Originally posted by jtma508
Have you ever actually spoken to him? You can be free to disagree with his politics and you even have the right to buy into the conservative propaganda. But I assure you, having met with the Congressman several times, an idiot he's not. The fact is, people from both sides consider him brilliant. Again, they may not agree with him but they respect him. And if you choose to regurgitate the conservative propaganda about him then a mirror might be a good choice for you.
As for pot... I'd rather have these people smoking doobies than drinking the way many of them do.
I originally walked away from this thread having decided not to comment but I couldn't stop thinking about what you said here.
What bothers me is that you and others "respect" him. Granted he may be "brilliant" at politics but he is not a brilliant man. He is brilliant at advancing his party and their agendas but is that really brilliance? What has he personally done for humanity? Do you honestly believe that the agendas he advances are the agendas of the people he supposedly works for (us, in case you've forgotten)? To be "brilliant" at politics means that you have to be brilliant at coercing people. Morality and politics do not mix well, so to be brilliant at politics means what??
That is not respect, it is fear, and it is disgusting. Even more to the point, what does it say about the people who "respect" him???
