Poll: Even With Scandals, Ensign Ahead For 2012 Reelection

Well they are true to their values anyway. Do as I say and not as I do, it's good for me but not for you. They are truly scum.

IOKIYAR. It's not just the affair, that's SOP for GOP sleaze. It's the cover-up: the 'consulting' work, the bribe paid by Ensign's parents. From now on whenever any Republican tries to tell me how superior they are I will just holler, "Ensign!" and walk away.

Republicans stand together regardless. But Democrats toss each other overboard over a hang nail.

On both sides of the aisle our politicians are stinking the place up horrible. You can argue either way but none of them are worth the powder to blow them all to hell. It's been a year now and Wall Street is still sticking it to us every which way. And that's with dems in power with a bigger majority than either party will likely ever see again.

I'm beginning to think this is exactly the way they want it. Both of them like the idea of a built-in excuse to do nothing. They're perfectly happy with the status quo. Neither wants to upset the gravy train they're on. The fact is, real reform, anywhere, at any level, would derail that.

Men and women of honor and substance used to believe it was an honor to serve their country by serving in government. There were "Dollar-A-Year Men" executives and academics who would take a leave of absence to work for nothing as service to their country. Today's politicians (with a few exceptions) seem to see government service as a chance to wield power and a stepping stone to great wealth.

People in government came from all areas and economic levels of society. Now most of us are peons in a 3rd world country: we work harder and harder and continue to slip behind. We have to keep our jobs because we need the insurance (bad as it is) and because the economy is so bad that losing a job often means losing everything you have. Our children get a lousy education in packed classrooms with textbooks written by religious fanatics for whom science is just another commie plot.

Meanwhile the rich and connected send their children to private schools and provide jobs for their and their colleagues' kids. Our kids are lucky to get a job at Starbucks, their public college educations (for which they went into debt) are virtually worthless in the marketplace.

The America of the founding fathers, the America of equal opportunity and freedom is long gone. We are an oligarchy, a kleptocray, a third world country for most of us. And an idiotocray that continues to vote to continue all of this. After 40 years of bangin my head against the wall I'm ready to give it up and find a saner country to live in.

Nothing new. Spitzer was hounded out of office, while Sanford is still in office. IOKIYAR all the time.