re: Why exactly is the Stormy Daniels story important?

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kingbob

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Speaking only for myself here, but the political climate in this country has long pushed me past the point of considering the morality of politicians. I get disgusted when I see people lionize politicians on the left or the right. They aren't better than your average person.

The best of us don't run for office anymore. That day has long since passed us by. Why would the best of us run in this climate?

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The best of us don't run for office anymore.

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The reason for this is simple. Public office at the local level is aweful. It's time-consuming, petty, and it doesn't pay worth a damn. It costs more money to campaign and win local public office than one could ever dream of making while employed in it.

People who are responsible and corruption free typically cannot afford it, so they stay out. They never grind it out at the local levels to rise through the ranks.

So, while you do get some hard-working do-gooders at the local level, the vast majority are those who will at least bend a little because the wealthy developers and big local businesses are the only ones who can afford to finance a campaign. From the start, you basically have a tainted talent pool.

While the salary goes up as one leaves local politics and moves up, so does the cost of a campaign, and so do the pockets of those financially invested in the outcome of an election.

Short short version: good people don't run for big office because good people can't afford it. Good people can't afford it because elections are so expensive that the only people who can afford them are wealthy stakeholders. Wealthy stakeholders drive corruption because they are the ones who stand to gain/lose the most from elections.

Then, there's the whole activist wing of identity politics which is typically used by very corrupt people to shield themselves from criticism and build a political machine that is relatively inexpensive to maintain.

Cash is king in politics, and the average person has too much cash to lose to participate, while the honest have too little to gain.

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A billionaire screwing a porn star doesn't rate high on many people's shock meter. Hell, it's kind of expected. With great power comes great responsibility.

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Nah... he was married with a new baby. What he did was wrong. No question about that. It's also between he and his wife. I'm honestly not sure what some of you libs expect people to do. I voted for Ben Carson in the primary. He, quite obviously, didn't win. So I am left to choose between Hillary, who goes against everything I stand for, and Donald, who is, admittedly, flawed, but better represents my views. Was I supposed to vote for Hillary because Trump slept with a porn star 10 years ago? Or just not vote?

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Was I supposed to vote for Hillary because Trump slept with a porn star 10 years ago? Or just not vote?

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Who’s talking about how you should have voted? Your biz IMO. The long smear of morality is what this Pres is bringing to the country is the ultimate point. If the GOP is going to shrug and say no biggie..then you should never utter Bill Clinton’s infidelities again.

Muh Russia is fizziling out...


The wicked are grasping at any and all straws within reach. If this tarrif thing turns into serious negotiations it's game over for the progfilth Bolsheviks.

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Remind me again of when Trump lied under oath to the grand jury

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Ah ok. This week it’s about the lying under oath. But when Trump does it..then it’ll be buh Buh Buh Bill Clinton. You GOP baws are pretty nimble with your excuse gymnastics, I’ll give you that.

1. A rich guy got some strange.

2. A whore got plugged.

These 2 facts are newsworthy.

I now know that rich guys sometimes plug whores.

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Nah... he was married with a new baby. What he did was wrong. No question about that.

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Do we know for a fact that he did it? Or is this all he said she said?