Politicians...yuck!!

[Tyrannical]

Here we tend to vote for a party rather than an individual politician. I know I am in a minority in not being completely cynical about them, but I believe that most of them are motivated by the desire to do public service. Which is not to say there aren't rogues and psychotically ambitious individuals involved, or crazy ideologues for that matter. However I have known a few and indeed my eldest son was for a time an active member and in the running for becoming a Conservative MP (argggghh!), but I knew where he was coming from and respect him still for that. He's moved on now thankfully.

It is easy to be cynical and we are probably right to be to keep as many rogues under scrutiny as possible, but if we overdo it people with the right motivation to get into it will be put off - and probably already are.

Whoaaaaaaaaaa

my eldest son was for a time an active member and in the running for becoming a Conservative MP

Yeah, yeah, he'd think I'm a piece of !##@@$@ too, lol

[Rum]

Let's be clear. I don't think you are a piece of !##@@$@, I think you are a pathetic and confused human being, frighted and fearful of the good things human beings can do and cowering in a corner like a snail in its shell.

[mistermack]

Some politicians are absolutely wonderful. Some even win the Nobel Peace prize.

Like Al Gore, and Aung San Suu Kyi, and Obama.

[Seabass]

Let's be clear. I don't think you are a piece of !##@@$@, I think you are a pathetic and confused human being, frighted and fearful of the good things human beings can do and cowering in a corner like a snail in its shell.

I disagree. He's definitely a piece of shit.

[JimC]

I'm of the view that those with a burning desire to rule are the very last people who should be put in charge of deciding things for the rest of us.

But then you could have the sneaky Brer Rabbit thing...

"Please don't throw me into the prickle bush"

"Please don't elect me..."

[pErvinalia]

Let's be clear. I don't think you are a piece of !##@@$@, I think you are a pathetic and confused human being, frighted and fearful of the good things human beings can do and cowering in a corner like a snail in its shell.

They aren't mutually exclusive..

[Brian Peacock]

Seabass,

Please try and avoid referring to other members as pieces of shit.

Brian.

[pErvinalia]

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[Svartalf]

                      

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[pErvinalia]

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[JimC]

We have the best fake moderators here at Ratz. Really terrific. No one knows fake moderators better than I do. Believe me.

But the Netherlands has the best fake moderators...

[Tero]

There was a bit of a patriotic war thing in the Bush W era, so some things got passed, but since then, sticking to party line has been the rule. Both parties will look bad and Trump could gain by staying out of it.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/commentary ... for-trump/

[Tero]

Politcians get under 200 000 salary, but travel etc expenses per year can be over 1.2 million.
https://www.thoughtco.com/allowances-to ... ss-3322261

We have a senator whose home address has no commercial airport nearby. She has to pay a driver to drive some 4 hrs from even a commuter airport.

But I don’t like her so fine!

[rainbow]

We have a senator whose home address has no commercial airport nearby. She has to pay a driver to drive some 4 hrs from even a commuter airport.

Buy her a donkey.

[Svartalf]

she likely is an ass in the first place...