When people are forced to remain silent when they are being told the most obvious lies, or even worse when they are forced to repeat the lies themselves, they lose once and for all their sense of probity. To assent to obvious lies is to co-operate with evil, and in some small way to become evil oneself. One's standing to resist anything is thus eroded, and even destroyed. A society of emasculated liars is easy to control. ~Theodore Dalrymple
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~Amelia E. Barr (1831-1919)
~Amelia E. Barr (1831-1919)
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Hamlet~Act 1, Scene 2
~William Shakespeare~
Hamlet~Act 1, Scene 2
~William Shakespeare~
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2 comments:
Jan.....the Dems with their proportional method of awarding delegates, coupled with caucuses and/or primaries, have got a real mess to sort out.....but, only if the Superdelegates do not follow the lead of the majority in their given states. News organizations may be stirring this up into more of a problem than it is. I hope so.
Who knows, we may come out of this with some suggestions for a national primary of some sort in which all those running in each party are on a ballot. We select our first, second, and third choices[in case of a tie], and that's it. We vote once and we're done selecting candidates; and it's on to the actual campaign for President. Save money. Save time. Save aggravation. Is that too simple? I may be, who knows.
Does that mean it'll never happen?
Looking forward to the next post....
Richard
Richard..yeah, that is too simple, which is why it, probably, will never happen.
It would be great if it could be done like that, but I'm sure that it's not really what the politicians want..well, a lot of them, at least! :)
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