GregM
It seems fairly evident that the perspective of 'character' is drastically changing as time goes by - or at least the percentages of the population that agree on the importance of character is and/or what character really is. The politicians have proven they do not share many of the same priorities/ideals of politicians of the past (except during election speeches).
Given this, it's not surprising that the elements of like-interests should not be aligned with the general population (which is now the 'working poor'). Combined with the depleted values of many social characteristics (education, production[GNP], living standards, etc) that we have lost our perspective too in relation to how equipped we are to deal with real issues.
Unfortunately i see us reaping what we've sewn... we now have politicians that reflect our moral decay - no character and living for instant gratification or at least for the most depraved pleasure that will not affect their public approval rating.
jmho...
Peter Calabria
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