Posted by
Tim Blessing on Wednesday, June 11, 2008 7:15:01 PM
Jim Johnson resigns from Obama VP Search.
Ethics in Government is all fine and dandy, until it comes back and haunts your own activities.
A conundrum of democrat politics is that an individual can be effective or ehtical, but rarely both.
It appear's in this case that Johnsom is effective, but not to ethical.
Barry wants a pure process, but his own background lacks a pristine nature so if all his skeletons come out of the closet he might be seen as a hipocrite himself.
Its already happening, but his supporters only see the public image rather than the seamier side of his political life.
Its like look at all my good points and ignore all of my bad points or let's paper them over.
In essence, a focus on ethics looks good on paper, but political players as a rule are human and need to make money.