Saying Boo To A Ghost: It's No Secret Why Congress Fears Crossing The NSA

[CincyDem]

1. We, as a population, own some of this issue.

We expect our politicians to have the facade of gods and goddesses. We're looking for perfection since birth. For a politician (at least democratic policitians) it seems like we're all waiting for the slighest reason to dump on them.

Instead of looking at the effect, we're getting caught up in the little shit. Spitzer was eating wall street alive and where is he now. As a population - did we make a good trade on that one ?

The hypothetical Rep John Doe in this article is scared shit-less about the NSA because he knows his entire career goes up in smoke on some inuendo that has nothing to do with getting the right thing done in congress.

We've trained these guys to be scared of their own shadows and now, when the shadows start to threaten...we're surprised they're scared ???

I don't have an answer but it seems like a little higher bar of accepting humanity in these jobs might be a start.