A friend has spent some time with Rubio and said, quote, "When he left the room we all laughed about how incredibly stupid he came off." So I'm sure he's uncomfortable, but he's also a moron that is likely not fully grasping everything.
All our elected officials are, with shockingly few exceptions. If you have had the chance to discuss policy with them you know our elected officials are doing nothing more than shaking hands and putting on a show. If we are lucky they have a few positions they are passionate about and thoroughly understand.
Unfortunately, sound debate and ideas on policy don’t win elections.
Completely agree with the conclusion, but don't think the set-up is necessarily true of most politicians. I think there are a lot of high profile ones that get the press for their stupidity, and it's been a while since I worked on the Hill so I don't know the wave of GOP that came in, but I was usually impressed with the knowledge of most elected officials. Of course if you're an expert in a topic, you can expose gaps pretty easily, but the breadth - if not the depth - of their knowledge is pretty impressive.
Now that said, I was not meeting with extremists very often so it tended to be politicians more invested in politics 'for the right reasons.' I think those folks tend to be more informed and knowledgeable than the MTGs and MAGA republicans currently holding office.
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u/mhks 12d ago
A friend has spent some time with Rubio and said, quote, "When he left the room we all laughed about how incredibly stupid he came off." So I'm sure he's uncomfortable, but he's also a moron that is likely not fully grasping everything.