I used to really like Tim Scott.

May 5, 2024, 9:43 AM

He may stll be a really good guy, and he may make a fine VP, or at least better than many. But what I am seeing on TV right now is just another disgustingly shifty, pandering, mealy-mouthed politician. He reminds me of a lot of people I know, who refuse to answer a straightforward question because they don't like the answer. Instead he repeatedly deflects and redirects, giving lengthy non-answers. For him, questions and interviews, or any attempt to learn anything whatsoever, is a waste of time; he's just going to ignore all of that and give a campaign speech.

I realize it's nothing new, but it seems to be worse than ever, and I become more and more disappointed and disgusted with the current state of our political system and the direction it's headed.

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"Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard."
- H. L. Mencken

Bob Inglis could probably break this one down for you.

To the extent that "establishment War Party Republican" means the way

I did too, but he's been institutionalized. I always liked Jim DeMint

because he never wavered, pandered, and told it like it is. So he was run out of Congress.

Probably some woman in his past or some sort of blackmail. Who knows. But the people who speak the truth either change and tow the line, or they resign for no apparent reason. Congress is broken, and it's broken the rest of the country in the process.

Again I'll vote every day of the week and twice on Sunday's for Congressional term limits, and a balanced budget amendment. NEITHER of which you will ever see make the floor for a vote organically in Congress. It must be forced, or we will flounder. May be 5 years, 10 years, who knows, but Congress is thoroughly broken IMO. And there is no political solution for it, as we've seen in the past. Remember the Tea Party? Those folks have either been assimilated into the collective in Washington, or shown the door.