I really think people have a rose-colored view of past

I really think people have a rose-colored view of past
by sprack (2023-12-28 16:52:28)

In reply to: It was a heck of a lot easier to get away with things posted by 88_92WSND

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politics, as if it were some kind of genteel debating society, and only good people ran for office and got elected.

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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