Nab, your second paragraph sums up the biggest problem in American politics. Any politician who tries to do the right thing (which usually requires tax money) will be immediately voted out of office, assuming he/she was able to be elected in the first place. As a nation, we seem to elect people who say they can give us everything we need/want and you don’t really need to pay much in taxes. And that is the biggest bunch of nonsense ever. Still, the American voters keep voting these yahoos in anyway.
As for Governor Jerry Brown, you are a bit guilty of the same fuzzy thinking in your comments regarding him. You don’t like what he is doing but he is doing exactly what he said he would do if he was elected. It sounds like you would “nail him” at the next election for being so honest and upfront. The people voted for him, now let him do what they elected him to do.
In Chicago, we define an “honest politician” as “one who stays bought.”
Q: How can you tell that a politician is lying?
A: His lips are moving.
Some years back, a friend tried to convince me that Bill Clinton’s lies about Monica were much worse than George Bush’s lies about Iraq’s fictitious WMDs, because Bubba was under oath when he lied, while Dubya was just addressing a joint session of Congress. This prompted me to believe that we need to amend the oath of office to include something similar to the oath that witnesses in court must take–you either tell the truth, or you refuse to say anything, or you face the penalty for perjury. Wouldn’t that make a news conference interesting…
If they told the truth when they campaigned, they would never be elected. Elected on lies, serve using new lies.
The Pubs were so worried a while back about “killing Grammuh”, but their determination to gut Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid should take care of that quicker. After all, everybody earns as much as their rich friends, don’t they, so everybody ought to be able to take of themselves.
After just a little while in the job (sometimes as long as a year), they all find out just how @#$%^&-ed-up the real situation is, and that if they can feather their own nest and get out clean at the next election, they can pass the mess along to the next chump.
comicgos over 13 years ago
Gawd forbid!
Yukoner over 13 years ago
Typical politician - always ready with a good lie.
randymi over 13 years ago
The day any (and all) politician(s) tells is the day the universe will explode.
pouncingtiger over 13 years ago
@Yukoner, or a bad lie.
GROG Premium Member over 13 years ago
There’s a first time for everything.
TexTech over 13 years ago
Nab, your second paragraph sums up the biggest problem in American politics. Any politician who tries to do the right thing (which usually requires tax money) will be immediately voted out of office, assuming he/she was able to be elected in the first place. As a nation, we seem to elect people who say they can give us everything we need/want and you don’t really need to pay much in taxes. And that is the biggest bunch of nonsense ever. Still, the American voters keep voting these yahoos in anyway.
As for Governor Jerry Brown, you are a bit guilty of the same fuzzy thinking in your comments regarding him. You don’t like what he is doing but he is doing exactly what he said he would do if he was elected. It sounds like you would “nail him” at the next election for being so honest and upfront. The people voted for him, now let him do what they elected him to do.
alan.gurka over 13 years ago
OMG! The world’s gonna end!!!
puddleglum1066 over 13 years ago
In Chicago, we define an “honest politician” as “one who stays bought.”
Q: How can you tell that a politician is lying? A: His lips are moving.
Some years back, a friend tried to convince me that Bill Clinton’s lies about Monica were much worse than George Bush’s lies about Iraq’s fictitious WMDs, because Bubba was under oath when he lied, while Dubya was just addressing a joint session of Congress. This prompted me to believe that we need to amend the oath of office to include something similar to the oath that witnesses in court must take–you either tell the truth, or you refuse to say anything, or you face the penalty for perjury. Wouldn’t that make a news conference interesting…
comicnut4636 over 13 years ago
A politician tell the truth? Ya right! It’ll snow on the sun and rain on the moon first.
ilsapadu over 13 years ago
There’s got to be another way!
gofinsc over 13 years ago
If they told the truth when they campaigned, they would never be elected. Elected on lies, serve using new lies.
The Pubs were so worried a while back about “killing Grammuh”, but their determination to gut Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid should take care of that quicker. After all, everybody earns as much as their rich friends, don’t they, so everybody ought to be able to take of themselves.
DavidGBA over 13 years ago
Lips move, pols lie. He has no grasp of truth to deliver!
pbarnrob over 13 years ago
After just a little while in the job (sometimes as long as a year), they all find out just how @#$%^&-ed-up the real situation is, and that if they can feather their own nest and get out clean at the next election, they can pass the mess along to the next chump.
It comes, as they say, “with the territory”.