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(good being a temporal and highly subjective measure of course)<BR/><BR/>Additionally (back to Mr Blagojevich) the amount of money needed to mount a serious campaign is in the millions of dollars in my district and at least two candidates I know personally have tried and failed to gain the nessesary support to unseat the GOP incumbent.<BR/><BR/>If I'm making any point it simply as Bill suggests a more systemic problem that does not have any easy solution. <BR/><BR/>Elect Ralph Nader ?Byron Arnaohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09535423204965516943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7671249594820130735.post-43742635402411762172008-12-18T10:36:00.000-05:002008-12-18T10:36:00.000-05:00I TRIED ADDING A COMMENT BUT MY TECHNICAL LACK PRE...I TRIED ADDING A COMMENT BUT MY TECHNICAL LACK PREVENTED IT FROM GOING THROUGH SO BEFORE I DO IT AGAIN I WANT TO SEE IF THIS SHOWS UP.<BR/><BR/>JIM MARQUARDTJIMBOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09039255533471914817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7671249594820130735.post-52600200395411512672008-12-16T05:55:00.000-05:002008-12-16T05:55:00.000-05:00Better than twiddling thumbs.Better than twiddling thumbs.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14816181555642752203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7671249594820130735.post-5467225051540778902008-12-15T22:46:00.000-05:002008-12-15T22:46:00.000-05:00Okay, Marty, I agree with you: the result counts, ...Okay, Marty, I agree with you: the result counts, not the intention. <BR/><BR/>That said, I’m stimulated to be the devil’s advocate on this one, because I believe there is a substantial difference between defenders of Wall Street, such as Shumer, and the Blagojevich’s of the political world. <BR/><BR/>As far as I can tell Shumer is a tough cookie who operates by the rules of our political system, which have been the fundamental rules of democratic societies since the Greeks invented democracy 2,500 years ago. These rules are based on the willingness of conflicting interests in a society to arbitrate their positions in public discourse and to compromise their interests so that all the interests in society can coexist with a minimum of friction. In other words, ya fight for what ya want, but ya don’t commit suicide.<BR/><BR/>I won’t defend Shumer’s particular actions (he is in New York, I am in Seattle) but I will say that in general I don’t think it egregious that he is willing to let the Wall Street bunch, or any other constituency, sit at the table, nor that Wall Streeters do all they can to advance their interests (we all do that), nor that Shumer also protects their interests—hopefully without sacrificing the interests of the rest of us—because Wall Streeters are part of the New York constituencies, and Shumer is their senator. <BR/><BR/>Perhaps the more important question is, did Shumer (and other Wall Street defenders) cross the line between the ethical and unethical in support of that Wall Street constituency? I don’t know the answer to that, but by all appearances, no, he did not cross that line. Did he use horribly bad judgment in supporting their demands for less regulation? Possibly—and if he did he is guilty of misfeasance, which is “performing a legal action in an improper way. This term is frequently used when a professional or public official does his job in a way that is not technically illegal, but is nevertheless mistaken or wrong.” [From www.nolo.com.]<BR/><BR/>Did Blogojevich cross the line between ethical and unethical conduct? By any reasonable standard, yes. He broke a law, and is probably (it remains to be proved) guilty of malfeasance, which is “doing something that is illegal. This term is often used when a professional or public official commits an illegal act that interferes with the performance of his or her duties. For example, an elected official who accepts a bribe in exchange for political favors has committed malfeasance.” [From www.nolo.com.]<BR/><BR/>Lincoln was a master politician who worked the politics of his time for all he was worth, and in the end, successfully, to deliver for his constituencies, like any successful politician does, but in the process he never crossed that line. Some have argued that he committed misfeasance numerous times (the suspension of habeas corpus, to cite one example, the suppression of the draft riots, to cite another), but never malfeasance. I believe that is the case with many—probably most—politicians. We revile them, but all too often for doing what we elected them to do: look out for our interests, which is a dirty business. <BR/><BR/>So maybe the question should be, “Do we want live in a political system that permits the Shumers to represent the interests of Wall Streeters (the privileged) at the expense of the rest of us?” I don’t have an answer to that, except to remember the famous words of Winston Churchill: “It has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except all the others that have been tried.”<BR/><BR/>If you unelect Shumer in the next election cycle, you will not have fixed the “problem”, because the “problem” is systemic. You will have removed a politician who does not represent your interests, and this is a good thing to do now and then, just for the hell of it. But for me the important point is that I know of no other system that I would trust more than the democratic system we now have—messy as it is.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7671249594820130735.post-33596532660232103332008-12-15T12:39:00.000-05:002008-12-15T12:39:00.000-05:00Cracking title and cracking content. More, please....Cracking title and cracking content. More, please.Charles Davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04991411887651521637noreply@blogger.com