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Am I the only one who remember Willie Horton? If politics doesn't have to be mean, home come the campaign against Mike Dukakis was the most vicious in memory, up until then?
I actually was in the same room as Mr. Bush in approx 1996, when he spoke to inspire the jr high students at the school I was then teaching at (evidently he was a guest speaker at some local conference too, and often did this kind of community outreach).
a) I didn't/don't agree with his politics but... b) was quite impressed with his speaking abilities and his ability to turn his charisma on/off at will: he entered the school as small old man, shone fervently when he spoke to/with the students, shut it all off on his way out of the building.
Evidently 'Politics', like acting/sales/administration(wink), involves a separation of the spirit from one's day-to-day self.
It's what scares me the most about #45, is that 'acting' or just all that he really is?
I voted for Jesse Jackson in the 1988 primary and Michael Dukakis in the general, Paul Tsongas in the 1992 primary and Ross Perot in the general. It was a different time. I guess it's always a different time. Anyway, I never voted for George H. W. Bush. There are no perfect candidates. Politicians are whores who perform and compromise and bite their tongues and horse-trade and shit. It's a messy business. But Bush now seems so much better than the Cheeto-in-Chief. I disagreed with some of Bush's positions, but he didn't make my skin crawl like the current resident at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. I'd love to have dinner with the former, but not the latter.
Am I the only one who remember Willie Horton? If politics doesn't have to be mean, home come the campaign against Mike Dukakis was the most vicious in memory, up until then?
ReplyDeleteThis president was plenty mean to many people....
ReplyDeleteI actually was in the same room as Mr. Bush in approx 1996, when he spoke to inspire the jr high students at the school I was then teaching at (evidently he was a guest speaker at some local conference too, and often did this kind of community outreach).
ReplyDeletea) I didn't/don't agree with his politics but...
b) was quite impressed with his speaking abilities and his ability to turn his charisma on/off at will: he entered the school as small old man, shone fervently when he spoke to/with the students, shut it all off on his way out of the building.
Evidently 'Politics', like acting/sales/administration(wink), involves a separation of the spirit from one's day-to-day self.
It's what scares me the most about #45, is that 'acting' or just all that he really is?
Interesting experience regardless.
I voted for Jesse Jackson in the 1988 primary and Michael Dukakis in the general, Paul Tsongas in the 1992 primary and Ross Perot in the general. It was a different time. I guess it's always a different time. Anyway, I never voted for George H. W. Bush. There are no perfect candidates. Politicians are whores who perform and compromise and bite their tongues and horse-trade and shit. It's a messy business. But Bush now seems so much better than the Cheeto-in-Chief. I disagreed with some of Bush's positions, but he didn't make my skin crawl like the current resident at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. I'd love to have dinner with the former, but not the latter.
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