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Out of 318 million Americans, are we really going to end up with this? (Original Post) Cheese Sandwich Apr 2016 OP
Not On Our Watch noretreatnosurrender Apr 2016 #1
Mencken said it best in 1924 Califonz Apr 2016 #2
damn. get the aloe for Calvin Coolidge ProfessorPlum Apr 2016 #3
Very appropriate for today's climate. That's why we need the Bern! PonyUp Apr 2016 #4
Your Mencken quotation reminded me of one from Clarence Darrow. Jim Lane Apr 2016 #6
You know the old saying, Karma13612 Apr 2016 #5
 

Califonz

(465 posts)
2. Mencken said it best in 1924
Sun Apr 3, 2016, 04:13 AM
Apr 2016

"Democracy is that system of government under which people, having 60,000,000 native-born adults to choose from, including thousands who are handsome and many who are wise, pick out a Coolidge to be head of state. It is as if a hungry man, set before a banquet prepared by master cooks and covering a table an acre in area, should turn his back upon the feast and stay his stomach by catching and eating flies." -- H.L. Mencken, on the election of Coolidge in 1924.

 

Jim Lane

(11,175 posts)
6. Your Mencken quotation reminded me of one from Clarence Darrow.
Mon Apr 4, 2016, 02:49 AM
Apr 2016

"When I was a boy I was told that anybody could become President. I’m beginning to believe it."

Karma13612

(4,552 posts)
5. You know the old saying,
Sun Apr 3, 2016, 09:00 AM
Apr 2016

"You break it, you bought it"
(Drop merchandise in a store like an expensive, vase and then have to pay for it). Not sure if that's always the case but that's the meaning of the phrase.

ANYWAY

I believe that we are now facing the reverse phrase.

You buy, you break it.

The wealthy power elites and corporations have purchased our country's government, so now they are free to break it. Like spoiled children who play with a toy for an hour or so and then move on to another. Except in this case, millions of lives are at stake.

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