C J Campbell wrote:

Maybe our first choice should be people of impeccable behavior, regardless
of their political leanings.

LBJ used to tell the following ....

It's a little known fact that George Washington was originally from Texas. One
day his father came home and found his favorite cherry tree lying on the lawn.
When he asked George how it happened, George said "I cannot tell a lie; I did
it with my little hatchet." George's father said "Well, if you can't tell a lie,
we're going to have to move, 'cause you won't get anywhere in *Texas* politics."

George Patterson
A man who carries a cat by the tail learns something that can
be learned no other way.