Loyalty and Disloyalty: Goodbye Stevens, too bad we knew thee
Senator Ted Stevens was indicted today, one in a long line of Republicans who have forgotten that they once had principles. I recall going to a fundraising event for Tom DeLay at the height of his corruption probe, put on by various conservatives, and I recall the loyalty asked of us, that even though DeLay was barely a conservative at that point, "he was one of us" and the "other side" is always loyal to their leaders, so we should too, right? And, while I recognize the problems inherent in always casting out the sinners, and in not standing with your own, I don't see anything redeemable about Sen. Stevens. No one among the Senate Republicans, with the
Coburn and
DeMint exceptions, are true leaders on any important topic. Instead, they rise to power and forget their movement, jettison their principles and disdain those who work for anything other than contracts and their piece of the 3 trillion dollar pie. I feel zero loyalty for this man,
this wretch who had the chance to stop abortion, expand gun rights, cut taxes or promote school reform and, instead, busied himself with building bridges to nowhere. Good riddance.
Labels: corruption, movement, politics, Senate
