Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

That's quaint.

Politics is and always has been about getting re-elected. If you aren't up for re-election yourself, then you help fellow partisans get elected.
False. That's not how politics began. Washington didn't even want to be President but felt duty bound to accept it. He saw political parties form and warned of what they would eventually become, but our Founding Fathers didn't start off as power hungry ass hats. They had a genuine concern for the nation. Politics in America have not always been this way.
 
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False. That's not how politics began. Washington didn't even want to be President but felt duty bound to accept it. He saw political parties form and warned of what they would eventually become, but our Founding Fathers didn't start off as power hungry ass hats. They had a genuine concern for the nation. Politics in America have not always been this way.
For all intents and purposes, it has always been that way. Washington became President at an extremely unique and early time in the nation's history. He wasn't a politician by trade - he was a military man. After leading the colonies to victory in the war, basically everybody wanted him to be President. He didn't have to campaign or fight for it, and as you said he didn't even really want to be President. The nation was in its infancy and didn't exactly have a lot of time to develop ingrained political factions. During Washington's years as President and immediately after, national politics split into two factions - one led by Alexander Hamilton and another led by Thomas Jefferson. This was right after the founding of the country.

Washington was largely apolitical and had no strong desire or appetite to get involved in political fights - but pretty much everybody who followed him did. Washington himself might not have been a power hungry asshat, but many of the Founders were. And as the government has grown and grown over the years, it tends to attract other power hungry asshats.
 
You mean after announcing her "Green new deal" she isn't living like the Amish???? That Soros money burning a hole in her tip jar.



 
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