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StevieM

(10,500 posts)
Mon Feb 26, 2018, 02:18 PM Feb 2018

Jay Inslee is awesome!! He spoke very intelligently when speaking at the White House.

He outwitted Trump so badly that he felt the need to go straight to Greg Abbot, the governor of Texas, for some backup.

Inslee would definitely make a great president or vice-president.

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Jay Inslee is awesome!! He spoke very intelligently when speaking at the White House. (Original Post) StevieM Feb 2018 OP
Inslee is a great and wise governor. Though, in fairness, a hamster could outwit 45. LonePirate Feb 2018 #1
Amazing when you hear someone speak to the issue!!! hexola Feb 2018 #2
Inslee is great and my governor...but angrychair Feb 2018 #3
My gov MFM008 Feb 2018 #4
 

hexola

(4,835 posts)
2. Amazing when you hear someone speak to the issue!!!
Mon Feb 26, 2018, 02:34 PM
Feb 2018

Instead of just stammering along with the same repetitive sentence fragments.

angrychair

(8,702 posts)
3. Inslee is great and my governor...but
Mon Feb 26, 2018, 02:37 PM
Feb 2018

I would rather see our next candidate be in the Bill Clinton and Barack Obama first-term age range.
If the last several days has shown us anything is that the young are actually ready to lead and they would have a lot more affinity for a 40-50 year old than a 60-80 yr old.

We have great leaders and great experience but what they need is mentors and guides. We need to make way for the younger generation and a new approach to government.

The average age of our senate and House keeps climbing and more and more young people are losing that connection or desire to be involved in government as they average Democratic Senator or House members have been there over 20 years and are over 60 yrs old. That experience is great but it may be a better way to use that experience than in office.
Why or even how would a person get involved in politics when their existing representative has been there for their entire life and doesn’t appear to be going anywhere? It was never intended to be a lifetime job...

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