President Trump

They can advocate for the poor and middle class all they want, and I'll point out the hypocrisy of them painting the rich as greedy and evil while being rich, evil and greedy. Fact is she lied on her job application to get a 6 figure job. Just a case of white people ripping off Native Americans. History has a way of repeating itself. But keep believing she cares for the oppressed.... so long as they vote for her.

 

It's hypocritical because they are the exact people they are supposedly railing against. It's basically the definition of hypocrisy.

No one is saying you must be poor to advocate for the poor, but it's silly to assume they have the best interest of the poor at heart when they're part of the larger system keeping those people from moving forward. It's naive to think they're as altruistic as they campaign to be. Case in point: for all of Bernie's wonderful words, he was quick to back Hillary Clinton who stood for everything he was against.

 

90% of all the people I know that backed Bernie, ended up voting for Hillary because they thought Trump would be so bad.

I disagree with their conclusions, but I get it. I don't see how I should hold Bernie to a different standard

 

It's not the "right" doing it. It's people with common sense and a functional moral compass. Hillary used her position to get favors, kickbacks, etc. That is the very essence of what she was supposedly fighting against. She got massive donations and took huge amounts of money from the Wall Street she was "fighting."

Bernie? Not sure I'd go as far as to call him a hypocrite. A sell-out? Definitely. But he honestly believed in what he was doing before he rolled on his supporters and backed Hillary. Even if you wanted to call him a hypocrite, it really seemed to be an act of hypocrisy as opposed to a lifetime of practicing it like Hillary. I mean, I don't agree with Bernie's positions at all, but I respect him for being principled (well, as principled as a politician can be).

 

I didn't realize attaching the word "hypocrite" to a Congressman would be so incendiary.

"Hypocrite" and "Congressman" are almost synonyms.

 

The whole wealth comment by me was secondary to my point about her claiming Native American heritage, but the wealth is definitely part of it.

 

So you're against her lying on a job application and her heritage to get a 6 figure job teaching one class? If so, we're in agreement on my main point.

 

I think the Democrats have been objectively whiny in the process of these cabinet picks. They've fought all cabinet picks tooth and nail and in the end, it's for mostly petty reasons. Some of his picks (DeVos hint hint) have been bad, but not all of them.

I don't have a personal beef with Warren any more or less than any other politician because I hate them all equally.

 

FWIW, I didn't say she was whiny for reading a letter on the Senate floor. I'm not even sure she should've been silenced.

My exact quote was: She's annoying. Such a hypocrite, whining about unfair pay wages while making 6 figures to teach one class, from a job she lied to get (claiming she is Native American).

her speech had nothing to do with unfair pay wages or her stealing a 6 figure job. But I digress.

 

I didn't realize you were so concerned about my local legislators. You're such a humanitarian.

No I don't hate them, I hate the politicians in Washington DC. I also hate the higher ranking officials of Los Angeles and California respectively. No I don't hate the comptroller of Orange County. I'm glad we could get that cleared up.

And yes they are being petty and ridiculous in their nomination confirmations. http://www.npr.org/2017/02/09/51392...trump-cabinet-still-emptier-than-predecessors

 

^^ I love NPR.

 

My comment was not one that really needed dissecting down to the ground level. I know a couple budding politicians and I can say that there are certainly some that begin in the business trying to affect positive change in their own opinions.

Typically the ones who move up the ladder are the ones who have either compromised their morals to get there or ruthlessly destroy those in their path or in some cases both. The amount of politicians, if you want to count all those ground level people, who are able to affect change without at least one of those two ^ options are few and far between. That especially holds true for the ones at the top of the food chain. It's a ruthless industry filled with people whose best attribute is competitive lying.