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52. Our problem is that our most skillful spokespeople today are entertainers, not politicians

Sat Oct 9, 2021, 05:51 AM

Oct 2021

Colbert, Myers, Stewart, Maher--smart people who have no patience for the crap in Washington. Only Al Franken actually jumped in, and he was so eloquent that the Republicans had to manufacture a scam to get rid of him--and look at what happened. Enough Democrats, including most of our own Senators, fell for the scam, and the women who "came forward" and claimed they had been molested were believed--unchallenged. Never mind that they all disappeared as soon as Al did. Guilty until proven innocent. No wonder so many of our best people don't enter politics at all.

Colbert and Maher are far more effective spokesmen than Chuck Schumer. How many video clips of Maher and Colbert are posted each week on DU? How many of Schumer?

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Chaos. roamer65 Oct 2021 #18

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Our problem is that our most skillful spokespeople today are entertainers, not politicians DFW Oct 2021 #52

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