We elect politicians to represent us, not serve as moral role models

IN the middle of the current — albeit dwindling — feeding frenzy, a politician who shall be nameless let out a statement which went unchallenged, perhaps because the interviewer was having too much fun pursuing the story of the loans/gifts/whiparounds for Bertie Ahern. Or maybe because the interviewer found the statement inarguable.

We elect politicians to represent us, not serve as moral role models

“Public representatives must be held to a higher standard,” was the statement.

A higher standard than what? Dolly the cloned sheep? Of course not. The politician meant that public representatives must be held to a higher standard than sleazebags like you and me.

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