Doug French explains why we keep electing corrupt politicians. Our founders created a republic. They never intended for America to become a democracy.H.L. Mencken described politicians as "men who, at some time or other, have compromised with their honour, either by swallowing their convictions or by whooping for what they believe to be untrue."[1] "Vanity remains to him," Mencken wrote, "but not pride."[2]
The Sage of Baltimore had it correct, that to be elected and stay elected in American politics to any full-time position requires the suspension of any ethics or good sense a person may possess.
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