The random political thoughts thread (Part Deux)

[JWBear]

Originally Posted by Nephythys

I have never dismissed wrong doing. Two wrongs don't make a right- but I see hypocrisy and a severe double standard on the other side of the aisle here.

- and everything you said works on the flip side too.

You are one of the worst offenders when it comes to the “But, but, but Democrats!” defense to try and excuse something a Republican did.

Here’s another example… If someone is caught stealing, will the judge dismiss the charges when that someone points out to him that someone else stole too? Not likely.

Crimes committed by democratic politicians do not make the crimes of republican politicians go away. Those Republicans still committed those crimes. Any lawmaker, regardless of party, that commits a crime should be relieved of office. No party should be held above the law.

While I am no lover of the Democratic Party, and will not dismiss the illegal actions of a politician from that party, I find there is far more hypocrisy in the Republican Party. I find he current trend of defending the party at all costs – even to the point of putting party loyalty above the good of the country – to be abhorrent. Republican politicians seem incapable of admitting mistakes or accepting blame. This is especially true of the current administration. This is the reason that I will, for the first time in my life, be voting a straight democratic ticket; not because I am loyal to the DNC (I’m not), but because the Republican Party has become too powerful, too corrupt, too greedy, too out of touch. There needs to be a change. Thank the Goddess that the rest of America is coming to that realization as well.