I, like many others, can never get enough Weiner

[pastorlenny.livejournal.com]

Anthony 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.
 

Comments

[blue-mangos.livejournal.com]

I appreciated it :)

[pastorlenny.livejournal.com]

Just don't get too smug when the rest of the world catches up to you. No one wants to hear about how you liked pastorlenny before everyone else did.

[htpcl.livejournal.com]

That would be an embarrassing little secret that would haunt her in the future when she considers running for prime minister of Kanaddia.

[blue-mangos.livejournal.com]

Hah, there are entirely too many photos of me out there to even consider a career in politics. ;)

[htpcl.livejournal.com]

You should have thought about it when it was early enough!