Is it really that hard to not be a total asshole while you are an elected representative supposedly serving the public good? Members of Congress represent the nation, our Constitution and the Founders while they have that honor. Why can’t they all recognize their duties, which include being a role model and not bringing disrepute upon the institution, and conduct themselves accordingly? (To turn it around a bit: why are voters so lazy and inattentive that they elect such creeps?)
Today’s featured creep is GOP Rep.Chuck Edwards, who just dropped out of the race for his seat, leaving his party with no candidate and no incumbant going into a crucial mid-term election that will determine whether Congress spends the next two years impeaching the President. He wrote on “X” yesterday,
“After much prayer and reflection, I’ve decided to withdraw from my re-election campaign. I will complete my current term. Serving Western North Carolina has been the honor of my life. Thank you for your trust, prayers, and support. God bless WNC and America.”
Gee, he mentioned prayer twice and God once in a 43 word post; I guess that means he must be a good man. (I’m sure a disturbing number of people believe that.) If serving was such an honor, why did he behave like Harpo Marx ? The House Ethics Committee recommended this week that Edwards be censured for “persistent unprofessional and inappropriate conduct towards two young female staffers.” Translation: he engaged in sexual harassment in the workplace.
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Before you even got to the reason he’s withdrawing I already knew with the universal “with much prayer and reflection” that it’s a sex scandal.
Hilarious.
I’m pretty sure that years ago the only real benefit of being in politics was the sex. And I wouldn’t be surprised if it was the pederasty. I’m old enough to remember the problem with Congressmen diddling the Congressional pages on a fairly regular basis and getting away with it as if it was an entitlement. Guys like this Congressman from North Carolina are just slow to get the message. Cue George Costanza:
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The obvious cause of this problem is that intelligent, honorable people who are not narcissists most likely avoid running for office because of the lying, harassing, life-threats, the no-win scenarios, the hypocrisy, greed, the metaphorical anal probes … and the physical proximity to scalawags and jackals who occupy elected and bureaucratic positions. Life is too short. And God bless the select few who are still trying to make a constructive difference. Then again, I might just be a cynic.