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I am certainly not one to defend this Administration but it is very easy to declare something while running for office as well as when you initially take office

I am certainly not one to defend this Administration but it is very easy to declare something while running for office as well as when you initially take office. Then reality hits. Pretty much your ideals if they did exist will be buried under the bureaucracy. It isn't as if he gets to decide what is released and what isn't. Some functionary is making that determination and likely going the safe route each time. Even if he did make a decision prior agreements with others can put a block in. BTW, a wonderful site http://www.foia.gov/data.html http://www.foia.gov/data.html

mindslight 11y ago
What a charitable way of stating that campaigns are empty marketing, and that after the election only serving the status quo matters. I just wish people had long term memory, so they'd stop serving as enabling patsies.
- bdcravens 11y ago
  Perhaps this is important to remember in the coming months. For example, if you look at Cruz's first day promises, for example, it's ridiculous. The scary thing is that even though he's a racist hate-mongerer, Donald Trump might be the most honest one on either side.
  - HillaryBriss 11y ago
    Trump appears to actually believe he can make his promises come true. And in that sense he can be said to be more honest than a lot of garden variety, cynical politicians. At the same time, he doesn't seem to have his facts straight about a lot of important things. One picture of Trump that emerges is: strong-armed CEO surrounded by yes-men and sycophants. He's used to going unquestioned. He's used to "being right" just because people around him affirm his statements without questioning them. He seems to live in a fact-bubble of his own creation. But because it's different (and to many Republicans and a few others, more appealing) than the fact-bubble around Washington, he polls well. But what's actually going to happen if he gets elected?
    - mindslight 11y ago
      He'll do the same thing as every other government salesman - make headway on actions that benefit some entrenched power, and forget about anything that would disrupt the gravy trains.

mindslight 11y ago

What a charitable way of stating that campaigns are empty marketing, and that after the election only serving the status quo matters. I just wish people had long term memory, so they'd stop serving as enabling patsies.

bdcravens 11y ago
Perhaps this is important to remember in the coming months. For example, if you look at Cruz's first day promises, for example, it's ridiculous. The scary thing is that even though he's a racist hate-mongerer, Donald Trump might be the most honest one on either side.
- HillaryBriss 11y ago
  Trump appears to actually believe he can make his promises come true. And in that sense he can be said to be more honest than a lot of garden variety, cynical politicians. At the same time, he doesn't seem to have his facts straight about a lot of important things. One picture of Trump that emerges is: strong-armed CEO surrounded by yes-men and sycophants. He's used to going unquestioned. He's used to "being right" just because people around him affirm his statements without questioning them. He seems to live in a fact-bubble of his own creation. But because it's different (and to many Republicans and a few others, more appealing) than the fact-bubble around Washington, he polls well. But what's actually going to happen if he gets elected?
  - mindslight 11y ago
    He'll do the same thing as every other government salesman - make headway on actions that benefit some entrenched power, and forget about anything that would disrupt the gravy trains.