I can live with the president fighting for something and failing; what I can’t stand is a politician who changes his mind for the sake of expediency and then pretends that was what he believed all along. You just can’t imagine someone like Sanders doing something like that; his MO instead would be to take his best shot for what he actually believes and let the chips fall where they may, budging a little maybe to get a worthwhile deal done but never turning his entire face inside out just to get through the day. This idea that you can’t be an honest man and a Washington politician is a myth, a crock made up by sellouts and careerist hacks who don’t stand for anything and are impatient with people who do. It’s possible to do this job with honor and dignity. It’s just that most of our politicians – our president included, apparently – would rather not bother.
Obama isn't just bad at what he does, he's dishonest about it. What's worse, though, and what continually makes me want to break things when confronted with the President and his supporters at this point is the manner in which they present their corrupt dishonesty as "grown-up" or "intelligent". It is neither. Rather it is smug condescension through and through and its oh so smart and oh so grown-up practitioners are the reason our politics keeps running in place the way it does.
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