Obviously the vast majority of presidents have psychopathic traits, but even the most particularly "evil" ones like Jackson and (Andrew)Johnson seemed to have at least some ideological beliefs about america that kept them teathered to reality. Has anyone ever successfully sought the office of president for the purpose of power and power alone?
I mean, on a numerical level, he has objectively saved more lives than he has ended. Thats a fact, right? Plus it is not even like he tortures his victims or anything nor does he derive sexual pleasure from the act of killing. On both a professional and social level he is arguably more well adjusted than even a none-serial killer could ever hope for.
After watching all eight seasons I've come to the conclusion that Dexter Morgan is probably an overall better person than I am. Even the "innocent" photographer that he killed in season three was arguably a rapist in his own right.
This series could have been so great if the writing was even half-way competent. I have always felt like Dexter's character should have significantly regressed as his murder-addiction worsened throughout the seasons. Start by having him exclusively take out other killers and end it with him killing car thieves/drug dealers. Like an alcoholic running out of champagne and resulting to mouth wash instead.
MCGOVERN'S DAUGHTER FOUND DEAD (1994)
Teresa ``Terry'' McGovern, a daughter of 1972 presidential candidate George McGovern who often shared the public spotlight with him, was found dead in the snow after years of struggle with alcoholism.
The 45-year-old woman had been receiving treatment at a Madison detoxification center, her father said.
An autopsy showed she died of ``hypothermia due to exposure while in a state of acute alcohol intoxification,'' said Dane County Coroner Ray Wosepka. Her body was found Tuesday behind a dilapidated building in a seedy neighborhood.
Ms. McGovern's blood-alcohol level was 0.339 percent, Wosepka said. A blood-alcohol content of 0.10 is considered evidence of intoxication under Wisconsin law.
In a telephone interview from his home in Washington on Wednesday, McGovern said his daughter had drinking problems for years.
``I think she was powerless to control it,'' the former U.S. senator from South Dakota said. ``It isn't that she didn't try to overcome it. If you're not one of the few lucky ones who can control it, you die.''
One week earlier, Ms. McGovern was found passed out in a snowbank just a block away. She was taken to the Dane County Detoxification Center.
She had lived in Madison for most of the last 15 years, her father said. The McGoverns have three other daughters and a son.
She was not married but had two daughters, Marian, 9, and Colleen, 7, who live in Madison with their father, Raymond Frey, said a sister, Ann McGovern of Washington. Frey said they had been separated for about eight years and Ms. McGovern visited her children ``very sporadically.''
McGovern said he had visited Madison in March to help his daughter get settled in a new apartment.
Recently, however, she had been staying with friends and looking for another residence, and police said she had no permanent address.
McGovern, a Democrat, recalled how she worked tirelessly in his unsuccessful presidential campaign against Richard Nixon.
``She wasn't a public person, but she was very active,'' he said, adding that she spoke at rallies ``all over the country'' and appeared on television talk shows on his behalf.
I apologise for the morbid question, but as someone who has only ever experienced the 21st century, I find the lack of CCTV/forensic ability present in the 20th century absolutely insane to think about. If I hit my head and suddenly gained homicidal tendencies what was it exactly stopping me from taking a gun, walking into a city centre at night, and shooting the first homeless tramp I saw? How would the police have any remote chance of catching me? Surely all that you would have do to get away with your crime of choosing was to put on a pair of glasses, a hat, and a nondescript t-shirt? Gloves, too, if you're feeling particularly nervous.
Obviously I have no desire to commit murder but I do kind of bemoan the fact that I never got to live in a time where you could just...get away with things. I feel like the ability to commit crimes relatively consequence free was, in itself, an innate human liberty. You ever wonder why historical texts were so obsessed with discussing morals? Because once upon a time you had to actually put those morals to the test. Now we're just barn animals locked away in a pen of our creation. Still, less chance of me getting shot I suppose.
Correct me If I am wrong, but isn't this not an unusual amount for a such a small (relatively) sized town?
Senator Frank Church of Idaho basically lead a one man crusade against the CIA during the early 1970s, a time when the agency was openly abducting american citizens and putting nerve toxins in the San Francisco fog to make people sick. Who better to repersent a post-watergate government than a man who went to toe to toe with a literal paramilitary organisation? Plus he could have potentially picked senator Alan Bible as his running mate which would have made the ticket CHURCH | BIBLE
Ted Kennedy, minus the manslaughter, also, ironically, was a much more anti-establishment candidate than Jimmy Carter could ever dream of being. Both of his brothers were slain dramatically by shadowy outside forces in addition to him being the most leading advocate of universal health care within the party - something which almost certainly would be have been implemented had Kennedy won in '76.
Mo Udal was one of the first senators to break with LBJ and denounce the Vietnam war...Jerry Brown fought alongside Cesar Chavez for labour rights...George Wallace...probably would have brought a substantial amount of handicap accessibility to the White House...
I really don't get why Jimmy Carter was seen as the superior to all the men that I just mentioned. Its not exactly like he was some suave, silver tongued devil considering he only narrowly won against Ford, so its not like policy was put aside for a great campaign-winning personality or anything like that. The entire thing is just odd.
Out of all of the 45 men to serve as President of the United States which, in your own opinion, lead the most mundane, pedestrian sort of a life? I feel like I'd have to go with Gerald Ford. He didn't experience the harshness of 19th century living nor did he particularly make any mark on history outside of the Nixon pardon.
Not to bash him too harshly. He was, after all, a WW2 veteran as well as a star football athlete. Far more interesting of a person than most of us could ever dream of being. It's just hard to compete against the likes of Teddy Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln.
How would '75, '76 go if Nixon was still at the helm? Did Ford deviate from the Nixon way of thinking in any key decisions?
I just think of how all three left office in absolute tatters. Kennedy, of course, had his head blown off. Johnson basically commited suicide on his ranch in texas via copius amounts of whiskey and cigarettes. Nixon ended up falling victim to his own misplaced paranoia which resulted in him becoming one of the most hated figures of the latter twentieth century...and then there's Ford...who tripped over a lot...