John: There's understandably a lot of focus in history on presidents - good, bad and in between. Do you have a favorite non-presidential politician? Someone you admire as having special skills or force of personality for the good?
Kennedy, Katel and Gabbard all stupidly, repeatedly and recently spewed toxins into the public square and they know better. Now they try to minimize and evade accountability. For this, they should be barred from any public office or position unless and until they come clean with the nation and, as penance, publicly use whatever bully pulpit they have to denounce the nonsense they spewed.
It doesn't matter how much was done for the adrenalin rush and how much was for financial gain. They did it. They must account or be barred from public office or public position.
In RFK Jr.'s case, it's most unfortunate. He has a lot to offer in the nutrition field. Nonetheless he must account for what he did or be barred from public office. Even a Nobel prize winner who commits a series of abominable and public acts must be held accountable.
The same goes for Pete Heseth (sp.). While I'm at it, the same also goes for President Trump.
The bar has been lowered so much that the trio may well skate.
The Libertarian National Convention, Joe Rogan podcast, Ross Ulbricht, oft-cover from pundits like Glenn Greenwald or Dave Smith, rhetoric on the "deep state" or military industrial complex, battles with "neocons", H1B visas, WHO withdrawal, Paris Accords, to name a few.
To be clear - I am NOT claiming that Trump himself is some sort of neo-Libertarian or is now following some deeper principles. Simply that he now seems to be more influenced from certain Libertarians (or maybe has some loose alliance there). I'm convinced there is something there, but I can't quite put my finger on it.
So I see this somewhat differently - more of a newer Libertarian twist than any influence from a bygone Dem party. You actually hit exactly on such a case why it matters - I fear Trump may end up pardoning Snowden or something reckless like that.
John: There's understandably a lot of focus in history on presidents - good, bad and in between. Do you have a favorite non-presidential politician? Someone you admire as having special skills or force of personality for the good?
Kennedy, Katel and Gabbard all stupidly, repeatedly and recently spewed toxins into the public square and they know better. Now they try to minimize and evade accountability. For this, they should be barred from any public office or position unless and until they come clean with the nation and, as penance, publicly use whatever bully pulpit they have to denounce the nonsense they spewed.
It doesn't matter how much was done for the adrenalin rush and how much was for financial gain. They did it. They must account or be barred from public office or public position.
In RFK Jr.'s case, it's most unfortunate. He has a lot to offer in the nutrition field. Nonetheless he must account for what he did or be barred from public office. Even a Nobel prize winner who commits a series of abominable and public acts must be held accountable.
The same goes for Pete Heseth (sp.). While I'm at it, the same also goes for President Trump.
The bar has been lowered so much that the trio may well skate.
// some examples
The Libertarian National Convention, Joe Rogan podcast, Ross Ulbricht, oft-cover from pundits like Glenn Greenwald or Dave Smith, rhetoric on the "deep state" or military industrial complex, battles with "neocons", H1B visas, WHO withdrawal, Paris Accords, to name a few.
To be clear - I am NOT claiming that Trump himself is some sort of neo-Libertarian or is now following some deeper principles. Simply that he now seems to be more influenced from certain Libertarians (or maybe has some loose alliance there). I'm convinced there is something there, but I can't quite put my finger on it.
So I see this somewhat differently - more of a newer Libertarian twist than any influence from a bygone Dem party. You actually hit exactly on such a case why it matters - I fear Trump may end up pardoning Snowden or something reckless like that.
Pardoning Snowden would be a blip on the radar compared to some of the things he's done so far....
Possibly; but it's also true that "traitor" ranks pretty high.