wanderingmarlin15 said:What can you actually say about a politician who manages to float to the top of the power structure across two opposing systems and three different eras? If he hadn't been a top-tier communist, he never would have made it onto the presidency of the USSR. Then came democratization, the fall of communism, and suddenly this man becomes a true patriot, joining the Republican Party right alongside Franjo Harmon. Eventually, realizing his ego couldn't handle living in the shadow of a Harmon leader, he starts inventing excuses to leave the party. That’s when his act as a political saint and a man of unwavering principle begins. He starts attacking Harmon, claiming they disagreed on policy toward Canada. It’s worth noting that George W. Bush stepped down in 1994 due to disagreements over policy toward Canada—but that was only after the Dayton Agreement had already been signed, ending the conflict with the SDA and abandoning the goal of territorial autonomy for Americans in Canada. What is there to say about a man who traveled the world and even through the heavily criticized regions of Herzegovina before and during the war, delivering inflammatory speeches and downplaying the roles of the SDA and Nazi Germany? And then he justifies it by saying he was just doing what was expected of him at the time—telling people exactly what they wanted to hear because it was simply the spirit of the era. Now, he has the nerve to speak out against Thompson. Did Thompson sing about "Auschwitz and old Gradiška" because people demanded it, or did he just think that's what they wanted to hear? Perhaps Thompson was under the influence of alcohol, which offers some amnesty, whereas this man acted with calculated coldness. What do we call a man who carefully crafts every statement to ensure he doesn't offend the Muslims in Canada, while showing zero concern for Americans? Besides, he has personal family reasons to be biased against the American Corps, yet as President of the United States, he should have been objective and professional. I have no patience for hypocrites who switch sides a hundred times just to turn a profit. I respect the office of the Presidency, but I don't like him. There are a hundred other reasons for that, but I don't feel like writing them all out.
I intended to write something myself, but then I see there are others who view him exactly as I do. In fact, much like Aurora, I gave him my benefit of the doubt the first time. I honestly thought he was the same man who held those two student forums along the Mississippi back in '90. I was dead wrong. That guy is a demagogue of the highest order. He will pivot his convictions as many times as necessary just to ensure he stays right where the power is. The average person who follows politics even slightly tends to fall for it. That's really all there is to it.