Posted on 06/08/2012 6:29:24 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
The reason why “we” (speakiing collectively) elect people of low character is that becasue it can be assumed they will give those who elect them what they want, whilst an honorable man will be bound by honor and not by cronyistic exchange of mammon....
Honorable men (and women) look to the rule of law and not to the rule of men, so they are less desireable to thsoe who elect them, unless “they” indeed are of equally strong character.
The voting public is offered a choice, vote for this guy, or that guy.
They are not asked, "name somebody you wish to have represent you in office."
Therefore, most of the time, we simply elect the (what we believe to be) lesser of the odorous.
I do not see the politicians' character faults being laid at the feet of the voter.
Because the American people’s character is reflected in who they elect. If all we care about is that we get ours, we will elect politicians that make false promises, and politicians of low character will take advantage of the low character of the American people.
Sure you do, the MSM do it all the time when it’s a Republican.
Anything from the msm always initially goes into my "do not believe anything stated by unbelievable characters" basket until thoroughly vetted, then it usually goes into the round file.
One of the key problems is that we want the impossible and not everyone recognizes that the impossible is indeed impossible. Therefor, the only people who can get elected are people who promise the impossible.
There are only two types who promise the impossible, those who don't know and those that do. The first group is smaller and consists of the likes of the ignorant, Cynthia McKinney, and the naive, Dennis Kucinich. The latter group are the liars and they consist of all the rest of the politicians save the tiny minority who are mostly honest but terribly unpopular outside their districts.
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