[identity profile] pastorlenny.livejournal.com posting in [community profile] talkpolitics

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.
 


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Date: 9/6/11 21:52 (UTC)
From: [identity profile] htpcl.livejournal.com
Please stop calling everyone trolls.

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Date: 9/6/11 23:13 (UTC)
From: [identity profile] deborahkla.livejournal.com
I don't believe I've called everyone here a troll, but I'll no longer use the term, and I apologize. However, I'm curious to know how one would define pastorlenny jumping in just to insult me.

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Date: 10/6/11 10:37 (UTC)
From: [identity profile] deborahkla.livejournal.com
LOL! I'll buy that. And a particularly irritating one for me.

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