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talkpoliticsAnthony Weiner is just another garden-variety scumbag with absolutely no personal integrity.
The question I would like to ask is whether we should really care about this? That is, given the choice, would we rather have people in government who are garden-variety scumbags -- but who advocate for policies that we believe optimally serve the interests of the citizenry -- or people who have high moral character, but are incompetent at governing and/or are completely wrong-headed when it comes to public policy?
My own sense is that I'd rather have someone skim half a million from the public coffers and make decisions that save us billions than someone who is squeaky clean -- but whose incompetence undermines justice and prudence.
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Date: 7/6/11 01:30 (UTC)/*cool story bro and all that stuff ;)
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Date: 7/6/11 03:02 (UTC)I dated a girl who had dated Stephen Stills, who while I personally prefer over Hendrix will admit is not in his league. Even though I had dated her prior (I went away to war and all that) even that was intimidating... why is this, rocks stars are not gods, well maybe Lennon.
Thank you for this diversion, I'm very wishy washy and can't make up my mind on the OP :D
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