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mitch96

(13,817 posts)
18. "When they succeed to the government are frequently the most IGNORANT and UNFIT of any...."
Wed Aug 19, 2020, 08:30 PM
Aug 2020

It's like deja vu all over again!!
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Best post on DU in the past 3.75 years!!! This should go viral! BComplex Aug 2020 #1
Wow! Thanks!! AZ8theist Aug 2020 #2
Common Sense is a must read. cayugafalls Aug 2020 #3
Agree malaise Aug 2020 #4
One of my favorite books. Solomon Aug 2020 #38
K&R Docreed2003 Aug 2020 #5
Bullseye! empedocles Aug 2020 #6
The trump type does not seem to have 'evolved' at all empedocles Aug 2020 #7
A lot of our problems stem from Trump Types. StClone Aug 2020 #12
That's very nice. warmfeet Aug 2020 #8
A modest proposal.... paleotn Aug 2020 #17
Awesome cigar cutter! Baked Potato Aug 2020 #28
Kathy Griffin is that you??? shelshaw Aug 2020 #32
Meets the crimes, no? paleotn Aug 2020 #36
Proposal accepted. warmfeet Aug 2020 #37
Learned men of the age studied thousands of years of history bucolic_frolic Aug 2020 #9
You hit the nail on the head, IMO -- and why we're lost today. yonder Aug 2020 #13
It was underway with movies, but liftoff was the calculator bucolic_frolic Aug 2020 #22
I first learned advanced math on a slide rule.. AZ8theist Aug 2020 #30
Well said! scarletwoman Aug 2020 #16
I just moved to a new home. The first few nights we had electricity and water, but no television, no fwvinson Aug 2020 #27
++ Common Sense , Paine . Thank you for a little bit of it tonight ! lunasun Aug 2020 #10
thanks for this - my favorite revolutionary & founder bringthePaine Aug 2020 #11
K&R. Scruffy1 Aug 2020 #14
Old Tom is spot on again.... paleotn Aug 2020 #15
"When they succeed to the government are frequently the most IGNORANT and UNFIT of any...." mitch96 Aug 2020 #18
I like what he was thinking all those years ago. wendyb-NC Aug 2020 #19
Never truer than now. Great post. dameatball Aug 2020 #20
Written From Experience erpowers Aug 2020 #21
If Elizabeth Warren or HRC were to read that tonight. Monster Buzz. nt oasis Aug 2020 #23
Read my footer. n/t Tommymac Aug 2020 #24
Hence, Pence... czarjak Aug 2020 #25
Great find. Thank you. GeorgiaPeanut Aug 2020 #26
Agreed! Kicking it back up to the top. nt crickets Aug 2020 #29
I'd be wary of electing a business person again. Buckeye_Democrat Aug 2020 #31
Bookmarking MUST for me. Much obliged for your post, AZ8theist! MFGsunny Aug 2020 #33
You are MOST Welcome!! AZ8theist Aug 2020 #34
He remains one of the masters of English political rhetoric: struggle4progress Aug 2020 #35
Common Sense, for those who want to read it. cayugafalls Aug 2020 #39
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