Politics have always been a dirty, filthy business, and the reason for this should be apparent. People of value, of merit, of achievement and accomplishment usually get on with their own lives with their loved ones and simply mind their own business. They don’t find a need to micromanage the affairs of others.

I once defined politics, but can’t find when and where I did this, so I need to do it again.

POLITICS - THE PRACTICE BY WHICH WORSE-THAN-USELESS INDIVIDUALS FOOL PEOPLE INTO THINKING THAT WHAT THEY CONTRIBUTE TO THE VOID CREATED BY THE ABSENCE OF VALUE, HONESTY, INTEGRITY, CREATIVITY AND HARD WORK IS OF GREAT VALUE, INSTEAD OF ACTUALLY BEING HARMFUL AND OF NO VALUE AT ALL.

So, now that we’re all on the same page, we can put all of that behind US and just move along. The arguments supporting politics would have you believe that it is something positive, an alternative to hostile bloodletting and violence, and an acceptable manner of compromising and getting to agreement on the part of those of opposing opinion. That’s nonsense!

The most astonishing point made in David McCullough’s John Adams, © 2001 [Simon & Schuster - New York] was the astonishment the early founders and patriots documented when duty, honor and country were replaced by petty self-aggrandizement and self-serving manipulation. This establishes my long-held contention that politics serve only those who practice it. True patriots and statesman have no need for this vile selfishness.

It is this aspect of politics, which has now infested American government at all levels, that is causing all the problems we are now experiencing as a nation. The vileness of politics has been placed in a controlling role in our nation, resulting in “party government” instead of constitutional government. Issues of constitutionality, both the legal and moral compass of our nation, bolstered by Judeo-Christian values, are not only dismissed as inconvenient, but also as a major obstacle to morally relevant post modernity and secular enlightenment. In short, political correctness is used to govern all aspects of our morally bankrupt, constitutionally illegitimate, and paper-monied corrupt society.

The vileness of politics continually progresses to physical combat, justifying wars, pogroms, mass executions and assassinations. The very politicians causing such carnage are the same who call for "gun control" from the peaceful, law-abiding masses that only wish to be left alone. Is it then surprising at all that politics converts so easily to violence? Is it any surprise that combative terminology is used when engaging political opponents? The best way to win in combat is to destroy one’s enemy.

Even in a military sense, when considering combatants, there exists a certain respect for the enemy soldier; witness the respect bestowed upon the fallen fighter pilot Manfred von Richthoven, the horrible “Red Baron” of World War I. The British and French aviators were terrified of him and his defiant, bright red Fokker DR-1 triplane with its deadly twin Spandau machine-guns. But they accorded him a “proper burial” with “full military honors”, always conducted for their own fallen heroes. There is honor in the bravery displayed by those in the military who stand in harm’s way to serve and protect their own. This honor is never to be found in politicians, especially in a society where self-serving aggrandizement becomes the law of the land.

So while Bill Clinton’s “bimbo eruptions” and alleged rapes are laughable, Arnold Schwarzenegger’s exploits are the ultimate in capital offenses for the biased media. They obviously plotted: “If we just keep a file on Rush Limbaugh until he makes a mistake, or even something close that can be propagandized as such, then let’s get him!” That’s the venom stored by the leftist media. “Let’s destroy him!” is their battle cry.

Isn’t it painfully obvious that the National Enquirer waited until this innocent gaffe by Limbaugh [using football terminology] to “pile on?” This is character assassination at its political worst. Perhaps Mr. Limbaugh can appeal for help from talk radio, and simply offer that he took the pills but “didn’t swallow.” “Not inhaling” worked for one political notable - why not a failure to swallow for the biased liberal media?

<Theodore E. Lang>>

Ted Lang is a political analyst and a freelance writer.

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