Is there no limit to the low morals of some elected officials?

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<p>From CNN:</p>

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<p><a href=“http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/11/28/congressman.shouse.ap/index.html[/url]”>http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/11/28/congressman.shouse.ap/index.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>I saw this guy on TV today crying away…it made me sick.</p>

<p>What is it about politicians that they seem to so easily succumb to this underworld? It really is sickening the low morals exhibited among elected officials these days. Do they just feel they are so far above us all? How do they justify to themselves the sleaziness of it all? I just don’t get it.</p>

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<p>Uh, no???</p>

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<p>do you not remember how the mayor of our nations capitol was caught smoking crack and not only did he not retire from politics- he was reelected!</p>

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<p>from wikipedia…</p>

<p>In September 1996 Cunningham attacked President Bill Clinton for appointing “soft on crime” judges. “We must get tough on drug dealers,” he said. “Those who peddle destruction on our children must pay dearly.” He favored stiff drug penalties and voted for the death penalty for major drug dealers. Four months later, his son Todd was arrested for helping to transport 400 pounds (181 kg) of marijuana from Massachusetts to California. At his son’s sentencing hearing, Cunningham fought back tears as he begged the judge for leniency (Todd was sentenced to two and a half years in prison, in part because he tested positive for cocaine three times while on bail). Cunningham’s press secretary responded to accusations of double standards with: “The sentence Todd got had nothing to do with who Duke is. Duke has always been tough on drugs and remains tough on drugs.”</p>

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<p>Back in the day Cunningham was the hotshot fighter pilot on which the Tom Cruise figure in “Top Gun” was loosely based.</p>

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<p>back in the day before nj had slick businessman/homosexual governors, we used to have a pretty good guy… thomas kean…</p>

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<p>cujoe169,</p>

<p>Do you have issues with alternative lifestyles?</p>

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<p>I’m from Connecticut. 'Nuff said.</p>

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<p>Isn’t it enough to make you want to throw up. NJ, the biggest political cesspool in the country.</p>

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<p>Backhand, you are speaking of the land of my birth. :slight_smile: I like to think of NJ as one of the most “interesting” states politically. In my youth there was always some good political sparring at the table during Sunday dinner. The wealthy republicans vs. the working class democrats made every election a corker. I would think that California politics has historically made it a great state to be from if you like political debate. IMHO, politics has always been corrupt with tons of back scratching,stroking and all around ugliness. NJ didn’t invent it.</p>