Crooks beget crooks

If it weren’t so pitiful, I suppose it could be funny. Our politicians never cease to amaze me with their unethical conduct. Worse than that, they continue to think they are some how smarter than all the others who have been exposed for the lying cheats they really are. This time it comes from a source that shouldn’t be surprising to any of us. However, I’m sure some of the more naive folks out there will find some shock value. Roland Burris had two strikes against him before he started and neither one is his ethnic background. First, he is from Illinois, the State most consider the poster child of illegal politics. More dead people vote in Chicago than do live folks. Next, a Governor appointed him to his current Senate seat that was undergoing impeachment proceedings for seeking monetary compensation for said appointment. Mr. Burris swore under oath he was never asked nor did he offer money for the position. Now it appears the Governor’s brother asked for political donations. It also appears Mr. Burris agreed to make these donations. Ex-Governor Blogjevich is a crook and the Senate leadership knew anyone he appointed would be just as crooked. They tried to stop the appointment but the constitution didn’t allow it. Now the taxpayers will have to pay for the process of ridding the Congress of this scumbag. If both or either Blogjevich or Burris manage to stay out of prison, it will be a travesty of justice. We should tell all our representatives the American people will no longer stand for their lack of integrity. We, also refuse to pay the bill for their misconduct. I am beginning to think most American voters have no business choosing our leaders. The more I ask people where our new President stands on specific issues the more I find they have no clue. He looked good, sounded intelligent, and they knew the old administration didn’t work so they put him in office. Even some who voted against him did so for all the wrong reasons. I have a solution to this problem but I doubt it will ever go any further than this BLOG. I would wait until the last week of the election and have a bipartisan committee come up with 10 relevant questions pertaining to the most important issues facing our nation. I would expect every registered voter to know what the candidate’s position on each issue is. In order to cast a ballot the voter would have to answer no less than six of the 10 questions correctly concerning candidates stated positions. If, after election, the candidates didn’t follow their stated convictions, impeachment would be automatic. OMG, what am I thinking? If this were to happen, very few would run and only the ethical would remain. Washington DC would become a ghost town and thousands of lobbyists would be out of work thereby contributing to an already failing economy.