The incidentals matter. Never the primaries. On Oct 16, 2016 10:39 PM, "CBB - Jay Fuller" <par...@cyberbroadband.net> wrote:
> > I have been saying this for many years. I think you said it a lot more > gracefully than I did though...I might be stealing this for a status update > > And kudos to The West Wing tv show for having big block of cheese day....:) > > Sent from my Verizon 4G LTE Smartphone > > ----- Reply message ----- > From: "Bruce Robertson" <br...@pooh.com> > To: <af@afmug.com> > Subject: [AFMUG] OT does it really matter? > Date: Sun, Oct 16, 2016 10:20 PM > > Exactly right. Who is president has some effect, but not game changing. > Most people in the country are middle of the road, and the progress of the > country reflects that. The pendulum swings back and forth, but always > reverts to the mean. > > On 10/16/16 8:17 PM, Chuck McCown wrote: > > Congress makes and changes law. Supreme Court makes a few important > decisions. Regulators are who really run the country. > > Does it really matter who the president is? > What did Obama do? Encouraged the ACA. Dropped the ball in Syria. But > how did he affect me, my degree of wealth, my amount of spare time? > > Ditto Bush. They affect foreign policy. They have the ability to really > mess up other people’s lives in other countries, but do they really have > much effect on me? > > Granted, altering the make up of the Supreme Court changes things like > can I choose to marry a dude or do I have to sell wedding cakes to gays. > But that really does not touch me. My granddaughter having to cope with > dudes in the bathroom at school hits a bit closer to home, but I trust > congress will eventually settle on something a bit more common sense. > > I guess I am trying to convince myself that a president really doesn’t do > much here at home. Congress does. The court does. Bureaucracies do. > > Now, if the president could get a whole truckload of cheese delivered to > the Whitehouse and give it out to anyone that drops in for a visit, then we > are talking about a real impact... > > http://history1800s.about.com/od/19th-Century-Presidents/fl/ > Andrew-Jacksons-Big-Block-of-Cheese.htm > > !DSPAM:2,580442b817511656011445! > > >
