Testing Your Political Intelligence
Apr 14, 2017 16:34:39 #
"The larger the mob, the harder the test. In small areas, before small electorates, a first-rate man occasionally fights his way through, carrying even the mob with him by force of his personality. But when the field is nationwide, and the fight must be waged chiefly at second and third hand, and the force of personality cannot so readily make itself felt, then all the odds are on the man who is, intrinsically, the most devious and mediocre—the man who can most easily adeptly disperse the notion that his mind is a virtual vacuum.
"The Presidency tends, year by year, to go to such men. As democracy is perfected, the office represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. We move toward a lofty ideal. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last, and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron."
H. L. Mencken
Remember, this is a test.
"The Presidency tends, year by year, to go to such men. As democracy is perfected, the office represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. We move toward a lofty ideal. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last, and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron."
H. L. Mencken
Remember, this is a test.
Apr 14, 2017 16:37:14 #
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Apr 14, 2017 16:46:52 #
Harpooner1 wrote:
You do refer to Obama? Right?
The Obama legacy is..........????
The Obama legacy is..........????
You passed the test, with flying colors!!
Apr 14, 2017 16:47:31 #
peter11937 wrote:
Been there the last eight years. Glad that is, at long last, over.
You passed the test, also. American conservatives ain't so dumb.
Apr 14, 2017 18:18:20 #
Check out topic: I'm surprised that no obe else reported on this
Apr 14, 2017 18:23:19 #
peter11937
Loc: NYS
moldyoldy wrote:
http://www.facebook.com/TheYoungTurks/videos/10154540425314205/
The young azzhats living in fantasy land.....they're as crazy as fat Kim.
Apr 14, 2017 18:38:31 #
peter11937 wrote:
The young azzhats living in fantasy land.....they're as crazy as fat Kim.
trump is an idiot who knows nothing. He keeps saying nobody knew how hard this or that was to deal with. Everybody knew but him. Every opinion that he had before, he now finds was wrong. He conned the gullible who now refuse to admit that they were conned.
Apr 14, 2017 20:50:28 #
peter11937
Loc: NYS
moldyoldy wrote:
trump is an idiot who knows nothing. He keeps saying nobody knew how hard this or that was to deal with. Everybody knew but him. Every opinion that he had before, he now finds was wrong. He conned the gullible who now refuse to admit that they were conned.
So run against Pres. Trump and do a better job. Or are you completely clueless?
Apr 14, 2017 21:32:20 #
moldyoldy wrote:
http://www.facebook.com/TheYoungTurks/videos/10154540425314205/
You are. Dumb. You voted for Clinton, a Monster. And you are a dependent, who can do nothing for himself. Government must do it for you. That is why you don't like Trump. Trump is saving your independence, in spite of yourself. People who do not care to be independent vote Leftist/Liberal. Problem is, you want to bring it on the rest of the country, those who truly enjoy being self-reliant and free of reliance on government.
Ask yourself this: why can't I be self-reliant? Why must government always be doing for me, like my mother would, or ole Massa on the plantation?
Apr 14, 2017 21:34:58 #
moldyoldy wrote:
trump is an idiot who knows nothing. He keeps saying nobody knew how hard this or that was to deal with. Everybody knew but him. Every opinion that he had before, he now finds was wrong. He conned the gullible who now refuse to admit that they were conned.
You do not know what Trump is really doing. That is because you are a superficial thinker, or else there is a door that shuts in your mind when you are called upon to be independent.
What you hear in the mainstream media, idiot, is not what is really happening.
You do not belong in America. Perhaps you would be happier in North Korea or any other communist state, where government does everything for you. That is truly "freedom" in your mind, I guess.
Apr 14, 2017 22:08:57 #
Those coal miners will never get their jobs back. The black lung health care is gone now. When the ACA is repealed, trumps base will be dead.
Apr 14, 2017 22:17:02 #
moldyoldy wrote:
Those coal miners will never get their jobs back. The black lung health care is gone now. When the ACA is repealed, trumps base will be dead.
When are you going to put on your thinking cap? (I used language that is used for children, so as to make sure you will understand.)
I know you have difficulty understanding capitalism; you know, private property, free markets, preparing for the future, things like that, but really you should try harder.
But if you can't understand it, at least let the big boys do it for you.
Apr 14, 2017 22:28:38 #
moldyoldy wrote:
Those coal miners will never get their jobs back. The black lung health care is gone now. When the ACA is repealed, trumps base will be dead.
And in the second place, that is not a real "fact". But then there's a sucker born every minute.
It is an appeal to emotion, not reason. Trying to get back the Leftist/Liberal advantage, using the morals of the right. Who tells you these things?
Did you know that Engels, in his introduction to "The Communist Manifesto" stated that because the living standards of all had been raised by the industrialization [capitalism] of Europe, the Socialists/Communists would need to go out and agitate them to revolt. Do you understand what I mean by this? Probably not. You will come back with some other teary eyed reason Communism and dependency is the future of America.
I don't think America is the country for you.
Or do you know ANYTHING about James Watt and the steam engine? You fool. Study some history, why don't you, instead of letting someone else do it for you.
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