It takes a long time to realize that no one goes into politics for noble reasons. It's always about power, how to get it, how to keep it, and how to dole it out to aggregate more power.
As an ex-Noo Yawkuh I had plenty of contempt for Trump the human being, but at least he was nakedly honest--in deed if not in word--about running for President as a big "fuck you" to everyone who'd ever mocked him. I've got great sympathy for motives like that.
Finding the bastard whose own motives are more likely than not to help achieve what you want is, I now understand, a far superior strategy to having any moral scruples. My problem is I just can't, as it were, close my eyes and swallow.
It takes a long time to realize that no one goes into politics for noble reasons. It's always about power, how to get it, how to keep it, and how to dole it out to aggregate more power.
As an ex-Noo Yawkuh I had plenty of contempt for Trump the human being, but at least he was nakedly honest--in deed if not in word--about running for President as a big "fuck you" to everyone who'd ever mocked him. I've got great sympathy for motives like that.
Finding the bastard whose own motives are more likely than not to help achieve what you want is, I now understand, a far superior strategy to having any moral scruples. My problem is I just can't, as it were, close my eyes and swallow.
Yes, Joe...we'd really like to know, what ARE you talking about?!?