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What Exactly Is "The Swamp"?

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From another thread I began to realize that no one is exactly sure what "The Swamp" is. I think it means congress myself but of course Trump can't really drain that swamp. Voters have to do that.
 
Moderate Right said:
From another thread I began to realize that no one is exactly sure what "The Swamp" is. I think it means congress myself but of course Trump can't really drain that swamp. Voters have to do that.
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I think that he may mean lobbyists. If he does, he will probably be using Dixie cups that you keep in your bathroom to do the job. ;):lol:
 
Moderate Right said:
From another thread I began to realize that no one is exactly sure what "The Swamp" is. I think it means congress myself but of course Trump can't really drain that swamp. Voters have to do that.
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I always thought the swamp meant politicians that were 'for sale', like Hillary Clinton for example.
 
Perhaps the idea is that the problem with a swamp is that it makes it difficult to see, or shoot alligators in the water. So Draining the swamp will make it easier to see the alligators, and the alligator will be far easier to capture or shoot.

Literally, it is difficult to drain a real swamp, so draining the swamp is impractical. But identifying your opponents, and sizing up their weaknesses, is a process similar to draining the swamp. This would pertain to sneaky people, who keep hidden, like an alligator in a
swamp.

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It means corruption in the gov or any agendas that are not in the best interest of the people..

Think of the land as the government. The vile swampwater is the liberal globalist scum and any corruption..

Swampland is not very useful, can't build on swampland..

Drain all the swampwater off of the land and the land becomes useful for building or agriculture again..

Drain the bad out of the gov so it becomes useful again..
 
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Moderate Right said:
From another thread I began to realize that no one is exactly sure what "The Swamp" is. I think it means congress myself but of course Trump can't really drain that swamp. Voters have to do that.
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I took it to mean career politicians, since Trump's whole deal was that he wasn't one, and that he would get rid of others like Clinton who is one. The other question to ask is when does one become part of the swamp and do you have to work in government specifically to be a part of the swam?
 
I thought this came from the that fact that Washington DC is built on a swamp. Apparently that is a myth, or at least an exaggeration. It seems that there may be multiple meanings with the same general theme, but I like this one: "For two centuries our mythical swamp has been a handy introduction to arguments for lowering our expectations of government, the very business that the Constitution expected a Federal City to facilitate."

https://www.washingtonpost.com/post...ally-built-on-a-swamp/?utm_term=.3a19bb7ea68a
 
What Exactly Is "The Swamp"?

The "swamp" is a populist myth that is an outgrowth of politicians overly indulging the democratic ethos by ranting against the learned professions and the political process. Here statesmen, faceless government bureaucrats, the academy, and lobbyists somehow become the black mark of the republic. That "nothing ever gets done" is not to be denied, but few politicians would risk pointing out that nothing ever gets done because of the public's indecisive character. No matter, it is the "establishment" that is at fault, not the public.

The "swamp" also provides a simple explanation for macro socio-economic changes and the inability of the individual to maneuver through them.

Politicians who used these ploys rarely, if ever, believed in them, because they understood it was nonsense. But after decades of hearing it, the rabble actually believe it and want to see the logical consequences of this protest taken into action.

Enter Donald Trump. A man who knows nothing, publicly espouses he's glad he knows nothing, but also declares he knows more than those who dedicated their lives to knowing more than the average citizen about a particular project. This the average citizen can possibly enjoy, because they too know little, but believe they can do better than specialists and statesmen. Trump then rails against all institutions, save but a few. Those that he rails against are expected to be purged completely. How? Few know. Will it be better? Rarely given serious consideration. Then if Donald Trump hires those with experience, even if not talented, his cult of personality might be his saving grace, though it doesn't cultivate serious thought about why continuity might be a good thing after all.
 
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