At times, I’m completely baffled at the thoughts and actions of people within our great nation. In particular I’m referring to the “sheeple” mentality that many of us have where we continue to support political people who have continually proven themselves to be heinous criminals, delinquent in some way, or just plain perverted.
Generally speaking, we are judged by the company we keep. If you hung out with Al Capone in the late 1920s, there’d be a decent chance you were viewed as a thug or criminal. Modern day, we have Jeffery Epstein, who was arrested and or convicted of sex trafficking of minors and procuring a child for prostitution. He easily gets classified as a very rich despicable sub human. Who would keep his company? Both Bill Clinton and Donald Trump were good friends of his - like they hung out together for years. And the Donald doubled down when he was asked about Epstein’s long time madam who got 20 years for sex trafficking, saying, “Yeah, I wish her well.” I can only imagine that they must have had a special relationship. A rational person generally judges people and situations by “The Test of Time.” These two deviants hung out with “Jeffery the Horrible” across multiple years. And you didn’t know what was going on? This defense goes in the category of “Yes, I smoked pot, but I never inhaled.” It’s just not believable. Stick your head in the sand if you want, but when you look in the mirror, you can’t lie to yourself. How does it feel to say, “I’m supporting a pedophile?” Kind of harsh, right?
In some cases you’d like to look the other way, especially if it’s a Robin Hood-esque type of offense. Like dropping off the expensive leftovers from a White House feast at a local DC soup kitchen. But unfortunately this is not the situation. Case in point New Jersey Senator Bob Menendez collecting gold bars, a Mercedes-Benz and wads of cash sown into his clothing, all from his special friends in Egypt. The current mayor of New York City also seems to be battling this affliction as it seems he has a less than holy relationship with folks in Turkey.
Then there are the politicians who can’t seem to keep their marriage vows. There was a time when the media gave cheating politicians a hall pass. That ended when Gary Hart, the Democratic front running candidate for the 1988 presidency stuck it in their faces…too many times. This shift in attitude spelt doom for Ted Kennedy as well. These days to qualify as a political candidate, it almost seems like you need to have multiple documented indiscretions on record along with acts of perversion. In the perversion only category we have the ex-North Carolina Lieutenant Governor, who is still on the ballot for Governor. Seems he likes to leave comments about his heinous political stances on porn websites. At a minimum, one has to question his decision making process. Al Franken, former SNL comedian and later a senator from Minnesota for ten years, was sited for sexual misconduct during an overseas USO show in the early 2000s. To his credit, he apologized and resigned from the Senate.
Then we have the “Time to Get out of Town” politician category. In 2021, in the midst of one of the worst icy winter storms to ever hit Texas, Ted Cruz tried to slip away unnoticed and fly to Cancun…while millions of his constituents froze in the dark. Unfortunately for Ted, someone with a social media account saw him on the plane. Ted was good enough to show up in Uvalde after the shooting stopped and 19 children were killed. Of course once the press left he went back to supporting the gun lobby.
And finally we have the interesting case of George Santos, if that’s really his name. George was finally expelled from Congress in August of 2024 just weeks before he was to go on trial for Fraud and Aggravated Identity Theft. (There were a lot of juicy details about his criminal activities that will make a great Hallmark movie some day.) But why with all of the clear evidence about his criminal activities was he allowed to stay in office as long as he did? One can only wonder about his special relationships
Sorry, no more comments about Donald Trump, his continuous actions speak for themselves. That and I’m not allowed to take up multiple terabytes on BlogSpot. But seriously, this is a bipartisan sickness that needs to be addressed before we achieve some sanity.
I understand that politicians working together can be difficult. I get the notion of “You scratch my back and I’ll scratch yours.” But it should not include stashing gold bars in your coat pockets while said scratching is going on. The list of less than charming characters either in political office or seeking office is astounding. It feels like 98% of politicians give the rest a bad name. Where are the Abraham Lincolns of the world? Is it really that tough to find candidates with integrity? We need someone who believes in Truth, Justice and the American Way! Alas, Superman was an illegal alien too.
