Honor and Honesty in Government

Of all the words we could use to describe our representatives these two are probably at the bottom of the list. Why is it that we so readily accept that we have men representing us who have no honor or honesty? It is a common thing to hear people excuse their lack of virtue as being expected because. they are politicians.

We should expect a higher standard from our leaders not a lower one. Leaders who can't tell the truth and can't do everything in their power to do what they say should not be voted into office and if it is once found that they do not meet high standards of ethics they should be removed from their high positions as quickly as we can.

The excuses our leaders use for their lack of standards is what I would call the kindergarten excuse. It is very common to hear them say, and almost in these very words, "Well they did it." They usually put a name too it or at least the opposing party.

Which of us would ever accept such an excuse from any of our children? How often have we said back to our children... "Well if tommy jumped off a bridge does that mean you're going to?" or something similar?

This is probably the most unacceptable reason for any person to give as a reason for doing something that indefensible. They know they can't defend it on its own grounds so they rely on trying to make even you feel guilty because YOU let someone else do and didn't punish them so now you should look the other way and let them get away with it too.

Oddly it is very rare to ever hear anyone in the media address this and make them give an actual explanation. Every time our leaders do something like this we need to make sure we call them on it and make them stop.

If our leaders can't give a good reason for what they're doing on moral and ethical grounds then they shouldn't be doing it at all.

Glaring examples of how unqualified our leaders are to hold their offices and defend the constitution, which is one of their sworn duties, is their lack of knowledge of the constitution as well as their loathing of it.


Our leaders don't just have an apathy toward the constitution they are actively against it! They behave as though they think no one should have any more than they absolutely need so that others can have, but at the same time none of them live their own lives that way. Most of them have become increasingly wealthy in and through their positions in congress.

They exempt themselves from the laws they expect us to abide by. Consider that our leaders would not include in the health care law that they want the rest of us to live by that they would be required to have it themselves.

Though they continually betray what hypocrites they are still they get voted back in office.

Now we have the republicans playing good cop to the democrats bad cop. they'll trade rolls in a few years again. The republicans would have us believe they're doing something wonderful because they're amending the health care that they said was a bad thing, but they're not about to get rid of it. They wanted it as much as the democrats but needed to stay out of it knowing what a fury it would raise in the nation. This way they can look like the good guys who can't quite get it reversed because they don't have enough power when in reality they don't have any desire to get rid of it.

The republicans have been just as quick to spend our money and just as slow to cut our spending. To this day not one of them is talking about any actual cuts. Again the deceptiveness of politicians is in play. When they say cut They mean cut the rate of growth of spending. When we say cut we mean spend less than before.

Because we use the same terms we always assume they mean the same thing by it that normal people mean, but they do not.

All of these things show these men have no honor and little in the way of honesty. And honest man with honor doesn't need to constantly dodge direct questions. If he is acting with honor there is not reason for him not to give a direct answer to a direct question.

Ask yourself when the last time was that you heard any politician answer a direct question directly. This is the first sign that these men have no honor and it should be one of the most important signs.

When any leaders deflects with the time tested, "well they did it." answer you need to be aware they are ashamed of what they're doing and don't have an honorable, ethical reason for doing it. Such a leader needs to be removed for his lack of honor.

We would do much better to have honorable honest men in office than to have more of the same crooked politicians we currently have.

Instead of considering if your representative is bringing someone else's money back to your district or even just giving you back some of the money they took from you in taxes ask yourself if that person is honorable and honest in their dealings. Do they answer questions straightforwardly or do they dodge, shift blame or excuse what they are doing?

If you can't say with pride that you're representative is honest and honorable ten understand they are no different then the hucksters in parks who take your money with three card monte all the time making you think you have a chance of winning so you'll stay in the game.

It is time to drive these people out of office.

Don't look at what they say they will do, look at what they have done. Look at what they've said before they started running for office. This is the best way to know what kind of people they are. A leopard cannot change his spots.

A scorpion once wanted to get across a river so he asked the turtle for a ride. The turtle responded if I give you a ride you will most likely sting me on the way and I will die. The scorpion promised not to sting the turtle if he gave him a ride. Half way across the river the scorpion stung the turtle. As they started to go down the turtle asked, "why did you sting me, now we will both die." To this the scorpion replied, because I am a scorpion and it is in my nature."

The nature of a man doesn't change just because he's running for office or because he's now making promises to get that office. If he didn't keep promises before he will likely not keep them now. If he wasn't honorable before he will likely not be now.

Look at their nature and their past not at their promises for the future.