Posted on 09/09/2014 11:49:00 AM PDT by jazusamo
The recent bribery convictions of former Virginia governor Bob McDonnell and his wife are only the latest in a seemingly never-ending series of convictions of government officials.
A little item on the Internet featured government officials in prison, either currently or in recent times. Among them were a mayor of New Orleans, a mayor of Detroit and a mayor of Washington; a governor of Connecticut, a governor of Louisiana, two governors of Illinois and four members of Congress.
However much these and other government officials may have richly deserved being behind bars, the country does not deserve to have its confidence in government repeatedly undermined. A country with 100 percent cynicism about its government cannot be governed. And nobody wants anarchy.
In short, the damage done by government officials who betray the public's trust goes far beyond the money stolen or misused, or whatever particular abuse of power landed them behind bars.
The difference between a government united behind its leaders and a government where no leader can take decisive action with an assurance of public support is a difference between a country that can, and a country that cannot, deal effectively with the challenges it will inevitably face, whether at home or abroad.
When President John F. Kennedy took the United States to the brink of nuclear war in 1962 — justifiably, I believe — he did so with more public support than any president could muster today, even though Kennedy had been elected with the thinnest of margins.
His immediate successors — Lyndon Johnson and Richard Nixon — were both big-time liars who lost the implicit trust that previous presidents had enjoyed, and that none has enjoyed since, even when these later presidents were truthful.
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I'd be delighted to have a Democrat president as good today. Hell, I'm not even sure that the last four GOP nominees would've risen to that level, including George W. Bush.
“I think the evidence showed that JFK rose to the level of a mediocre president by the time he met an assassin’s bullet in Dallas.”
I think there is evidence showing that he was as inept as the Kenyan Cretin, even if he was not as far to the left.
Weak, cowardly, selfish, immoral, and just not very bright at all. If he had been born to a Boston shoe repairman instead of Old Joe Kennedy, he’d have been lucky not to have died in jail.
Compared to Ronald Reagan, yes.
Compared to the Kenyan Cretin, not even in the same league. Not even close.
There are a lot of presidents who couldn't control their schlong-- FDR, Ike and Clinton just to name three more than JFK in our modern era.
There are none who have actually worked to deconstruct our country to the same extent as BO. Not even our first "gay" president James Buchanan.
Another big difference was that JFK actually learned something from his mistakes. He also actually loved his country and his country was clearly the U.S.A.
We'll just have to agree to disagree.
“There are a lot of presidents who couldn’t control their schlong— FDR, Ike and Clinton just to name three more than JFK in our modern era.”
Oh, come on. FDR and Ike had one affair with one woman. JFK sent the secret service out for new women practically every day. There’s a major difference of degree there.
“Not even our first “gay” president James Buchanan.”
I haven’t seen evidence that Buchanan was a sodomite.
“Another big difference was that JFK actually learned something from his mistakes.”
Never.
“He also actually loved his country”
He lacked the capability to love any thing or anyone.
Unfair. I said Ted Cruz would be my first choice.
Just kidding around, friend.
Ted Cruz is the re-incarnation of Ronald Reagan in my book. I find him refreshing and tickled that he is of Latino decent just to piss off the liberals. Notice there is never anything about his ethnic background in the MSM?
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