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His conscience made him do it
April 2nd, 2009 Posted in Policy and PoliticsOn NPR this morning I heard a clip of Arlen Specter explaining to his Pennsylvania constituents that his vote for the gigantic pork sandwich posing as an economic stimulus bill was a matter of conscience. I hope this isn’t the start of a new American pietism.
“Why did you eat all the cookies?”
I was acting out my conscience.
“Why didn’t you take out the garbage?”
I am a conscientious objector.
“Why did you loot the future income of millions of children?”
It wasn’t my idea; my conscience made me do it.
Maybe I’m overly cynical, but trusting a politician’s conscience seems a bit like trusting a prostitute’s sense of propriety. I’d far rather Specter and the rest of them trust an economics textbook.
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4 Responses to “His conscience made him do it”
By Mrs. Edwards
on Apr 2, 2009
It appears that most of our elected officials, including our President, have never cracked open an economics textbook. It is frightening to realize that our economic policy is in the hands of a passel of non-economists, and they are being held “accountable” by the fourth estate, which is also woefully under-educated in economics.
God help us all.
By C L
on Apr 2, 2009
If President Teddy Roosevelts’ cabinet was nicknamed the Kitchen Cabinet, and JFKs’ was the Brain Trust, what could we nickname this cabinet?
By Briana
on Apr 2, 2009
Dave Barry once pointed out that Arlen Specter’s name can be arranged to spell “Rental Creeps”
By C L
on Apr 2, 2009
my mistake, Andrew Jackson’s was the Kitchen cabinet and TR’s was the Tennis Cabinet