of people who actually want real change get fed up with the whole system. ABF, everyone that isn't a Trump supporter hates Trump at this point. You'd be hard pressed to find anyone that's "neutral" on Trump. Running on the platform of "hate trump" isn't going to convert anyone. They want something they can actually get behind. There's far too many people who abstained from the last election that don't regret it. There's ZERO chance you're going to win over the most die-hard of Trump supporters. That's not going to happen.
That ridiculous advertisement where a bunch of democrats in a Denny's pretended to be republicans? You didn't actually trick any republicans with that damn thing. You just alienated any outsiders who might have considered democrats the "party of progressives". They took one look at that thing and said "well, they haven't changed a bit, have they?". I'll note that you've made no attempts at all to defend that atrocity of an ad, which I hope means you recognize just how much of a mistake it was. Yes, it was just one ad, and one that didn't even air here in Oklahoma, but when a party is willing to toss stuff like that out there, it speaks volumes about what sort of tactics they're willing to employ to win. And no, I'm pretty much sick of that "If you want to win, you have to play dirty just like them" mindset. At this point, playing dirty hasn't worked. Maybe playing clean will? When was the last time either party even ATTEMPTED that? I haven't seen it so long as I've been alive. I mean, it's worth a shot. Even if it fails, at least you can hold your heads high for once. Just... try apologizing every now and again. Say "I was wrong about X, and am sorry.". American politicians in general haven't genuinely apologized for ANYTHING (outside of affairs, months after lying about them) in far too long.
I would vote for someone who apologized and admitted they were wrong about something at this point. Like, literally the first candidate that did that. I'm not even kidding.
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)