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Monday, July 1, 2024

Ele Ludemann: Need brutal honesty


A former MP told me years ago that when he first stood for parliament he talked to a few people whose opinions and judgement he respected.

He asked them to be brutally honest with him about his performance, especially if he was getting anywhere his best-before date.

That is good policy for politicians everywhere and there’s a particular need for it in the USA now.

Politics, the Democratic Party and the race for the presidency, would be much better if the President, Joe Biden, had some people whose opinions and judgements he respected and who had done that for him before he announced his intention to run for the presidency again.

That applies to the Republican Party and their candidate, former President Donald Trump too.

Given the important role the USA plays internationally, it would be much better for the world too.

Ele Ludemann is a North Otago farmer and journalist, who blogs HERE - where this article was sourced.

1 comment:

Terry Morrissey said...

It seems to me to be rather bizarre that the only two people the citizens of the USA deem to be qualified to be President of their country both appear to be suffering from dementia, have a rather low level of honesty and cannot keep their hands to themselves.

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