in your opinion when did politics lost its integrity and became more of entertainment?
I'm just curious of what people thoughts on which presidential party or decade it happened.
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@uncleshawn lol
Northwest · M
@jackson55 [quote]Reagan was a pretty good President, one of the few. I'm sure liberals think otherwise.[/quote]
It's not the liberals, it's his own record.
Graduated college with a C average.
Did not volunteer for service in WWII, but he got drafted. Ended up serving as a public relations officer, in Burbank, California.
As President of the Screen Actors Guild, he became an FBI informant, reporting (inventing) "communist" actors.
As Governor of California, he oversaw the most blatant suppression of the 1st amendment rights of students, by using the national guard to violently put down student demonstrations, in an effort to end student opposition to the Vietnam war.
As President, he set the country on the path of trickle-down economics, something George Bush, his rival for the Presidency, called voodoo economics. Bush was right. But we forgot as a country, and we put Trump in office. Trump thought he invented trickle-down economics. Turns out it's still voodoo economics.
People who forget history, or ignore it, are bound to repeat it. We did.
It's not the liberals, it's his own record.
Graduated college with a C average.
Did not volunteer for service in WWII, but he got drafted. Ended up serving as a public relations officer, in Burbank, California.
As President of the Screen Actors Guild, he became an FBI informant, reporting (inventing) "communist" actors.
As Governor of California, he oversaw the most blatant suppression of the 1st amendment rights of students, by using the national guard to violently put down student demonstrations, in an effort to end student opposition to the Vietnam war.
As President, he set the country on the path of trickle-down economics, something George Bush, his rival for the Presidency, called voodoo economics. Bush was right. But we forgot as a country, and we put Trump in office. Trump thought he invented trickle-down economics. Turns out it's still voodoo economics.
People who forget history, or ignore it, are bound to repeat it. We did.
windinhishair · 61-69, M
The first time I noticed it was in 1992, at the Republican National Convention, with Pat Buchanan's divisive speech on Culture Wars. Molly Ivans, the pundit, said the speech "probably sounded better in the original German." During the mid-terms in 1994, Newt Gingrich and Dick Armey authored the Republican Contract On America to further the hate and divisiveness. What we see today flows directly from these and other actions almost 30 years ago.
PicturesOfABetterTomorrow · 41-45, M
@windinhishair The fact Pat Buchanan is now seen as a "liberal" should scare the shit out of people.
windinhishair · 61-69, M
@PicturesOfABetterTomorrow Yes it should. He was a rabid conservative in his day.
PicturesOfABetterTomorrow · 41-45, M
@windinhishair He still is but the overton window is so far right it is falling off the edge of sanity.
Viper · M
First off, to some it's probably always been that way, I believe even the American founding fathers talked about debating as a game of one upmanship.
Though it probably goes back and forth between seriously and games.
But I've heard I've heard it started with the television becoming popular that it started becoming a more pure popularity contest.
Also, people say the parties don't work together, I believe they actually work together on certain issues such as keeping the parties and branding in control...
In theory America would be best if they didn't do the straight party voting BS! But the parties sort of work together there to keep the parties strength strong vs politicians individual voting and being accountant for their actions which gives the parties more power and control and the people less so... as it's a hell lot harder to actually judge them... as the party is making it muddy.
Though it probably goes back and forth between seriously and games.
But I've heard I've heard it started with the television becoming popular that it started becoming a more pure popularity contest.
Also, people say the parties don't work together, I believe they actually work together on certain issues such as keeping the parties and branding in control...
In theory America would be best if they didn't do the straight party voting BS! But the parties sort of work together there to keep the parties strength strong vs politicians individual voting and being accountant for their actions which gives the parties more power and control and the people less so... as it's a hell lot harder to actually judge them... as the party is making it muddy.
Stopmakingsense · 56-60, F
PrivateHell · M
About 13 years ago, when people started seriously voting for someone just because they looked a certain way and honestly didn't care about qualifications or what the candidate stood for. Also when the news stopped any pretense of being honest or impartial and started getting "thrills" down their leg when certain people spoke.
PicturesOfABetterTomorrow · 41-45, M
Grateful4you · M
uncleshawn · 41-45, M
HopelessGuy · M
Montanaman · M
windinhishair · 61-69, M