Posted on 09/02/2009 7:01:58 AM PDT by 2nd Amendment
My friend and I were having a discussion. He says there are no more than 15 truly honest, conservative, moral, politicians now serving in the House and Senate. I disagreed with him and said there are many good public servants serving their country. Can you Freepers help me out and give me some names of good politicians that we should not oust in 2010?
Let me think............uhhhh....let me get back to you on that.
Rep. John Sullivan, Oklahoma District 1
Rep. Sue Myrick, representing whatever NC district I live in
Senator Jim DeMint, SC
Senator Inhofe of OK
This would be like the messengers of God trying to find one decent man in the towns of Sodom and Gomorrah!
; )
(I know- they eventually did, but dang.)
Politics by it’s nature converts people into substandard humans. If someone was honest at the outset of their political life, that honesty is most often sacrificed for success.
Short answer, nope, I don’t think there are 15 honest ones out of 535, conservative or liberal.
Better way to look at it is What is the Half Life of Honesty in a Politician.
Most of them come into office honest. After 10 years half of them are totally corrupt. After 20 years 99% are totally corrupt.
I think Coburn in OK is good but not sure
there are a few here and there
in 2010 though it should be Vote R straight ticket get rid of Pelosi Reid Rangel and the rest. Even if they dont lose their seats if Rs pick up enough they lost their power positions.
Honest Conservative Politicians:
DeMint
McClintock
That this has to be thought about to find “15” bodes ill for our country.Once they step into the beltway the system corrupts all of them to a degree.
Tom Coburn of OK
Ted Poe
John Culbertson
Kevin Brady.
Good guy - I couldn’t remember if he was still in office.
I always got a kick out of how Lot bargained with God.
If there are 20 good people will you spare the town?
Yes.
How about 10?
Ok
What about 1 that at least takes Saturday off?
Now cut that out!
.....still looking......
Your friend was optimistic. If you were right, I suspect you wouldn’t be having trouble coming up with names. In your heart, you know that 99% are corrupt as hell.
Senator Jeff Sessions.....I’m on the fence with Richard shelby. He votes like I want, but I believe early in his career he took some pork projects I had a problem with.
LOL!
Same with Satan betting with God over Job.
‘Just give me a few days and I’ll have him cussing You 6 ways from Sunday.’
“I’ll take that bet! You’re on Hornboy!”
This would be like the messengers of God trying to find one decent man in the towns of Sodom and Gomorrah!
; )
(I know- they eventually did, but dang.)
ONLY after lowering the # several times did they eventually find some decent men and then they all came from the same family!!! Just saying.... :)
I think your friend as over-stated the number by at least 15.
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