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Your Ideal Politican.

Started by Razgovory, September 14, 2016, 12:24:08 PM

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Valmy

#15
September 14, 2016, 04:28:41 PM
Good old Silent Cal.
Quote"This is a Russian warship. I propose you lay down arms and surrender to avoid bloodshed & unnecessary victims. Otherwise, you'll be bombed."

Zmiinyi defenders: "Russian warship, go fuck yourself."

Siege

#16
September 14, 2016, 04:45:23 PM


"All men are created equal, then some become infantry."

"Those who beat their swords into plowshares will plow for those who don't."

"Laissez faire et laissez passer, le monde va de lui même!"

Siege

#17
September 14, 2016, 04:53:46 PM
Im gonna do my chicken dance if the Trumpminator wins. If Hitlary wins i will cry for America.


"All men are created equal, then some become infantry."

"Those who beat their swords into plowshares will plow for those who don't."

"Laissez faire et laissez passer, le monde va de lui même!"

Valmy

#18
September 14, 2016, 04:56:37 PM
Can you keep this shit in the election thread?
Quote"This is a Russian warship. I propose you lay down arms and surrender to avoid bloodshed & unnecessary victims. Otherwise, you'll be bombed."

Zmiinyi defenders: "Russian warship, go fuck yourself."

Siege

#19
September 14, 2016, 04:59:15 PM
Quote from: Valmy on September 14, 2016, 04:56:37 PM
Can you keep this shit in the election thread?

Nope. Cant keep my shit there. It is overflowing with shit already .


"All men are created equal, then some become infantry."

"Those who beat their swords into plowshares will plow for those who don't."

"Laissez faire et laissez passer, le monde va de lui même!"

Razgovory

#20
September 14, 2016, 06:56:53 PM
I was sort of aiming at a type of politician.  Not some pictures.  It is amusing that Siege goes for the antisemites.
I've given it serious thought. I must scorn the ways of my family, and seek a Japanese woman to yield me my progeny. He shall live in the lands of the east, and be well tutored in his sacred trust to weave the best traditions of Japan and the Sacred South together, until such time as he (or, indeed his house, which will periodically require infusion of both Southern and Japanese bloodlines of note) can deliver to the South it's independence, either in this world or in space.  -Lettow April of 2011

Raz is right. -MadImmortalMan March of 2017

11B4V

#21
September 14, 2016, 07:02:48 PM
Quote from: Razgovory on September 14, 2016, 12:24:08 PM
Lot's of people have expressed dissatisfaction with the current Presidential candidates, so I'm curious what folks here think is the "Ideal politician".

For me, it's a wheeler and dealer, a backroom negotiator and a frankly dull bureaucrat.  I dislike flashiness which I often associate with vanity, which is in my opinion, a one the most severe handicaps a politician can have.  Honestly is important, but not as important as you might think.  A politician needs to be able to lie.  There also needs to be certain ruthlessness, particularly in foreign affairs.  Inflexibility is not a desirable trait.  Certainly, a politician needs to stand strong at certain times, but at others, they must be willing to bend.  It's fine for a politician to have strong ideas, but it's okay to sacrifice some of them to achieve others.  Getting 40% of what you want is much better than getting 0% and remaining pure.  Another trait is a person who not particularly interested in what the public thinks.  This may seem odd, but people often want stupid and contradictory things.

As it happens I rather like Hilary Clinton, who actually fits much of this criteria.  She is a dull but competent bureaucrat and an able backroom politician.  I never really cared for Obama, who always struck me as the "Cool professor" type.  If you guys recall my favorite candidate in 2008 was Bill Richardson.  I am at heart a person who believe in Evolution rather than Revolution.

What about the rest of you?

I don't know anymore.
"there's a long tradition of insulting people we disagree with here, and I'll be damned if I listen to your entreaties otherwise."-OVB

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Ed Anger

#22
September 14, 2016, 08:08:11 PM
Quote from: Syt on September 14, 2016, 12:35:21 PM
Quote from: Zanza on September 14, 2016, 12:30:53 PM
I am pretty sure what Ed's answer will be.

Could be Hitler or Sulla.

Maybe....

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FunkMonk

#23
September 14, 2016, 08:16:37 PM
Julius Caesar
Person. Woman. Man. Camera. TV.
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