Dishonest politicians

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I am watching ANDERSON COOPER 360 on CNN, and they are talking about Christine O'Donnnell, a Delaware politician that is being investigated for improperly spending campaign money, not having a treasurer when spending campaign money, and other things. Apparently this woman also lied for several years about being a college graduate. From what I can gather, she DID finally graduate college at some point last year, but prior to that, she was apparently lying to people telling them that she had a college degree... These people seem to be in shock that this woman has allegedly done all this stuff. Apparently, they are having a hard time believing that a politician will lie to people and inappropriately spend tax-dollars. LOL Now, I am not the smartest person in the world, but even I know that the first job requirement of a politician is that you have to be willing and able to look people in the eyes and lie to them. To be a politician, you also have to be willing to take people's tax-dollars and give it away to people who are too lazy to work for a living, send it to foreign countries who harbor/train terrorists who want to attack/kill us, waste it on programs that do not mean anything while the things that really need to be done go ignored, steal part of it for your own private use and benefit, and mysteriously "lose" the rest of it in the bookkeeping process. Yet these people who are so educated and well-informed, who are on TV supposedly informing a nation, seem to be in shock that a politician will cheat, steal, and lie to people. LOL What is your opinion of politicians? Do you think they are honest, and that they always try to do the right thing? Or, do you (like me) feel that most "honest" politicians are unemployed? LOL