Tuesday, February 3, 2009
And he won't find one.
Can't find a politician without a blemish. Some are better than others at hiding their taints. But they're all in the same boat. Dishonest. They can't be honest, and still succeed. Because an honest politician will be framed. Made to look bad. Because he won't play the political game. He refuses to act like a politician. Which means he would have to be a liar. Dishonest. And the moment he becomes honest, he disqualifies himself. The rest of the politicians will drag him down. For not being like the rest of 'em. For not joining the club. Sad to say, but even Barack Obama has to be dishonest to some significant degree. Otherwise, he'd never have made it all the way to the White House. But I suspect that Obama has an overwhelming desire to be honest. Only thing is, he'd never achieve power being totally honest. Impossible. He has learned to be dishonest in clever ways. In ways that some people construe as honesty. He's a master of the art. Which really allows him to be more honest than most politicians. Obama knows that every member of his cabinet is dishonest. It's just a matter of degrees. Turns out his nominee for secretary of health and human services, Tom Daschle, was well-qualified for the job. But he was ultimately judged as being a little too dishonest. Evading something like $128,000 in taxes. Which was pretty stupid, considering that Daschle is a multi-millionaire. So Daschle withdrew his name from consideration today. Probably at the urging of Obama, who would really like to find an honest man or woman. Problem is, he could look forever among the field of politicians. And he won't find one. --Jim Broede
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Barack Obama finds it necessary to occasionally do the politically expedient, or morally dishonest thing. Even to the point of abandoning a longtime friend, such as the Rev. Jeremiah Wright. My guess is that decision still deeply troubles Obama. Because Obama is a very decent guy. But if Obama hadn't distanced himself from the controversial Wright, it might have cost him the presidency. Wright was being unfairly portrayed in the media and by pundits and by conservative Republicans as a wild-eyed radical. He ain't nothing of the such. But public perception is everything. Especially for a politician that wants to be elected president of the USA. Snippets from Wright's sermons sound un-American. But if the sermons are taken in full context, Wright comes across as a patriot. Really. Obama certainly knew that. He spent 20 years in Wright's church. And he knew Wright as a close friend. But in the world of politics, that doesn't matter. Obama found it necessary, as a politician, to renounce Wright and to even leave his church. That was a dishonest move on Obama's part. The honest thing would have been to stick by Wright all the way. One must stick with a friend through thick and thin. But at what cost? Obama apparently thought the cost would be too high in this instance. It potentially could have jeopardized Obama's political career. Little wonder that it's nearly impossible to be an honest politician. --Jim Broede
Jim---Not everyone has your ability to love unconditionally. Some people seem to change friends almost as often as they change socks.
Being "morally dishonest" may not apply. The inability to grant unconditional friendship could also account for Obama's 'abandonment" of Jeremiah Wright.
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