This speech should be listened to in its entirety. It really does show how we got from there to where we are today. Eisenhower was the last great president. Kennedy might have been, but we’ll never know. It all went to hell when he was assassinated.

So, here’s a concept...pay employees enough so they’re NOT tempted to sell secrets to foreign powers!

Are we considering dope smoking from the legal or medical angle?

“Yeah, no, I’d rather not have potheads building my subs.”

I wish them luck finding college graduates to hire who don’t have a huge pile of debt (and a consequently low credit score.)

After the recent mega-recession, a lot of credit scores are junk and will be for some time. It is what it is. No one bailed these people out, unlike the folks on Wall Street that made bad financial decisions showing a lack of common sense, a lack of willpower, and extreme impulsiveness. And a LOT of these people,…

There’s a reason why the 10 wealthiest counties in the United States ALL contain defense contractors. It’s the dirty secret Republicans never want to talk about - the federal govt creating massive wealth.

A lot of these issues would be avoided if the relationship between the Department of Defense and Defense Contractors wasn’t so incestuous. You’ve got military leadership lining up favorable appropriations for their buddies at Lockheed, McDonnell Douglas, Raytheon, Boeing, Electric Boat etc, and in return, getting…

Tarot and psychic readings are scams. There’s research on this. They exist to make money by exploiting people.

You’ve adopted the most sinister possible reading of the story and accused me of either poor reading comprehension skills or of being too lazy to read a short story. I’m going to go out on a limb here and guess you’re not looking for an honest exchange of ideas.

Same reason I won’t vote for a priest/pastor

I’m all over the comment section because no. That’s exactly what it’s like to grow up in this district. None of this surprises me. Steve King is exactly the kind of guy his district wants. It’s really that bad there. Which is why I get sick of the narrative that Bernie could have defeated Trump. I grew up with Steve…

How can people judge her for using tarot when most candidates believe the most absurd things ever written (bible). Faith healing. Pray away the gay. We are a Christian nation. God is on OUR side. Noah built an ark and carried every species of animal. (Except the poor unicorn as we all know) The world is 3000 years…

Waste? That’s not how it works. You seriously contest every district as wave insurance. It’s not like we have a bank with so many perfect candidates and then can deploy them at will to districts.

This adds so much more additional context that makes me a lot more sympathetic to her than I originally was. This paints a REALLY bleak picture of Iowa politics, and I can definitely now understand why she got out. The part about her job also makes me believe her version of this more than anything. It sounds like the…

As a single woman living alone in Sheldon, Iowa, a town that mostly supported a racist fringe politician

It’s just further evidence that women, even blonde white ones, are held to a higher standard than men.

Your​ answer is really disheartening. But I assumed as much.

I’m trying to get up to speed, too.