As always it is all about the cash not the service……the days of a person doing public service as their civic duty is long gone….now it is ALL about the GREEN……
I recall back in the day while grad school and studying the Revolutionary War period of US history…there were those that said that public service was a civic duty…that did not last long…..while I am not a Jefferson cheerleader, he was a statesman…..there is absolutely NO one in Washington that can be called that today. In today’s political world it is all about power and money…..
The Senator from my state, left his post about a year early so he could get in under the cut-off date to become a lobbyist…he never worked for Mississippi…he diod work hard for Trent Lott…selfish SOB….
Look at Palin….she quite the governorship for the better of the state since there was so much legal wrangling going on…..she just wanted what wass best for Alaska…..is that echoing laughter I hear?…….
Let us be real….Palin left her duties as governor in pursuit of cash…she cared not for what was happening in Alaska…..$1.25 million advance on her book, as a client of a speakers bureau she asks for $75,000 + 3 first class plane tickets for a speech on a college campus and it looks like the going price for her to make a political speech is $100,000…..sound like a great gig if you can get it…….
I am not bad mouthing Palin…this is an all too common thing with ALL the Washington types…party matters not…….if the love of money is the root of all evil…..then Washington is crawling with evil……
This sounds like ALL our elected officials….not many in the government that are not millionaires……if not before they run, then after the are elected……maybe this explains a lot….what?….GREED…….Washington, Wall Street…….
These political types are a GREEDY lot!
The interesting and scary thing about Sarah Palin is, to me, she knows so little about life, the universe and everything – she certainly has a very sketchy idea about other countries and world politics.
The utterly TERRIFYING thing, though, is that a relatively large number of Americans seem to listen to her platitudes and sound bite, hockey stick mom politics and accept her views as having some wierd kind of validity.
Palin as President of the USA? OMG! Stop the world, I want to get off! In fact, I’d (almost) be prepared to say, “Come back George W, all is forgiven (well, not actually forgiven , but you know what I mean).” 👿
BTQ Quin…thanx for the comment on “about” and my local newspaper…it is good enough for a bird cage but not if you have any intelligence….
I agree…she has NO experience in any field of politics short of running a little town like Wasilla and that there are people who see her as the future…..where’s big brother when we need him?
If we’re talking about the “Big Brother” I would assume, I don’t think he gives a shit. Big Brother will continue to manipulate whoever is nominally in charge of the administration and mayhem is simply manna from heaven for such as he… 😈