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...which is ironic, since due to that same polarization, Presidents in general seem to have less ability (or maybe it's inclination) than ever, to effect any me
by rdiddly 9y ago
...which is ironic, since due to that same polarization, Presidents in general seem to have less ability (or maybe it's inclination) than ever, to effect any meaningful change about anything that matters.
It doesn't matter who's President.
- humanrebar 9y agoArguably that's how the U.S. government was designed to function. The new (well, the recurring thing) is that Congress, White House, and even the judiciary get more political capital from inaction and blame than they get from cooperation.
- macintux 9y ago> It doesn't matter who's President. It absolutely matters when something goes wrong outside our borders. If, hypothetically speaking, a small NATO country on Russia's border devolves into chaos thanks to, say, a massive power grid failure combined with agitation from Russian nationalists, and Russia then intervenes to "stabilize" the situation, the temperament of the president and coherence of the White House as a whole would make a great deal of difference in how the crisis evolves. Purely hypothetical, of course.
- equalunique 9y agoWhy does this sound like Ukraine
- macintux 9y agoUkraine is neither small nor NATO, but...yeah.
- jessaustin 9y agoEstonia are cool, but they know they need to stay on good terms with their neighbors. John McCain doesn't run things anymore.