Are there any good US politicians left?

Question

How come over the last decade the people of the United States are having to try and figure out the lesser of two, three, four evils? Name some good ones if you can. Please explain why you think they are good. I ask this question in the political room and didn't get any answers. Only bashing.

Answer 1

Because you cannot please all of the people all of the time, politicians who do try to do the right things usually only last one term. The only politician I can genuinely say I still have respect for is Colin Powell. As a soldier he went in front of the U.N. and followed his Commander in Chief's orders and tried to sell a bill of goods that even Powell didn't believe in. If you watch a replay of that farce you can see by his body language how uncomfortable he was. I respect his integrity for following his boss's orders but in case you all forgot, he resigned as soon as he could afterwards and unlike a lot of former politicians, he hasn't blamed everyone else for things he did. Unlike his boss's and cronies, Powell knew the cost of war, he has been there. To go from him to "Condi" shows the true ineptness of this administration. Can't say I've witnessed a lot of honesty lately, but Powell was dedicated and respected the world over. And still is...

Answer 2

I really dislike the term 'choosing between the lessor of two evils' its entirely negative perspective. Our process of governance is the best one available to a fallen (yes I know that's a religious term but until we can create utopia where any form of governance will do, that's the best description) society. We pick out people who are just as capable of failure and susceptible to temptation as the rest of us, but who've got the best qualifications to make decisions for us since it unworkable to vote on every issue. Unfortunately, the political machine uses tools that harm the overall image of politics. The competition for the seats of power depend on who appears best qualified and so each competitor is both trying to improve his own image while tearing down the image of his opponent. So many voters don't investigate the claims of the ads and their proponents because who has time or energy to spend researching every detail of each candidate for each office. So the whole thing gets muddled enough that casual voters cannot tell who is for real, who is honest, who has ideas that really work, and who is able to sell better than they're able to lead. Good people look really bad and bad people look really good. Even a pristine character can be brought down by the activities of one aid. Meanwhile a bad character has a talented team and can either cover or spin his misdeeds to appear to have been an attempt to do right. Then there are the politicians who vote the right way but have terrible personal characters. An example of this last is a representative here in my state. He votes conservative but has been caught with his hand in the cookie jar. Another man has very good experience in the fiscal control and great character but the voters of this state would prefer not to be fiscally responsible. The end result is, they all look bad. Tom McClintock is an example of the last.

I suggest you investigate the plans, the records, and the characters of the politicians running in your district as much as you can. Anything left in doubt when you run out of time and energy, simply don't make a choice on. If everybody practiced this, we would have a much better leadership.

In New Mexico, the liberals have managed do encourage exactly the opposite of this practice by successfully implementing a program where one voter, randomly selected will win by lottery 1 million dollars. How irresponsible is it to encourage voters to punch a ticket randomly for the chance to win the voters' lottery?
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Answer 3

I believe George Allen is a good man, I live in Minnesota now but grew up in Virginia. I was a volunteer for a man named Jim Miller
and got to know George Allen when he was Governor. He is not a racist! The Confederate flag doesn't represent slavery to well meaning people it is part of the southern heritage.
If we could get Phil Graham the ex senator from Texas to run for office he is a great man, he is the one that stood up after Clinton was found not guilty and told the Senate they couldn't punish him anyway, if not guilty no punishment or they needed to find him guilty. I can think of a couple more I like but I guess misleading bash ads will ruin all of them.

Answer 4

i assume you do no longer sustain with the information lots because of the fact perfect now the two the homestead and senate are overloaded with democrats. The republicans can not provide up something the dems choose to do. that's why this terrible well-being bill exceeded. All 60 democrats voted for it. the main partisan bill ever exceeded in congress. And this well-being bill won't even furnish coverage for each individual. Plus it forces all and sundry to get coverage or bypass to penitentiary. the country has been shifting left for an prolonged time. some say that's been going that way for the final one hundred years. Communists have taken over Hollywood, our schools, our media etc. we've the main a techniques left president ever. he's crossing over into fascism now. the government takeover of the medical well-being coverage companies is a fascist tactic. actual, I doubt any democrats ought to win the presidency for an prolonged time to come again. human beings are fairly bored to death with what those democrats are doing. even nevertheless that's sparkling that over 80% of the individuals do no longer in easy terms like the "well-being" bill, they vote for it besides. and that they bribed countless democrats to get the 60 votes they mandatory. they actually do no longer in easy terms like the form lots, do they?

Answer 5

It's gotten so bad that your question almost seems rhetorical, hardly worth asking because we all know the sad truth. But I'm sure there are some good ones. I hope so, but I can't think of any names. I used to respect McCain, but that's over. Obama has potential, but right now he's just riding a wave of hype. I think the good ones might be some of them that don't get all of the press. We don't readily recognize their names, but they are out there. I have some respect for Murtha. Agree with what he's done and said or not, but he wasn't playing politics. He was way ahead of the curve on speaking out about Iraq. I'm trying but I think cynicism is the right response to what's going on in American politics right now.

Answer 6

politics have always been nasty, i thought about this very thing last night at work, but lets face it we all are guilty of some wrong , now ,do we have a talent to build a better tomorrow? i hope so. i listen to the news to much and have never sat down with a real politician. and ibet that alot of bashers haven't got any real reason to bash either. many of our politicions have vision thats why they persued it. tired of the status quo , that whole thing. the ads are full of half truths and misrepresentation of the facts . grab a hold on what really matters to you and find that candidate .

Answer 7

Of course all of the responses will be bias. I'm interested in politicians who have the future of Americans at heart. Look for Tom Tancredo of Colorado to be a major player in coming years. He is one of the few politicians who will tell the truth about the immigration problem, even to the presidents face.

Answer 8

i don't know of any... i think the whole reason for having to pick between the lesser of the evils has to do with who has the money and who's a big enough smooth talker to get the money. the only good US politicians you are going to find are going to be mayors and such where they don't need to be as courrupt to get the money for their campaigns and such. Steve Peace (san diego) is a total schmo though, he caused all kinds of problems. and the lady for phoenix is a drunk. so i haven't run across good ones in the smaller seats, but i'm sure there are one or two.

Answer 9

get serious, bring back ross perot.

Answer 10

Hear that?............Silence.