No, we don’t. I hate that “we get what we deserve” crap

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So, why are we getting the candidates that we are? - gregmorrissey 2023-12-28 18:45:39
- We get bad candidates because they win primaries. * - Barrister 2023-12-28 18:49:28
"We", as in the voters. I have (limited) experience running - Grace91 2023-12-28 16:31:32
- And what exactly, would be a better process? - sprack 2023-12-28 16:37:49
  - At a national and state wide level our media is to blame. - Limbosmullet 2023-12-28 20:00:59
    - You know, not everyone elected to office - sprack 2023-12-28 20:36:21
      - They most certainly do - Limbosmullet 2023-12-28 21:00:32
  - I agree with you regarding Haley, by the way. In my opinion - Grace91 2023-12-28 16:54:12
You're a relatively normal person - El Kabong 2023-12-28 16:22:40
- I have a good friend who is in the NE senate. - Angel 2023-12-28 20:01:25
  - I was physically assaulted during a semi-political gathering - Grace91 2023-12-28 20:11:36
- It’s no different now than it ever has been - sprack 2023-12-28 16:35:53
  - I'm not being fatalistic, I am noting that in my opinion the - Grace91 2023-12-28 17:43:18
  - It was a heck of a lot easier to get away with things - 88_92WSND 2023-12-28 16:48:37
    - I really think people have a rose-colored view of past - sprack 2023-12-28 16:52:28
      - The press was complicit in concealing FDR being - Nyirish08 2023-12-28 17:07:46
        That was more of an abnormal period than our present one - AquinasDomer 2023-12-28 17:21:34
        Exactly. People might want to read about the 1884 election - sprack 2023-12-28 17:28:40
        we still didn't have social media * - ravenium 2023-12-29 00:55:03
        I think the trends in officehilder quality - AquinasDomer 2023-12-29 10:43:10
        So only bad people run for office now? - sprack 2023-12-28 17:11:18
        No. But you have to be willfully obtuse to not know - 88_92WSND 2023-12-28 19:24:04
        Again I refer you to the 1884 election - sprack 2023-12-28 19:50:10
        I'm aware of the 1884 election - 88_92WSND 2023-12-28 20:15:45
        Prior to the 20th century - AquinasDomer 2023-12-28 19:30:39
        People died in an election fight in Philly - 88_92WSND 2023-12-28 19:53:48
      - I don't believe that is true * - El Kabong 2023-12-28 16:55:17
      - No one here is making that argument. Try again. * - krudler 2023-12-28 16:53:49
  - During Abe Lincoln's time we had cameras listening to - krudler 2023-12-28 16:43:32
    - You don’t think anyone was listening to every word - sprack 2023-12-28 16:46:34
      - Great response that didn't address a single thing I said. - krudler 2023-12-28 16:50:23
      - Did Tad Lincoln have people hassling him? * - El Kabong 2023-12-28 16:49:31
        Tad Lincoln was 7 years old in 1860 - sprack 2023-12-28 16:56:56
        Barron Trump was attacked by multiple people in the - krudler 2023-12-28 17:00:05
        Seriously? - El Kabong 2023-12-28 16:59:34
        It really wasn’t that bad - sprack 2023-12-28 17:00:59
        Chelsea was horribly mocked on national tv for her - krudler 2023-12-28 17:04:55
        What, so only bad people want to expose their - sprack 2023-12-28 17:09:08
        What are you talking about? Your arguments are all over - krudler 2023-12-28 17:14:24
        Here’s a simple answer for you, then - sprack 2023-12-28 17:17:53
        Well now I need a safe space! * - krudler 2023-12-28 17:19:30
        In your opinion - El Kabong 2023-12-28 17:01:49
        I think it is 100 percent relevant - sprack 2023-12-28 17:07:01
  - I just read the book Founding Partisans - AquinasDomer 2023-12-28 16:40:43
  - Sorry, Abe didn't have to deal with 24/7 news & social media - ndgenius 2023-12-28 16:40:26
    - The partisan press before 1900 - AquinasDomer 2023-12-28 16:58:04
      - Was everybody a member of the press? - El Kabong 2023-12-28 17:00:43
        What the hell difference does that make? - sprack 2023-12-28 17:15:46
        So what you're saying here... - El Kabong 2023-12-29 12:45:02
    - I really think you need to read a book on it - sprack 2023-12-28 16:42:44
      - Was the local school board attacked daily? How about the - ndgenius 2023-12-28 16:52:07
      - The original design assumed that distance and time - 88_92WSND 2023-12-28 16:50:40
      - Was it 24/7 and inescapable? - El Kabong 2023-12-28 16:48:38
        I don’t agree with that last part - sprack 2023-12-28 17:32:51