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H. L. Mencken: Mnemosyne Aug 2015 #1
to blame that on voters is disingenuous reddread Aug 2015 #8
No, it was actually a smartass crack which obviously failed. nt Mnemosyne Aug 2015 #9
my bad reddread Aug 2015 #10
It' ok. Smartass doesn't always translate well when someone does have a sensitivity. Sorry. Mnemosyne Aug 2015 #13
Nope. It isn't. hifiguy Aug 2015 #11
first, he wasnt and isnt a moron reddread Aug 2015 #12
The poster cites Mencken, who did blame the voters. Mencken was opposed to representative Bluenorthwest Aug 2015 #16
sounds like every mainstream politician extant. reddread Aug 2015 #19
H.L. Mencken: Bluenorthwest Aug 2015 #18
It was a smartass crack from when Bush, the war criminal, was in the WH. If you trying to imply that Mnemosyne Aug 2015 #21
We get candidates that want the job, and who have the power to seek it. Agnosticsherbet Aug 2015 #2
billy wilder believed that the majority opinion was the good one redruddyred Aug 2015 #3
majority rule, uninformed polling, and the power to promote/profit reddread Aug 2015 #20
In 2008 there was a GOTV campaign RobertEarl Aug 2015 #4
I'm curious what you think those may be redruddyred Aug 2015 #5
Is that a philosophical question? PATRICK Aug 2015 #6
we can improve politics by lending our own time and money redruddyred Aug 2015 #7
No. bemildred Aug 2015 #14
"how do you guys avoid burnout?" We consider the alternative. merrily Aug 2015 #15
thanks redruddyred Aug 2015 #22
My pleasure. merrily Aug 2015 #23
We have better than average turn out here, in part that is because we proactively make it easy to Bluenorthwest Aug 2015 #17
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