{"id":34716,"date":"2017-08-19T14:57:58","date_gmt":"2017-08-19T18:57:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sidebarforplaintiffs.naomifein.net\/?p=34716"},"modified":"2017-08-19T14:57:58","modified_gmt":"2017-08-19T18:57:58","slug":"if-men-were-angels-no-government-would-be-necessary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sidebarforplaintiffs.naomifein.net\/?p=34716","title":{"rendered":"…\u201cif men were angels, no government would be necessary.\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

In my nightly, crucial adherence to MSNBC, I’ve been impressed with a number of politicians who’ve been invited to speak about everything that’s going on.<\/p>\n

Note to DNC: when you’re looking for potential candidates for higher office, pay attention to Michael Signer, mayor of Charlottesville, and author of a James Madison biography.<\/a><\/p>\n

(To make things even easier for you, here’s the About section of Signer’s website<\/a>.)<\/p>\n

Note to DNC Chairs Tom Perez and Keith Ellison, and everyone else, especially those of you who’ve been yelling that the Democrats have no viable, attractive candidates: take a close look at Signer’s web site, linked above. And his Wikipedia entry<\/a>. I sat here scrolling down and saying, “Oh, my!”<\/p>\n

And read this, by an eloquent politician and author, and excellent human being: Charlottesville Will Move On – The New York Times<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

(I got my title from Signer’s essay in which he quotes James Madison, who wrote it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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