Kolek planning to go pro
Trump indicted.
Sad that they exist primarily in the U.S.
Brother Hards:Not at all. Politicians reflect the will of the people they represent. Period. They have to if they want to get reelected. I get that there is party branding and orthodoxy but at days end, the job of a politician -- especially a legislator -- is to represent constituents.For example, back in the early 1990s, Illinois was represented by one Alan J. Dixon. He was from the downstate and one of the most powerful vote-getters the state ever saw. He was secretary of state and later U.S. Senator.When the Clarence Thomas matter came up for consideration in the U.S. Senate, Dixon had to choose between his middle of the road constituency in the Downstate, who slightly favored confirming Justice Thomas, and his liberal Chicago constituency, who wanted Clarence Thomas jammed in a Coke can and sent down the river. Senator Dixon voted to confirm Justice Thomas and faced a vicious challenge from Carol Mosley Braun. Ms. Braun, a political nobody at that point, became a U.S. Senator largely because Senator Dixon failed to measure the views of his constituency.Senator Al Gore Sr., faced the same problem when he lost to Bill Brock in Tennessee in 1970. Heck, Val Demings lost to Little Marco, R-Cuba, down here last time for the same reason. She was a good candidate but failed to grasp the critical issue to Floridians.
Mental health issues are a bitch, hey?
And that people who cite “mental health issues” are unwilling to address those issues.
Not true. We’re here to help u, Nads
Can’t provide any reasonable solution so go ahead and resort to attacks. Predictable and pathetic. I love how it’s clear who tries to get these threads shut down by trolling while the adults actually discuss reasonable concerns and approaches. Sad!
Meh.
JB had a train derail a little up the road. Far more interesting to me.
3 derailments a day in this country#BanTrains
Wait until you hear about semis!
You’re a big caboose guy, aina? PS- we actually have family in the town where the derailment was. Evacuation was fairly brief, folks are ok
Apparently multiple staff members at The Covenant School in Nashville carry guns with them. So much for the good guys with a gun stopping the bad guys with a gun. But please, let's arm our teachers. That's the solution!
Now talk about how people with mental health issues are more likely to be violent.
If only we could figure out how other countries have eliminated this level of gun violence because they don’t have mental health issues. Wait, that’s not true, either?This is a real conundrum. 🤔