(01-21-2020, 10:09 AM)TrivialPursuit Wrote:

(01-21-2020, 08:57 AM)Gabe Wrote: To be fair, Trump said LOTS of things during his campaign(s).

Don't they all.

I wonder how the American people would react to a non-sycophantic politician who just honestly told people like it was. No platitudes, no niceties... just the reality.

America is only number 1 in the world at 2 things... childhood obesity and military spending. We have more aircraft carriers than the entire world put together.

They (the 'Merican people) would probably show that person the door, especially in a two-party system. I tend to prefer Bernie over most of the DNC candidates (because he *seems* to take that route and is unabashedly a proponent for what he believes in), but I won't make the mistake of believing that being a politician is in any way synonymous with honesty, including him. I tend to pessimistically believe that I'm in the minority with that assessment. 

To your second point, America will never, I repeat: NEVER, be number one in healthcare or education. They're just not our priority. I welcome the chance to be proven wrong. Marty's assessment of economic opportunity is accurate, but I'd say it's also a reasonable factor with regard to our obesity rates.

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