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> “We are grateful to the member of the media who brought this to the state’s attention,” was the proposed quote attributed to the state’s education commissione
by kenjackson 5y ago
> “We are grateful to the member of the media who brought this to the state’s attention,” was the proposed quote attributed to the state’s education commissioner before Parson began shooting the messenger.
Why do we have so many people in politics that seem so hellbent on trying to attack people and find malice in what they do? I don't know much about Pasrson, but I hope this is not his standard MO.
- duxup 5y agoI suspect if a lot of your platform is scapegoating to start with it is SO EASY to just use that when anything you don't like happens / makes you look bad. Even things that don't really make you look bad... (early on this wasn't even thought to be the governor's office fault directly). That's the danger in scapegoating and etc it's so easy to do for everything. Hugo Chávez had a regular national TV show in Venezuela where he would call up his own government officials and berate them and sometimes fire them on live TV. It's a scary viral like thing if you think to do it for everything.
- carrja99 5y agoFrom Missouri, it is his standard MO
- extra88 5y ago"MO" is everyone's standard Missouri.
- andrewflnr 5y agoConvincing people that your opponents are evil is an effective way to get them to vote for you.
- b112 5y agoPoliticians live and die by attacking opponents reputations, instead of the message. The public, sadly, cares more about not the job done, the track record, but instead on appearances. I once saw a Canadian politician mocked for his haircut. Another for the way he spoke. Not how well they did their job. So yeah, someone says something bad about a politician, well... we keep hiring people that are better at attacking appearances, not policy.
- ChrisMarshallNY 5y agoWhat's that old saying? "A lie can travel around the world, while the truth is still putting its boots on."