Leadership’s Future: Awful Acts in Politics
by Miki Saxon
My apologies if there has been too much politics lately, but you have to admit it’s difficult to avoid when so much of it is tied to “leadership” issues.
Or the lack thereof.
I rarely read op-ed pieces, but the title caught my, Awful, Awfuler, Awfulest; wouldn’t you click on that?
The author, Gail Collins, had written an article debating which state had the worst “leaders” running for election and chose Nevada as the winner.
Immediately, there were outcries from voters who believed their state had been unfairly overlooked on the dreadfulness meter.
Maine has a candidate for governor whose wife and kids live in their “primary residence” in Florida (the the other house is in Maine); Missouri has honors as the state with the least variety, 26 different candidates since 1980 from just two families; Florida has the dubious honor of a gubernatorial candidate whose company was fined $1.7 billion for fraudulent Medicare billing.
She says that in Net York’s race one candidate seems to tie every issue to his opponent’s sex life, while the main opponent doesn’t talk at all and a minor one is a self-proclaimed madam.
Nevada still won and you’ll have to click the link to learn why. (Hint: One of the candidates claims that Dearborn, Mich., and Frankford, Texas (a ghost town) are governed under Sharia, which is Islamic law.) And take a moment to read some of the 229 comments for more hilarious examples and observations.
Why do we continue to accept acts from those in public service that we would condemn in other circumstances?
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