That is the way it seems to work any more. Oh, they're bad dudes; I figure anyone much above a first-term City Councilman has got some skeleton in the closet. Yet somehow it still surprises each of them when it comes out, and there's a flurry of protest akin to a cat headed for a bath. What, you didn't notice when it happened to your peers?
While I don't totally agree with him, I sympathize with an old friend ... ex-vet who lives in the NH mountains. His advice on politicians is, "Don't vote. You'll only encourage the assholes."
ReplyDeleteI don't know what we're going to do with the politicians in our two countries. They're untrustworthy, venal and only out for themselves and their pensions.
Sigh.