C J Campbell wrote:

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

People WANT the goodies that government brings.

If you could resurrect Madison, Jefferson, Mason, and those guys, they
wouldn't poll 5%.

--
"How strangely will the Tools of a Tyrant
pervert the plain Meaning of Words!"
--Samuel Adams (1722-1803), letter to
John Pitts, January 21, 1776