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The Bob Cesca Podcast: Lock Her Up

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Targetpractice11/21/2018 10:33:45 am PST

re: #414 KGxvi

For pretty much my entire life, I’ve been hearing some formulation of “not another career politician” or “we need to run government like a business”. Trump offered voters both of those things. And older white folks jumped on it, to the chagrin of [checks notes] every fucking one else on the planet.

Trump’s time in office should pretty much shoot that mantra in the head, but it won’t. Instead, we’re gonna get “Oh, well, we need a ‘succesful’ businessman” or “Well, we need a different businessman.”

I found myself realizing the other day it was like if people had gotten their wish and Ross Perot had won in ‘92. There was every indication that the man was a nut who had no clue had to run the government, but he was a “successful businessman,” so people were conned into believing that meant “smart guy.” If he’d run on the GOP ticket, we might very well be lamenting the years lost to the “Perot administration.”