the people cannot be a valid check on the executive if the majority of the people hold false beliefs about what the executive is doing
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the people cannot be a valid check on the executive if the majority of the people hold false beliefs about what the executive is doing
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@glyph Biden and Obama were both allergic to taking credit for their accomplishments. I understand the desire to not turn public works to partisan ends, but nobody's going to know you did a good thing if you aren't willing to blow your own horn a little.
I wrote a thing about this sixteen years ago, for all the good it did
https://jasonlefkowitz.net/2010/09/the_tragedy_of_barack_obama/
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