Endlessness
Apr. 22nd, 2004 12:09 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
libertangoI've been involved in a discussion on another website regarding politics.
And the thing of it is... To me, one of the problems of the Republican push for "character based" politics is that, inevitably, the party will throw into the ring candidates and officials of extremely dubious character. Like, say, Bush.
And that, further, rather than having the cojones to say, "My party is OK, but sometimes... sometimes this guy is slippery." Rather than being honest enough to say that, a certain kind of Republican, in a most delicious irony, ends up constructing a nearly Stalinist cult of personality around Bush. He's Republican, so he must be Virtuous. (Or, he'sour the President, so he Must be Respected. Until a Democrat takes office.)
And when it becomes an issue of personality and character, rather than objective fact, the involved parties just end up spinning their tank treads in the sand.
I'm not excepting myself here.
But as I step back, and take a deep breath, I realized there's a great thing about the law:
Sooner or later, the case ends.
Either the jury hands down the verdict against you, or the appellate judge rules in your favor, or the Supreme Court denies you certioari... But the damned thing ends.
Which means, I suppose, that while I may write a few things about legal interests of mine, I'm going to try, at least, to stand back from politics for a while.
And the thing of it is... To me, one of the problems of the Republican push for "character based" politics is that, inevitably, the party will throw into the ring candidates and officials of extremely dubious character. Like, say, Bush.
And that, further, rather than having the cojones to say, "My party is OK, but sometimes... sometimes this guy is slippery." Rather than being honest enough to say that, a certain kind of Republican, in a most delicious irony, ends up constructing a nearly Stalinist cult of personality around Bush. He's Republican, so he must be Virtuous. (Or, he's
And when it becomes an issue of personality and character, rather than objective fact, the involved parties just end up spinning their tank treads in the sand.
I'm not excepting myself here.
But as I step back, and take a deep breath, I realized there's a great thing about the law:
Sooner or later, the case ends.
Either the jury hands down the verdict against you, or the appellate judge rules in your favor, or the Supreme Court denies you certioari... But the damned thing ends.
Which means, I suppose, that while I may write a few things about legal interests of mine, I'm going to try, at least, to stand back from politics for a while.
