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SouthernDem4ever

(6,618 posts)
Sat Mar 23, 2024, 09:30 AM Mar 2024

Vote for people that want to serve, not that want you to serve them.

This should be another Democrat slogan. I am sick of people voting for a leader who has no empathy or interest in who they serve. They are only there to serve themselves.

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Vote for people that want to serve, not that want you to serve them. (Original Post) SouthernDem4ever Mar 2024 OP
Kick dalton99a Mar 2024 #1
Yes, it is so simple PatSeg Mar 2024 #2
This is why they are so baffled that Joe has committed no crimes. Walleye Mar 2024 #4
That's a good point PatSeg Mar 2024 #6
YES. Here in the south they talk about "servant's heart" - it's a huge compliment when given. TBF Mar 2024 #3
I was elected to my Borough Council JustAnotherGen Mar 2024 #5
K&R Blue Owl Mar 2024 #7
Nice. Scrivener7 Mar 2024 #8
Opposite of what Kennedy said lame54 Mar 2024 #9
He was talking to the politicians SouthernDem4ever Mar 2024 #10
I don't think so... lame54 Mar 2024 #11
Well, obviously there is a party of politicians that never heard it. SouthernDem4ever Mar 2024 #12

PatSeg

(49,751 posts)
2. Yes, it is so simple
Sat Mar 23, 2024, 09:36 AM
Mar 2024

I think many voters are very cynical and don't believe there really are people who go into politics to serve, but it is a real thing.

Walleye

(36,002 posts)
4. This is why they are so baffled that Joe has committed no crimes.
Sat Mar 23, 2024, 10:05 AM
Mar 2024

Last edited Sat Mar 23, 2024, 10:52 AM - Edit history (1)

They can’t believe that somebody could be in office that long strictly for public service and not grifting

PatSeg

(49,751 posts)
6. That's a good point
Sat Mar 23, 2024, 10:20 AM
Mar 2024

They look at squeaky clean Joe Biden and wonder "what's the catch?" Republican politicians especially tend to judge other politicians by what they would do, so they will assume that Democratic politicians are lying, cheating, and stealing while having extra-marital or deviant sexual relations. And of course, there must be voter or election fraud, because that is what THEY would do to win an election.

So essentially the accusations they make are really more a reflection on them. They are telling us who they are. That's really sad.

TBF

(34,599 posts)
3. YES. Here in the south they talk about "servant's heart" - it's a huge compliment when given.
Sat Mar 23, 2024, 09:37 AM
Mar 2024

I can't for the life of me figure out how you get from servant's heart in church (where I will admit they do lots of really good things in their communities) to Donald Trump - who has only ever been out for himself. Does.not.compute.

JustAnotherGen

(33,733 posts)
5. I was elected to my Borough Council
Sat Mar 23, 2024, 10:18 AM
Mar 2024

In November. In rain and potential flooding - I will speak to 10 residents today. It's called listening to people and knocking on doors when you don't need a vote.

lame54

(37,066 posts)
11. I don't think so...
Sat Mar 23, 2024, 01:04 PM
Mar 2024
https://www.jfklibrary.org/learn/education/teachers/curricular-resources/ask-not-what-your-country-can-do-for-you

"Ask not what your country can do for you – ask what you can do for your country,” challenged every American to contribute in some way to the public good.
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