#165 Grace Farmer – You’re right, it would not be tolerated in business… but, good heavens, she’s not in business! Try to think outside the box of your little world! There is a certain amount of the showbiz aspect in politics. Her folksiness and touch of flirtiness serve her well. It is part of her appeal to the common man.
(Btw, if a good-looking man winked at the crowd, he might be flirting, too, but that would be okay, wouldn’t it? You have been indoctrinated. Please wake up.)
At a time when the elite (who think like you, btw) are running our country into the ground, it may be time to think a little differently. Professionalism is the uniform YOU wear to work, but we wear different uniforms in different occupations.
There was a lot of noise about the clothes she wore during the campaign. The Pubs dressed her up. The media criticized her for it. However, if she continued to wear her thrift store clothes, they’d've sneered at her all the more. Which way is it for you, Ms. Farmer? You deride her for being folksy and flirty, but do you really want another cookie-cutter, same-old-same-old, no-integrity, self-serving politician?
Fact is, you like so many, are merely justifying your disdain for her background, instead of evaluating her character. I like her because she is someone who got where she is by bucking the system, not by going along and playing the game. I want someone who will buck the broken system. It’s the only way to reform it. She may not be as educated as I’d like, but she has the character we need at this time. At another time, I would not back her candidacy, but now, we need real reform. She’s about reform.
