2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: More and more this primary has distilled down to one thing for me: [View all]monicaangela
(1,508 posts)we are at a watershed moment in this country and around the world. I believe we have an opportunity to change the course of our history and therefore the history of the world. I believe if we continue down the same road we are on we are headed for destruction. One candidate wants to continue down the forbidden path while the other has been fighting for years to change course. Political rhetoric is something that tends to attract a person as you say according to their more often than not selfish reasons. I believe it is time we start examining closely the difference between rhetoric which is something that changes as the candidate needs it to, and a lifelong commitment that has endured for decades. I have evolved, what a nice statement they use as they continue to weave their wicked web. I've changed my mind about that, no reasonable reason given for the change other than something adding up to what I perceive as, I don't agree with this but since a majority appears to I will have to go along with it to get elected.
The supreme quality for leadership is unquestionably integrity. Without it, no real success is possible, no matter whether it is on a section gang, a football field, in an army, or in an office.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Dwight D. Eisenhower