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And since when doesn't practically everyone on the fucking planet have convictions? It's what those convictions are that matters. It's ludicrous to support someone based on the fact that they 'have convictions.' I've no doubt that the majority of people who go into DC politics have (or did have) real, compelling convictions at some point in their political careers. That's what makes smart people who could make more money elsewhere go into politics in the first place.
I am as disillusioned with the static, corrupt quality that much of our national politics consists of as anyone, but to purport that Sarah Palin is more remarkable than anyone who went before her and is therefore better equipped to withstand the forces of what is truly an immovable political machine is so naive it gives me a sugar rush. I can tell you one thing this country needs to do right quick is grow the fuck up and stop mythologizing these people. Mr. Smith was fiction. There is no such beast.
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Sorry about that...this thread is making me testy. Everybody carry on.
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PESSIMISM, n. A philosophy forced upon the convictions of the observer by the disheartening prevalence of the optimist with his scarecrow hope and his unsightly smile. - Ambrose Bierce
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