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Edwina's Secretary
As someone pointed out to me when I was complaining about some politicians once...have you ever run for office?
So those who are carping...calling all or almost all politicians evil or morons or thieves...
Have you run for office?
No.
Have you worked on the campaign of someone you think would be better?
Yes. And it was the first of a series of experiences that taught me what our modern politician is all about.
I might begin believing in the people who serve in government again.... When that "service" becomes a sacrifice again. The founders understood that SERVICE was a sacrifice, and a noble one. Today, it seems a way to live a fat life and spend OPM. (Other Peoples Money, to coin the 'fine' State Senator from PA, Vince Fumo, who is currently incarcerated.)
As we all know those Founding Fathers were also politicians!
Indeed. But those men had something that very, very few today do. A sense of honor and integrity. They understood that they served something MUCH bigger than themselves. That they were part of a necessary evil, not the solution to all our woes.
They pledged their LIVES, their FORTUNES and their SACRED HONOR. What does our modern version risk?
"Unlike most of you, I am not a nut."
- Homer Simpson
"If the enemy opens the door, you must race in."
- Sun Tzu - Art of War
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