(November 7, 2016 at 2:51 pm)Thumpalumpacus Wrote:(November 7, 2016 at 2:37 pm)vorlon13 Wrote: A challenge is disassociating some things Trump is saying from any possibility he is the right guy to do them.
There are aspects of the business as usual mindset so evident in the majority of Washington politicians that could be (and might only be) achievable by
DRAINING THE FUCKING SWAMP.
Any reformer there is going to be ass-deep in alligators before he has the first two buckets of muck flung aside.
And that's why the presidency is not job #1 for serious reform-minded voters (though obviously SC nominees willing to take another look at the Citizens United ruling wouldn't hurt). No President, regardless of his/her passion, good intentions, and skillful use of the bully pulpit, will move that ball an inch without a majority in Congress willing to do the heavy lifting necessary to drain the swamp. Given the degree to which each party sucks at the corporate and banking teats, I'm not hopeful. Real reform has to start with Congress. Otherwise, it will never happen short of a complete rewrite of the Constitution or an actual revolution.