American people have to be asking, "Is there any truth in politics, at all?" Of course, the majority of Americans already know (with an 8% approval rating of congress and a 29-34% approval rating for the President) there is not many, if any, politicians who are honest and tell the truth, except when it suits them. Maybe the question should be, "Is there anything not worth lying about, amongst politicians?" Truth, as defined by the "WIKOPEDIA Online Dictionary," is: The meaning of the word truth extends from honesty, good faith, and sincerity in general, to agreement with fact, or reality, in particular. After all, these are the people who are running the country, have the clearance and knowledge not afforded to "the common man," and most importantly, these are the people who are chosen to "serve" the American people and American good.
In the last twenty days, countless politicians have been brought down, or had the spot light shown down on their lies, infidelities, and complete lack of truth? Nothing is sacred, or worth telling the truth about, in the Congress, Senate, Governor's Mansion, the Attorney General of the State, and Presidential Candidates. In less than a calendar week, at least eight politicians have been caught, from the ambiguous, to flat out lies and deceit. Counting the people serving, the candidates running for President of the United States, there are countless more.
Elliott Spitzer, was caught using high end call girls. His replacement, Lt. Governor David Paterson, has not only cheated on his wife (using tax and the people of New York's cash, for hotels, et. Al), but he has now admitted to doing cocaine and smoking marijuana. Former Presidential candidate, Rudi Guiliani, also had trysts with women, has been married three times, and used tax dollar funds (in the form of protection for his mistress, by the secret service, while still married). These three men, all of whom are narcissistic men, are just former and current leaders in state government in New York. However, they were all attorneys, at one time, and also had to swear to uphold the law (lie number one). They also took oaths, to be faithful to their wives (lie number 2). They also took an oath to preserve the will of the people and stay lawful (lie number 3). These exact same "alleged acts," are hitting the mayor of Detroit, Kwame Kilpatrick. Except, Kilpatrick lied "allegedly" committed purgery, was having an affair with his top aid, and faces six other federal charges, in Wayne County. Three of four, of these state elected men, have had these transgressions in the last two calendar weeks.
Hillary Clinton was just caught in a major lie, saying that she was on the way to Bosnia, when Chelsea (her daughter) and Senator Clinton heard, "there would be no red carpet, snipers were around the landing strip, and they had to run straight from the plane, to the cars, who took them to the base." What a fabulous and heroic story, she told, it is just to bad that it was all made up and a lie. Mrs. Clinton has a checkered past, when the time comes to open her mouth. She also said, "In school, she was a soccer player." However, after reevaluation her school did not have a girls soccer team, at all. There is no way to tell what is true and what is false, with Mrs. Clinton.
Barack Obama, another Presidential candidate, who has had a lot of trouble over the past two weeks. The Reverend Jeremiah Wright has been Obama's personal mentor, religious advisor, part of Obama's campaign, and finally the Obama's Reverend, for over twenty-two years. By this time, everyone in America has heard what Wright spewed out of his mouth, in the pulpit of his church and countless other venues. However, the lies that Obama told, about if, when, and how much of Wright's speeches he actually heard, have not gathered the traction. His answers were expansive and all over the map. On Friday, Obama did an exclusive interview, saying, "He had no idea of the 'specific' comments made by Wright, and was never in the pew, when Wright said those things." However, by Sunday, Obama changed his story just a little bit, saying, "that he was just not in the pews." Monday came around and Obama said, "He knew that Wright had said those things. He was not in the pews, but he was like an uncle, that you could not disown." Later in the week, Barack Obama went on to change his story, again. Stating that he had taken Wright off of his campaign committee, but he would still be his spiritual advisor. He also compared Wright to his mother's comment, "typical white people," and even his grandma (who used the "N word"), but he would always be near and dear to Jeremiah Wright. The media never did care to piece together all of the lies and half truths, Obama told over the past week.
Finally, John McCain, a war hero, champion of many causes, and the Republican Presidential nominee. When he was asked about Obama's problem, with the Wright controversy, he said that he did not want to get into it and, "those kind of politics were not for him." However, what he was really saying was, he had just announced that Rod Parsley was his spiritual advisor. Rod Parsley thinks and speaks out against Islam and Muslims. He has said, "they will go to hell, for the religion and cult they believe in" (speaking about the Muslims, across the globe). Indirectly, John McCain has also been evasive, non-truthful, and has been out of the way based on things not said.
Where does it all end? When will the politicians, pundits, and overall the people we are paying, to serve the United States, going to realize that the truth is what people want? They want to have leaders that are affable, not swayed by public opinion, polls, and the special interests, but most of all the people want leaders that are completely transparent and honest. Honesty is something people have to work on, invest their souls in, and build with the American people. Trust is not just given, it is earned. Obviously, over the last two calendar weeks countless people, pundits, and politicians have been exposed for "gutter politics," adultery, lying about federal issues, perjury, drugs use, deviant and federal criminal behavior, and the simplest, lying to save their own careers and political futures. The last fourteen days is the largest spectacle of political hubris, than any other fourteen days in political history.
In the last twenty days, countless politicians have been brought down, or had the spot light shown down on their lies, infidelities, and complete lack of truth? Nothing is sacred, or worth telling the truth about, in the Congress, Senate, Governor's Mansion, the Attorney General of the State, and Presidential Candidates. In less than a calendar week, at least eight politicians have been caught, from the ambiguous, to flat out lies and deceit. Counting the people serving, the candidates running for President of the United States, there are countless more.
Elliott Spitzer, was caught using high end call girls. His replacement, Lt. Governor David Paterson, has not only cheated on his wife (using tax and the people of New York's cash, for hotels, et. Al), but he has now admitted to doing cocaine and smoking marijuana. Former Presidential candidate, Rudi Guiliani, also had trysts with women, has been married three times, and used tax dollar funds (in the form of protection for his mistress, by the secret service, while still married). These three men, all of whom are narcissistic men, are just former and current leaders in state government in New York. However, they were all attorneys, at one time, and also had to swear to uphold the law (lie number one). They also took oaths, to be faithful to their wives (lie number 2). They also took an oath to preserve the will of the people and stay lawful (lie number 3). These exact same "alleged acts," are hitting the mayor of Detroit, Kwame Kilpatrick. Except, Kilpatrick lied "allegedly" committed purgery, was having an affair with his top aid, and faces six other federal charges, in Wayne County. Three of four, of these state elected men, have had these transgressions in the last two calendar weeks.
Hillary Clinton was just caught in a major lie, saying that she was on the way to Bosnia, when Chelsea (her daughter) and Senator Clinton heard, "there would be no red carpet, snipers were around the landing strip, and they had to run straight from the plane, to the cars, who took them to the base." What a fabulous and heroic story, she told, it is just to bad that it was all made up and a lie. Mrs. Clinton has a checkered past, when the time comes to open her mouth. She also said, "In school, she was a soccer player." However, after reevaluation her school did not have a girls soccer team, at all. There is no way to tell what is true and what is false, with Mrs. Clinton.
Barack Obama, another Presidential candidate, who has had a lot of trouble over the past two weeks. The Reverend Jeremiah Wright has been Obama's personal mentor, religious advisor, part of Obama's campaign, and finally the Obama's Reverend, for over twenty-two years. By this time, everyone in America has heard what Wright spewed out of his mouth, in the pulpit of his church and countless other venues. However, the lies that Obama told, about if, when, and how much of Wright's speeches he actually heard, have not gathered the traction. His answers were expansive and all over the map. On Friday, Obama did an exclusive interview, saying, "He had no idea of the 'specific' comments made by Wright, and was never in the pew, when Wright said those things." However, by Sunday, Obama changed his story just a little bit, saying, "that he was just not in the pews." Monday came around and Obama said, "He knew that Wright had said those things. He was not in the pews, but he was like an uncle, that you could not disown." Later in the week, Barack Obama went on to change his story, again. Stating that he had taken Wright off of his campaign committee, but he would still be his spiritual advisor. He also compared Wright to his mother's comment, "typical white people," and even his grandma (who used the "N word"), but he would always be near and dear to Jeremiah Wright. The media never did care to piece together all of the lies and half truths, Obama told over the past week.
Finally, John McCain, a war hero, champion of many causes, and the Republican Presidential nominee. When he was asked about Obama's problem, with the Wright controversy, he said that he did not want to get into it and, "those kind of politics were not for him." However, what he was really saying was, he had just announced that Rod Parsley was his spiritual advisor. Rod Parsley thinks and speaks out against Islam and Muslims. He has said, "they will go to hell, for the religion and cult they believe in" (speaking about the Muslims, across the globe). Indirectly, John McCain has also been evasive, non-truthful, and has been out of the way based on things not said.
Where does it all end? When will the politicians, pundits, and overall the people we are paying, to serve the United States, going to realize that the truth is what people want? They want to have leaders that are affable, not swayed by public opinion, polls, and the special interests, but most of all the people want leaders that are completely transparent and honest. Honesty is something people have to work on, invest their souls in, and build with the American people. Trust is not just given, it is earned. Obviously, over the last two calendar weeks countless people, pundits, and politicians have been exposed for "gutter politics," adultery, lying about federal issues, perjury, drugs use, deviant and federal criminal behavior, and the simplest, lying to save their own careers and political futures. The last fourteen days is the largest spectacle of political hubris, than any other fourteen days in political history.
Barack Obama struck a chord, early on, with the country and young adults, because he was supposed to be the face, the grit, and the man with virtue to turn the country around. Fourteen days later, even "The Golden Boy" of the media, Obama is tarnished and will be exposed. He has shown that when it comes to character, choices to walk away from hate speech and the overall degradation of America, he is not beyond reproach, either.
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