9mo ago

Jimmy Carter Says He’s Hanging On to Vote for Kamala Harris

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How can one person be this good of a citizen!!?
- Georgia boys are either sweetheart saints or hateful monsters, not a lot in between. Source: am Georgia boy
  
  You fucking monster!!!
  
  Naw I’m a sweetheart!
  
  That's what all the monsters say
  
  Well… you ain’t wrong
  
  You know what? I know the struggle. I'm a country ass Texas boy who just wants equality for everyone.
  
  You’re as rare a breed as myself sir, if we ever find a Mississippi equivalent we’ll really be in business! Egalitarianism is worth fighting for
  
  With our good ol boy accents no one will be able to say no to us, and we'll use our powers only for good.
  
  Dude I’m not in the south anymore and it’s kinda wild how far the accent takes you
  
  Surely this powerful triumvirate can't go wrong
  
  Oh I know it. I've got the heavy drawl and I've taken it around the world with me. Depending on who I'm talking to I can crank it up and get by with some shit. I've also got that Texas preacher cadence when I need it. You know the one, you get really excited about something then drop it down to almost a whisper while smiling. It makes people lean in and pay attention. Think Kenneth Copeland but as an actual human instead of a devil in a skin suit and without religion at all.
  It's definitely a trick for the snake oil salesman but I've seen it so much that I naturally fall into it if I'm presenting. And it fucking works with certain kinds of people.
- He was actually a pretty good president too. Unfortunately the seeds of the cancer that is the current Republican party has been sown by the Nixon administration before he was elected and had begun to bear fruit when Reagan ran against him.
  
  I like to say he was the best man ever to be President and that he had great policies, but that he was not an effective President.
  He was too honest to play the game.
  
  What does that say about our society? Can you imagine taking the same attitude as a scientist? Nothing would ever work because it relies on foundational truth and integrity. The reason lying in politics is acceptable is because the citizenry is allowing it through the ballot box. These idiots can't do science or politics but they have the same voting rights as everyone else.
  
  Lying works because our schools don't teach critical thinking anymore. They are so obsessed with rote, bullshit memorization that there isn't any room or time left for critical thinking
  
  Oh I fully agree, being a good president can only make you a better citizen.
  
  Yeah, the Republican party had a strong progressive wing before Nixon. Lincoln, Teddy, and Eisenhower were all progressives by modern standards.

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