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LongtimeAZDem

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7. Sure it was; many of the people we hold in historical esteem had very disturbing

Reply to Mr. Quackers (Reply #6)

Thu Feb 7, 2019, 11:48 AM

Feb 2019

personal histories.

In today's climate we would never be able to elect an FDR, or a JFK, or a Truman; Clinton would never have beaten Bush. We have sacrificed genuine analysis of character for immediate dismissal based on missteps.

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Politics is, by nature, a dishonest, unseemly business. [View all] LongtimeAZDem Feb 2019 OP

really well written ProfessorPlum Feb 2019 #1

We're hiring people, not saints, to do a job. dalton99a Feb 2019 #2

K&R, we should ... NOT ... take sledge hammers to fruit flies every time someones past comes up ... uponit7771 Feb 2019 #3

+1. And don't use capital punishment for every offense. dalton99a Feb 2019 #4

Very good, and to the point. I agree wholeheartedly. Firestorm49 Feb 2019 #5

Wasn't always that way Mr. Quackers Feb 2019 #6

Sure it was; many of the people we hold in historical esteem had very disturbing LongtimeAZDem Feb 2019 #7

Most of the Founders owned slaves, some of them a lot of slaves. Blue_true Feb 2019 #9

I agree. We had KKK official Robert Byrd in Congress for decades... Honeycombe8 Feb 2019 #8