WHat you can't get at home you will find elsewhere. Ever notice that the vast majority of pedophiles are religious?
Another Hypocrite Bites Dust!
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"He pays for hypocrisy by public shame and ridicule, most people cannot stand hypocrites."- I JUST LOVE THAT ONE- most people ARE hypocrites- I'm one at times and I'll bet you are too.
Perhaps, JLM. But in the area of politics, most people cannot stand hypocrites. Especially elected politicians often pay the price at the polls. If a plumber or a doctor is a hypocrite (he says that adultery is wrong and he commit adultery), who cares? But with a public figure it is different.
I remember a prominent example of liberal hypocrisy a while ago. Senator Bob Packwood from Oregon, a moderate Republican was a great champion of women’s rights. Later on many women claimed that they were sexually harassed by Packwood. He was considered a hypocrite big time. He did not survive the next election, he lost to a Democrat.
On the other hand, Clarence Thomas was also accused of sexual harassment by Anita Hill. However, Thomas belongs to the far right; he probably thinks that women are inferior to men. I don't think he has ever supported women's rights, never in his life. So sexual harassment fits in nicely with his worldview, he probably thinks that there is nothing wrong with sexual harassment.
So even his worst enemies did not accuse him of hypocrisy, they merely accused him of sexual harassment.
As I said, liberal hypocrisy does occur, but it is much rarer that conservative hypocrisy (and it occurs on different issues compared to conservative hypocrisy). Plain, simple wrong doing or even criminal behaviour is not hypocrisy (as some posters here seem to think).
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Wow this thread has really spread all over the world concerning hypocrisy. We were only discussing washington as I remember.
If anyone has followed washington politics over the years it is very clear that the
republicans preach over and over how their values in life are so much better than
the democrats and their religious beliefs and goodness in life.
The democrats don't do that, and that is smart, because they don't have to eat
their own crap when they do dumb things like Clinton did.
So, the point is, don't brag up your behavior in the world, compared to others, then do the dumb deeds, it will come back and smack you in the ass.
And it has again for the republicans.
It's not the point of 'who did what', it's the point of who says they don't do those
things, and then on many occasions 'do them'.
If anyone has followed washington politics over the years it is very clear that the
republicans preach over and over how their values in life are so much better than
the democrats and their religious beliefs and goodness in life.
The democrats don't do that, and that is smart, because they don't have to eat
their own crap when they do dumb things like Clinton did.
So, the point is, don't brag up your behavior in the world, compared to others, then do the dumb deeds, it will come back and smack you in the ass.
And it has again for the republicans.
It's not the point of 'who did what', it's the point of who says they don't do those
things, and then on many occasions 'do them'.
Like Gore does for Global Warming?
He preaches conservation yet lives a lush and lavish lifestyle of jet setting and caravans of limos and SUVs?
Hypocrisy I tell you!
Right...the Democrats are just as guilty of hypocrisy.
Why is it more sinful for a politician to be a hypocrite than a plumber or doctor. That statement does not make ANY sense. We more or less accept politicians for being liars and thieves, so what is a little hypocrisy? I don't know about you but I would be comfortable with a doctor I couldn't trust 100%. An honest plumber would be handy too, but everyone is guilty of a little hypocrisy.
That's right, BUT they don't preach how much more values and goodness
they have than the dems, ifthe republicans would keep their lying mouths shut, they
could be as hypocritical as anyone else, without putting large foot in large
mouth.
... which is why the patriotic Dems have won the last three elections with the far right Repukeblicans licking their wounds.
Not the South Carolinian and his Argentinian squeeze!
Oh dear.
What now.
Will the wife snark out on TV? Wait a minute ... that already happened. What next?
Gore is a politician. Principles are an alien concept to almost all politicians. Kind of like lawyers and truth. Winning is all that counts.
The great majority of politicians belong to a political party. They just take it literally. They get to run the country and it's time to party!!! Line um up!
Why is it more sinful for a politician to be a hypocrite than a plumber or doctor. That statement does not make ANY sense.
Sure it does, JLM. A doctor or a plumber does not make a living by telling others how to live their lives, but many politicians do.
Thus, if a doctor is good at medicine, a plumber is good at plumbing, who cares if he has strange, nutty views on totally unrelated topics (like telling others not to commit adultery and he himself commits one).
With a politician however, his job is to pass legislation, to influence other peoples’ lives. So people look at politicians’ lives closely. They don’t mind adultery so much (they gave a pass to Clinton, he was still very popular after his adultery), but they can’t stand hypocrisy.
I don't know about you but I would be comfortable with a doctor I couldn't trust 100%.
I couldn’t care less if the doctor is committing adultery, is homosexual or whatever. If people I know tell me that he/she is an excellent doctor, that is good enough for me.
Sure it does, JLM. A doctor or a plumber does not make a living by telling others how to live their lives, but many politicians do.
Thus, if a doctor is good at medicine, a plumber is good at plumbing, who cares if he has strange, nutty views on totally unrelated topics (like telling others not to commit adultery and he himself commits one).
With a politician however, his job is to pass legislation, to influence other peoples’ lives. So people look at politicians’ lives closely. They don’t mind adultery so much (they gave a pass to Clinton, he was still very popular after his adultery), but they can’t stand hypocrisy.
I don't know about you but I would be comfortable with a doctor I couldn't trust 100%.
I couldn’t care less if the doctor is committing adultery, is homosexual or whatever. If people I know tell me that he/she is an excellent doctor, that is good enough for me.