Posted on 09/13/2018 6:49:18 PM PDT by Olog-hai
She is exceptionally articulate too.
Oh, yes. The connection between the head of state and actual policy implementation is often tenuous at best. France has a Deep State that makes ours look amateur. It does make for a certain stability between administrations but if that means it's going stably in the wrong direction it can be very difficult to turn.
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