What Do We Want in a Politician?

[erislover]

*Originally posted by erislover *
Yet, here again, I see the incredible value in taking it to the polls. After all, sure Joe Anyone has hindsight. But can we genuinely reflect what we learned in the voting booths…?

[erislover]

*Originally posted by Joel *
and I was trying to tell you that that’s not the way our system of democracy works.

Then we’re talking passed each other. I think I understand how our democracy works. And I hear a lot of talk about what people want to happen, what should happen, etc, and I think, “Gee, wouldn’t it be something if we had politicians that, oh, I don’t know, listened?”

Remember might doesn’t make right, and going along with popular opinion doesn’t necessarily mean doing the right thing.

I absolutely agree: democracies can make at least as many mistakes as dictatorships.

So then you don’t want anybody of integrity or a mind of their own, what you want is a yes man (or woman).

I want a representative. Part of representing means knowing what you’re representing: the public. Not just himself. Our government isn’t their private party, even if they are leaders.

The way you want a politician to be, they’d just be a useless middle man.

Hey, middle men are very useful!

With your way of doing things we don’t need most elected officials, at least the law makers anyway. We could just to a direct democracy.

I hope I have clarified this more in my discussion with DS and flowbark.