Conservatism Lives!: What’s Good for the Goose is Good for the Panderer…
yvetteL
· 2 months ago
Great post!
I think you need to start getting your feet wet in politics as an actual candidate. If we vote all the bums out...who will be left?
Although I am being a bit facetious, I am quite serious about us, the common citizen, fining individuals of integrity (spine in tact) to support and elect to our public offices.
G. Norman
· 2 months ago
I agree completely, Yvette. I recall reading that George Washington, upon being elected president, was reluctant to leave his farm for his new government job. Upon its completion, he was glad t go back to Mount Vernon. If only politicians today were that connected to "normal" life.
We definitely need more average-joe political leaders, as you say. We've become so enthralled with political credentials and experience that we've forgotten that the single most important thing any candidate can bring to the table is character.
A politician with character but no experience can surround him/herself with advisers to provide the credentials. A politician with credentials but no character cannot obtain the latter from any number of advisers. For this reason alone, you are right: fire ALL the bums and replace them with a bunch of us-- regular people with character, wisdom, and common sense.
But I suppose we can keep the bums around in advisory roles to help us remember who the president of Kazakstan is. After all, after so many years in Washington, they won't be any good for anything else.
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I think you need to start getting your feet wet in politics as an actual candidate. If we vote all the bums out...who will be left?
Although I am being a bit facetious, I am quite serious about us, the common citizen, fining individuals of integrity (spine in tact) to support and elect to our public offices.
We definitely need more average-joe political leaders, as you say. We've become so enthralled with political credentials and experience that we've forgotten that the single most important thing any candidate can bring to the table is character.
A politician with character but no experience can surround him/herself with advisers to provide the credentials. A politician with credentials but no character cannot obtain the latter from any number of advisers. For this reason alone, you are right: fire ALL the bums and replace them with a bunch of us-- regular people with character, wisdom, and common sense.
But I suppose we can keep the bums around in advisory roles to help us remember who the president of Kazakstan is. After all, after so many years in Washington, they won't be any good for anything else.