Redstate Declares War!
War, I say, War! I think this is quite an admirable trend, in general...corrupt members of a party aren't often watching their backs, and...ka-blam. We of the center (known as the left to everyone on the hard right) really ought to respond in kind, locate a "troubled" Democrat, and out the bastard. I'm sure there are plenty out there.
It does bring me to this simple way of thinking about partisanship. Rank the following in order of preference:
- Honest Republican
- Corrupt Republican
- Honest Democrat
- Corrupt Democrat
For the majority of us, I think the resulting list ends up having a certain shared characteristic...we would do well to keep that in mind as we look at our friendly neighborhood pols this time around.
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Honest Republican
Honest Republican
Honest Democrat
Corrupt Republican
Corrupt Democrat
It is not that I am so enamored with the Republican Party so much as there their core principals - much violated I admit - are more in line with my way of viewing the world.
Mine looks like this:
Mine looks like this:
Honest Democrat
Honest Republican
Corrupt Republican
Corrupt Democrat
Mostly because I think corrupt democrats are harder to spot, and should be shot. Corrupt republicans are like zebras in department stores.
We need to be smarter monkeys when we're flinging the poo.
Ross - Here in Jersey,
Ross - Here in Jersey, corrupt Democrats are easy to spot - they are called Democrats.
We've heard about elected Republicans but no one believes the reports.
Actually we saw Christine Todd Whitman in a restaurant a few weeks ago. Seeing her made us nostalgic for the days when elections mattered here.
Ordering those four items is
Ordering those four items is a bit of a waste of time, since the first and third don't really exist. At least not in the sense that Ross means them.
An honest politician, according to some, is one who stays bought. Even a decent guy, fired by injustice and his conviction that he can make a difference once elected to office becomes a corrupt politician. He may still be a decent guy. He may not even become a hypocrite. But the fact is, politics is compromise, and compromise usually involves buying off various factions and interests.
It's kinda like the old Cold War thing with American support of various dictators - he may be a son of a bitch, but at least he's our son of a bitch. You vote for those who are most likely to be bought by factions you agree with.
This is of course a moderately cynical way of looking at our government. But the thing is, it is preferable (although self-deluding) to think this way than to realize that deeply entrenched bureaucracies totally beyond the control of anyone, or anything, are really in control; or that the vast, ravening maw of government spending sucks in value at one end, and produces something else at the other - that something flavored by whatever political whims and fads are current at the moment that it is excreted.
Corruption would be an optimal outcome, really. Corruption is personal, it has a human face. It can be influenced by someone - even if it isn't us.