Interesting…..
Scorpio for the week of July 31, 2003:
“In a study of modern democracy, a British political scientist has concluded that lying is necessary and justifiable. “Politics should be regarded as less like an exercise in producing truthful statements and more like a poker game,” said Glen Newey. “And there is an expectation by a poker player that you try to deceive them as part of the game.” Personally, I find this attitude distasteful. My policy is to never be dishonest if I can help it. But then I have the luxury to live like that. As a self-employed poet, I don’t have to hash out compromises with ideological adversaries or hang out in moral gray areas in order to serve a greater good. But your path may be different, Scorpio. In August, you might have to lie a little as you fight for a noble cause.”
Compliments of FreeWill Astrology
Freakchylde's 
I don’t think compromise is in the same arena as deceit. I’d also disagree strongly with the gentleman from England. Our forefathers felt that virtue and character were of the utmost importance of a public figure. Especially one charged with serving the public as a politician.
It’s quite easy, and very sad, to just say politics is a dirty game. I think rather it’s that politics attracts undesirables, a fact which our forefathers understood. This is why they stressed the importance of the people being able to pull on the reigns of elected officials.
Some would say it’s overly idealistic to expect politicians to be honest virtuous men and women. I would argue that our country exists only because men were willing to fight and die for an ideal that had yet to have been realized anywhere or at anytime on the planet. The least that we the benefactors of their noble legacy can do is to carry forth and struggle to uphold those ideals that they bled for.
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I agree with you, which is why I thought this week’s horoscope for me was interesting. I have a huge thing with truth-telling, and holding to that, especially lately. One of the things that my partner and I have been discussing is my issues with politicians and lying/deceit. Personally, I have no issue with compromise, as you said, it’s not lying, it’s finding a point that can be agreed upon and working from there.
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It’s a bi-product of career politicians I think. Thomas Jefferson noted that we ought to have a revolution every twenty years. This sort of measure, even in the case of a bloodless coup, removes the threat of a faceless bureaucracy.
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And of course, the politicians won’t vote on term limits. Personally, I think this should be put on the state ballots so that the people can actually decide whether, or not, their senators and representatives should be limited on how many terms they serve. Now that I think of it that way, I need to research a means of getting it on a state ballot. *ponders* thank you 🙂
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Hey, fancy meeting you here:)! Just friended you, haven’t seen you in ages.
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