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Even when it's over, I don't think it's going to be over.
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<blockquote data-quote="Copabanana" data-source="post: 702640" data-attributes="member: 18958"><p>I want to add here (to no one in particularly, but I am so hurt by this) how anti-democratic this seems to me. The hubris and risk-taking this implies, to not care what historical forces might be unleashed, by this self-serving and foolhardy behavior. I am not commenting here on the qualities or fitness of anybody as a candidate. I speak to the deservedness of the American populace of leaders that factor into their political calculus at least a modicum of responsibility for individual, group and institution. This appears sorely lacking.</p><p></p><p>If I am over-reacting here let me know and I would love to rethink this.</p><p></p><p>A Bernie Sanders supporter, as well as a Biden-admirer, certainly I was open to the idea that there was strong-arming and political opportunism at work, although at the end of the day I did vote for Hillary Clinton and regretted her loss.</p><p></p><p>But what is described in this article is something very much worse, I believe, than anything that I could have imagined.</p><p></p><p>To me it speaks to exactly the kind of corruption, entitlement and hubris to which Donald Trump referred. It to some extent moderates the pain and fear I feel about the election's outcome--underscoring the urgency that we drain the swamp.</p><p></p><p>I hope I did not offend. I am sorry if I did.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Copabanana, post: 702640, member: 18958"] I want to add here (to no one in particularly, but I am so hurt by this) how anti-democratic this seems to me. The hubris and risk-taking this implies, to not care what historical forces might be unleashed, by this self-serving and foolhardy behavior. I am not commenting here on the qualities or fitness of anybody as a candidate. I speak to the deservedness of the American populace of leaders that factor into their political calculus at least a modicum of responsibility for individual, group and institution. This appears sorely lacking. If I am over-reacting here let me know and I would love to rethink this. A Bernie Sanders supporter, as well as a Biden-admirer, certainly I was open to the idea that there was strong-arming and political opportunism at work, although at the end of the day I did vote for Hillary Clinton and regretted her loss. But what is described in this article is something very much worse, I believe, than anything that I could have imagined. To me it speaks to exactly the kind of corruption, entitlement and hubris to which Donald Trump referred. It to some extent moderates the pain and fear I feel about the election's outcome--underscoring the urgency that we drain the swamp. I hope I did not offend. I am sorry if I did. [/QUOTE]
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