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April 4, 2008
The Dem Hits Keep Coming
First there was the infamous incident which cost Elliot Spitzer the governorship (good riddance, by the way; he was an arrogant ass). Then Lt.Governor cum Governor Patterson's admission that he and his wife were unfaithful to one another, and hints that he may have inappropriately used funds to pay for his trysts.
Now comes this little tidbit from The Smoking Gun: Democrat Senator Debbie Stabenow's husband paid a hooker for oral sex and was nabbed while coming out of the hotel room.
This is amusing to me because these are the same Democrats who say that so called 'rich' Americans don't do enough to help their fellow man. They vilify businesses (aka 'employers'), and saunter about as if bestowed with some great moral authority yet many can't even keep their promises to spouses, (Spitzer and Patterson), their lives are rife with troubles and in many cases, they violate their promises in ways that at best can be described as 'seedy'.
The American people need to realise they have bought into this moral authority BS unknowingly by thinking that a politician, by virtue of being elected to public office, is somehow granted status as final moral arbiter. Government also has been personified, as in "the government needs to help people", as you might say "a parent needs to help their child", yet government is a non-living entity composed of very flawed people. Government should no more take control of your life than you would let a random person control it, because that's all a politician is; a random person who managed to get elected and who in all likelihood, you will never meet.
I know we all make mistakes - heck, I've kissed more toads than princes - but that's not what I'm talking about. I'm talking about politicians who go about wagging their finger at people and claiming a moral authority over others while trying to shame them into ceding their independence away. I'm talking about politicians who have the temerity to lecture me about my success while they are married to lobbyists, rake in money, and look forward to a cushy retirement courtesy of Jack and Jill Taxpayer. Many Congressmen have relatives with ties to businesses that benefit from the very earmarks that they craft, while others retire and not only receive their Congressional pension, but obtain lucrative jobs with the very companies that had lobbied Congress during their years there.
There is no wealth of morality or decency in Washington politics; rather there is a dearth of it. Politicians, on the whole, are hypocrites who enjoy wealth and connections but chose to deny opportunities to Americans, claiming we need to have a 'collective' goal and urging us to cast aside our personal aspirations for the betterment of our 'community'. The same groups that scream about choice for women want to take away YOUR ability to chose how to spend your money, who to spend your time with, how to educate your child and how to protect yourself.
Don't surrender what you know is right to an unfeeling, bureaucratic government, America. Americans on the whole are good, decent people; we help others when they are truly in need and we are capable of sweeping kindness. Don't allow your sense of worth and decency be determined by a group of self-serving politicians in Washington; they can hardly claim to be the paragons of propriety.
Addendum:
Salary history in the Senate
Clinton Tax Returns
Obama's Tax Returns
Posted by hanyap at April 4, 2008 11:39 AM