Hmmmmm...
There's a spectrum of motivation for seeking public office. Very roughly, it runs from "wanting to serve the public" or "wanting to serve a particular part of the public" on one end and "wanting power to do something" or "wanting power for its own sake" on the other. (Many politicians start at the former end and end up at the latter end, alas.)
Ord's post indicates there are a few too many people in this fight who are at the "wanting power..." end of the spectrum.
Time to kick the bums out, IMHO.
--
Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."
- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012
There's a spectrum of motivation for seeking public office. Very roughly, it runs from "wanting to serve the public" or "wanting to serve a particular part of the public" on one end and "wanting power to do something" or "wanting power for its own sake" on the other. (Many politicians start at the former end and end up at the latter end, alas.)
Ord's post indicates there are a few too many people in this fight who are at the "wanting power..." end of the spectrum.
Time to kick the bums out, IMHO.
--
Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."
- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012