Re: [b] --Are there any politicians you...?

["Bod Notbod" <bodnotbod@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 2/1/07, Martin Coxall <pseudo.meta@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 2/1/07, Bod Notbod <bodnotbod@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Are there any politicans that fulfill *all* the following criteria for you?
> >
> > a) You like their personality
> >
> > b) You trust them (doesn't have to be entirely, and on everything, but
> > in the main)
>
> If you trust a politician, any politician, you're an idiot.
>
> > c) You usually agree with policy-wise
>
> Firstly, (c) is totally irrelevant, since even a novice politician can
> express things they don't agree with, believe things they won't
> express, believe in multiple contradictory points of view, and change
> what they believe at the drop of a hat to suit political realities on
> the ground.
>
> As a result of the above, (b) is also irrelevant, as any person that
> is any good a politics cannot and should not be trusted.
>
> Which leaves only question (a), to which the answer must be "how can I
> know?" since the public image of all politicians is carefully
> stage-managed, and therefore the relationship it bears to a
> politician's actual personality is impossible to determine.
>
> Martin

See, I couldn't think of one, except maybe Tony Benn... but even
that's probably cos I only have a 'kindly old uncle' view of him... I
might find his actual policies a bit much.

OK, I'm pleased with your answer, cos I was sitting here wondering if
I had become much too cynical. But apparently not.


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