So, since they're 100% innocent and have no skeleton in the closet, you'd be fine with an FBI investigation into Gaetz giving drugs to, and having sex with, a minor, and why a Chinese national who was arrested for making illegal campaign contributions only donated to Gabbard? Or would that be...
https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/4989810-bolton-calls-for-fbi-investigations-before-gaetz-gabbard-confirmations/
Bolton is a pretty seriously experienced operator in government, and his point seems to have merit. Why is Trump selecting people with this baggage?
It says exactly that, doesn't it? I lean left on the American political spectrum (I'm a Canadian conservative after all), and I wonder what was so repugnant about the left that made voting for Trump seem acceptable?
I think that would be like a campaign button, so acceptable. Cash or consumer goods are different. When I was a teenager in northern NS the Liberals and Conservatives would generally pay a pint of rum for a vote, provided they trusted you to actually vote for their guy.
Every politician bribes voters with tax money. That's legal. But they can't buy you a cup of coffee.
“The American Republic will endure until the day Congress discovers that it can bribe the public with the public's money” -Alexis De Tocqueville
I hate when people blame the voters. Is it the voters' fault that half the country looked at Harris/Biden and said "Nope, we can do better"? Is it the voters' fault that politicians have become adept inside a system that rewards them for lying, stealing, and cheating their way to the top? Is...
I have yet to see any serious posterior violence, but I, too, think Gaetz and Ramaswamy are potentially going to become seen in history as 'bad choices'.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/liberals-taking-pc-candidate-to-court-after-coffee-gift-cards-1.7382133
For those of you who don't know what Tim Horton's is, it's the Canadian version of Starbucks, except the coffee is good and it doesn't take 5 hours to get through the...