09-15-2016, 10:22 AM
(09-15-2016, 09:32 AM)BmorePat87 Wrote: pssshhh, I was complaining about this years ago. He did this shit with ambassadors. Of course, it's what they all do and, like Matt suggested, won't change until you have elections that are only publicly funded.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/obama-ambassador-nominees-prompt-an-uproar-with-bungled-answers-lack-of-ties/2014/02/14/20fb0fe4-94b2-11e3-83b9-1f024193bb84_story.html
Hell, it goes back right to the beginning. Look at Rooney. What qualifications did he have for the job other than being a descendant of an Irish immigrant and supporting Obama?
"A great democracy has got to be progressive, or it will soon cease to be either great or a democracy..." - TR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
