09-26-2018, 09:03 AM
(09-25-2018, 09:00 PM)BmorePat87 Wrote: Politicians open themselves up to criticism whenever they're out in public. Often times they can make a citizen's experiences harder because of their decisions. In which case, citizens are free to reciprocate.
I personally would counsel people to be bigger than that, but at the end of the day, we all have the right to be dicks. I hope his kids weren't there. That would not be fair to them and would make these people even more disappointing.
Completely agree, here. It's not behavior I would engage in or would say someone should engage in, but free speech and all. I know this conversation continued on, and bfine, you're right that just because you have the right doesn't make it right, but that's why Pat isn't saying what they did was right. He said that he "would counsel people to be bigger than that."
There isn't any condoning or excusing of the behavior with Pat's comments, but it's likely he isn't shedding any tears for Cruz in this instance.
"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
