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applegrove

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5. It is because politics is such dirty work in the USA that good people,
Sun Apr 10, 2016, 12:17 AM
Apr 2016

with the exception of old time democratic politicians like Bernie and Hillary, good people don't want to get into politics in the USA. In Canada, with our parliamentary winner take all system , if you win the election you can really get a lot of good things done in 4 or 5 years. Much more rewarding than the gridlock cum sabotage that is the US Congress today. Courtesy of the GOP and gerrymandering and money in politics. I think you have more than enough lovely people who aspire to public service. They are just scared off by how politics are in the US. And i'm sure that is intentional on the part of the GOP. They just want puppets in power. Not real leadership. After all leadership just made them face great progressive ideas over the first 3/4 of the 20th century. And what a horror that is to the GOP.

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