we should impeach her or even better sentence her to death.
People in the U.S. and even Germany were calling for the same actions against Trump before he'd assumed office. He hadn't actually done any actions yet. They wanted him impeached or killed for words he said while campaigning. It is not unique to the U.S. and U.S. doesn't have a monopoly on dumb people. They are everywhere. :)
As to Angela Merkel. I am not a fan, but I have only been able to see her through the filtered lense of many different english speaking news outlets, both mainstream, and alternative.
I realize there is likely some bias, so I try to keep an open mind as I realize that taking things out of context can turn truth into a lie.
So I am not a fan based upon what I have read, watched of her myself. Yet I am not a German and would not tell a German what they should do about her. That is for the Germans to decide.
I also would gladly change my mind if I learned information that indicated I should.
She is no Ron Paul, but she is maybe one of the best chancellors we had... which is also a little bit sad ;)
We've had our share of "Better than X" too. Where Better still didn't mean good, it just meant NOT AS BAD.
you mean x=Hillary? :D
No, I was speaking of many different cases. There is a lot of "Better than X" type of statements that occur in politics.
There is also a lot of people who will vote for the Lesser of Two Evils.
Evil is still evil. I promised to not vote based upon lesser of two evils ever again. I did it in 2008 when I voted for Obama.
Never again.
It is not about winning. It is about choosing the person you think is the best choice. If that person does not win, that's fine you still did your job.
A lot of people vote purely based upon herd mentality and not at all based upon who would actually represent their interests best.
Hillary was really bad. I would have voted for ANY SINGLE person who was running before I voted for her. She should have been in prison long ago. The more you research her the more you find corruption, treason, death, etc linked to her. She's just VERY powerful, and I suspect has a lot of dirt on some other powerful people. Also people that challenge her or Bill often end up dead under mysterious circumstances such as committing suicide and somehow they did so by shooting themselves in the head twice.
Funny how I did not know much about the Clintons and then after watching House of Cards, I heard the story is also loosely based on the Clintons. I was like "huh? but Bill seems like such a chummy guy!"
House of Cards is a good comparison. The Clintons are actually worse than that though as they've done FAR more things like that. It is a pretty accurate comparison.
If we had elected Hillary that would have been a lot like electing an Organized Crime Leader (Mafia Boss, Godmother, etc) to run our country.
I also mentioned it very shortly, but Merkel does not seem very corrupt. Her arguments are usually either reasonable or she is doing something because the people do or do not want it. I thought of giving some examples, but I felt the article would get too long with that.
But here is one: Her position on marijuhana. She agrees that alcohol is the far more dangerous drug, but the people are used to and love alcohol. Many people do not feel that way about marijuhana.
And indeed 68% of Germans do not want cannabis to be legalized. So she is just doing what the people want. Even if that might be guided by misinformation by the media.
Okay, but if someone is standing there in front of your door with a torch being very loud on setting your house on fire - do you wait for him to start the fire or are you calling the police earlier?
Oh wait, I forgot... you go out and tell him you are not giving him the wood voluntarily so he should not set your house to fire ;)
I don't treat anyone like a criminal until they've actually committed a crime. I don't punish people for what MIGHT happen. That is just wrong.
And I also do not freak out over what a politician says. I've rarely seen a politician that tells the truth when they are running for election. It is extremely rare. This is especially true for politicians who also happen to be lawyers.
That is the funny part: Trump actually tries to do what he promised, and nobody can believe he is doing that.
No, not punishing - if you mean jail. But getting the torch out of his hand and friendly moving him home before he harms someone would be appreciated.
I don't consider WORDS to be the same as ACTIONS. So if I saw a person with a gun walking towards my house, or a torch, then yes I would react.
That is part of my point. All Trump did prior to January 20th was WORDS.
Yet they wanted to impeach him. Very different from actions. He hadn't actually done anything impeachable as he had done no actions.
I changed the second sentence, it was stupid. Thanks for pointing it out.