RE: Virginia Governor to Resign over blackface pictures?
February 21, 2019 at 9:35 pm
(This post was last modified: February 21, 2019 at 9:36 pm by fredd bear.)
(February 21, 2019 at 7:46 pm)Dr H Wrote:(February 16, 2019 at 10:54 am)Gae Bolga Wrote: I'd be surprised if that were the only or the worst skeleton in his closet.Quite likely not. After all, he did go to med school.
Quote:IDK what possesses a person to run for office, sometimes.I hear you.
Some people, I imagine, see it as a means to power.
But it always comes with a cost.
Gore Vidal, one of my favourite US public intellectuals and contrarian, once said "By the time a man gets to be presidential material, he's been bought ten times over." Some pretty nifty quotes via that link
Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/gore_vidal_135790
Then came Donald Trump. Since his election, I haven't known what to think. A cynical person might say that the election of Donald Trump is a stunning example of a country getting the government it deserves . But I couldn't possibly say such a thing.
