Dirty politics
Politics today is the dirtiest I can recall ever experiencing, but I’m only in my mid-60s. It’s a lot safer now, maybe, than when Andrew Jackson ran for president. A newspaper editor besmirched Jackson’s wife, Rebecca’s, reputation. The result was pistols at 20 paces. Jackson killed his opponent.
I have seen more mature campaigns for grade-school class president than the utter mud-slinging prevalent in this presidential cycle. Both candidates need to heed a proverb that, “When you’re throwing dirt at me, you’re only losing ground.”
A lot of pious people have expressed outrage at what Trump said in a supposedly private conversation with a reporter. Bad move, dude. He describes being a “star” and what you can do without worry. Well, guess what.
That conversation was private. Hillary has a potty mouth in public that will make a sailor blush and a Marine drill sergeant green with envy. …
If a candidate’s language is going to decide for which one you vote, I strongly suggest you find another reason to cast your vote, like his/her business experience, morals, etc.
As far as that goes, first lady Michelle Obama invited “rap stars” to perform at the White House, when the lyrics in their “songs” contain far filthier language in PUBLIC, so she has no room to talk about what Trump said in PRIVATE.
Our politics are in the gutter, no, in the sewer, and the American voters, on average, are lapping it up like candy. The voters are to blame for the current sorry state of affairs concerning politics, and we will reap what we sow. God help us!.
Cameron Triplett
Brooksville
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