“I’m sorry, but I could not support someone in political office who is an admitted felon.”
So if they lied and hid they were a felon it it would be better?
My thinking is that the majority of us are probably all un-prosecuted felons of some sort. You saying that you do not believe in redemption and restoration? You’re that righteous? Just curious.
I am not defending the guy he needs to go. I just don’t think past behavior is always a predictor of future behavior. Yet without a life changing event it is usually the the best one.
OK, that’s a good point. According to my Christian Religion, we are all sinners before God. T’is Grace that saves us...
However, the politicians that represent me must be of the best possible character and judgement. They RUN for office, and struggle against each other to be considered by the voters to be the best. If one has issues, he/she should stand aside and let a better take his/her place. Otherwise, OUR political opponents will use this to assault and batter our cause, and it is our cause that must prevail.
When I was in the military, I had a very good friend, a SMSgt (E-8) like me, who had already served 20 years, get caught driving through the Tyndall AFB gate with a Blood Alcohol of .218. Yes, he was a great guy, great leader, level headed, but he chose to go golfing with old friends and had way too many at the clubhouse afterward and then got behind the wheel. He told me later he didn’t even remember leaving the clubhouse, let alone driving back to Tyndall, and I believed him. I may have even drunk too much and driven myself(oh yes, lots of times—before they court-martialed for it). Still, he was court-martialed and kicked out. Lost his position, pension, everything. We all hated it like hell, but we all knew the consequences, too. When the consequences were spelled out to me, and the military got on the drunk driving-no-tolerance stick, I stopped drinking and driving.
As I said before with the Representative, it is very sad, and I wish him God speed, but he can no longer represent.