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Why Are There So Many Idiots in Politics?

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Posted By: ladydawgfan, 8/3/2022 2:42:26 AM

You really have to wonder who ran against some of these morons in political office sometimes. Honestly, was the alternative to someone like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez being forced to step on a rusty nail? Was Eric Swalwell’s opponent a literal cannibal promising to consume children if elected? If you set out to elect some of the dumbest creatures to ever walk upright on the planet, you couldn’t do much better than what Democrats currently have serving in Congress and the White House. Why? There is no good answer, at least one that covers everyone. There are, after all, a lot of really dumb Democrats in office.

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Hank Johnson (D-Guam) comes to mind!!

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Reply 1 - Posted by: SweetPea3 8/3/2022 2:48:00 AM (No. 1236185)
Because they cannot cut it in the private sector. Add to that, the allure of OPM.
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Reply 2 - Posted by: Trigger2 8/3/2022 3:48:06 AM (No. 1236190)
Why? Because they're gullible to every single rabid idea coming out of public schools and demonrats fall for them every time.
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Reply 3 - Posted by: mifla 8/3/2022 4:59:28 AM (No. 1236197)
Why work in the private sector when you can feed at the public trough all your life? And if you don't mind breaking a few laws, you can get rich at it.
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Reply 4 - Posted by: HerbVA 8/3/2022 5:37:42 AM (No. 1236207)
First thing I thought of was the congressional black caucus. All pathologically stupid.
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Reply 5 - Posted by: DiegoDude 8/3/2022 6:03:30 AM (No. 1236223)
About 20 yrs ago, while homeschooling Our kids, we watched a show on US history and a historian said "Our system of government was designed by geniuses to be run by idiots." The man was a prophet.
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Reply 6 - Posted by: MrDeplorable 8/3/2022 6:43:00 AM (No. 1236245)
I’ll spell it out for the 812th time: Leftists are not stupid, not evil, and not liars but truly believe the impossible, ludicrous and childish things they say which makes them M-E-N-T-A-L-L-Y I-L-L.
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Reply 7 - Posted by: FJB 8/3/2022 7:02:50 AM (No. 1236257)
Idiots? I suppose so. But considering that so many of them can't resist the too-good-pass-up largess -- which makes them criminals -- is it any wonder Donald Trump was so roundly despised by Deep-State DC?
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Reply 8 - Posted by: F15 Gork 8/3/2022 7:32:13 AM (No. 1236279)
Why? Those who can, do. Those who can’t put a lip lock on the government teat.
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Reply 9 - Posted by: walcb 8/3/2022 8:03:40 AM (No. 1236315)
Believing that the way to save the world is to rely on a source of power that is produced only when the wind blows and the sun shines with no way of storing that power is the largest proof of stupidity that our political leaders support.
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Reply 10 - Posted by: Ruhn 8/3/2022 8:46:18 AM (No. 1236361)
#6 has a point. There are some in politics that are probably mentally ill--if not bat-guano crazy. Howard Dean and Warren Wilhelm (a.k.a. Bill DeBlasio) come to mind. And yes. There are a LOT of intellectual midgets in political office. Peppermint Patty Murray, AOC, Gropey Joe, and the lot of the Congressional black caucasians, to name a few. For the record, Barry the Light Bearer has never been particularly bright, either. Take away his teleprompter and his extemporaneous rambles (mostly about himself), peppered with "uhh" and "umm" are nothing but vacuous platitudes. The rest are grifters, opportunists and curs.
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Reply 11 - Posted by: FJB 8/3/2022 8:53:40 AM (No. 1236378)
Sorry, gotta take another crack at this one. Idiots? Sure, I suppose so. But considering that so many of them can't resist the largess of OPM — becoming criminals — is it any wonder Deep-State DC despised Donald Trump, who's known what they were up to all along, can't be bought and could expose them for what they are? There. MAGA!
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Reply 12 - Posted by: red1066 8/3/2022 8:56:03 AM (No. 1236382)
The one skill that's vital for every demoslut is the ability to lie with a straight face. No matter how ridiculous the answer to any question, one must be able to lie without laughing. It's why heels up is such a lousy VP. Once that skill is mastered, it's nothing but blue sky and money for as long as you want.
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Reply 13 - Posted by: Venturer 8/3/2022 9:11:58 AM (No. 1236406)
Simple answer. Idiots in Politics are there because of idiots who voted for them.
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Reply 14 - Posted by: Strike3 8/3/2022 9:12:19 AM (No. 1236407)
They couldn't make it in the real world, not even as school teachers, so politics was the last resort.
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Reply 15 - Posted by: vandal5005 8/3/2022 9:16:19 AM (No. 1236416)
Because Normal People don't like publicity and are successful in the private sector. We don't want to have to hang out with life's failures for the most part.
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Reply 16 - Posted by: MarkTwain 8/3/2022 9:31:12 AM (No. 1236448)
The voters send to Congress that person they least want to stay in the home district. It's simple. We can't stand this moron, let's send them away.
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Reply 17 - Posted by: MindMadeUp 8/3/2022 10:24:13 AM (No. 1236535)
You don't need to be especially smart to be a front man or mouthpiece. Most national office holders are basically spokes models who act like bosses but are just doing what they are told by party strategists and deep-state powers.
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Reply 18 - Posted by: enemyofthestate 8/3/2022 10:35:10 AM (No. 1236555)
My opinion: we do not get quality candidates for political office and elected officials because the decent people do not want to subject themselves and their families to smearing by the media with an agenda.
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Reply 19 - Posted by: MDConservative 8/3/2022 11:16:41 AM (No. 1236614)
Why do idiots elect them?
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Reply 20 - Posted by: Italiano 8/3/2022 11:30:24 AM (No. 1236635)
Just wait until you Red-Staters get a whiff of Gavin Newsom.
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Reply 21 - Posted by: faceincrowd 8/3/2022 12:10:25 PM (No. 1236678)
The average IQ of the voters of a district often determines the IQ of their representative.
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Reply 22 - Posted by: Zeek Wolfe 8/3/2022 12:51:25 PM (No. 1236704)
One Democrat in congress was worried about the island of Guam tipping over if too many people moved there. Other morons in congress include anti-Trump RINOs who think voters won't notice. Wrong!
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Reply 23 - Posted by: Dodge Boy 8/3/2022 1:00:05 PM (No. 1236708)
Uh, because they can't get and hold job doing anything else and that they are good at the political bulls%4t?
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Reply 24 - Posted by: columba 8/3/2022 1:53:08 PM (No. 1236763)
The Dems are not idiots. Idiocy requires lack of intelligence. The criminals herein described are not dumb. They have rejected God as the one to follow and are looking for power or money or both. If they do not use some wisdom, they will end up living an eternal life with no friends and no way out.
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Reply 25 - Posted by: danu 8/3/2022 2:15:43 PM (No. 1236775)
Based upon the example of DoughJoe n the Ho, and the other accumulated muppets, morons and marxsts--it's' follow the money'. The Goebbalists spend their dosh buying the stupidist useless idiots to install like toilets and do as they're told w/o question: which is, flush the country down the drain. They don't have the $, or votes, or brain power to to otherwise.
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