When Will People Learn?

Hi Everyone:

For the past 2 weeks, the news has centered around 2 politicians who made mistakes, but didn't admit to their mistakes. I feel that I would be remiss if I didn't talk about both.

The first is Rep. Anthony Weiner, a Democrat from NY. Even though sexting isn't a crime, his indiscretions have hurt his family, especially his new (maybe pregnant) wife of only 11 months. But his denying his involvement is tantamount to lying and he lied a lot about it. For his lying, which is tantamount to a cover up, he should resign.

The second is Sarah Palin, Republican from Alaska. During her current bus tour of the east coast, while in Boston, she told reporters that Paul Revere's famous ride was to warn not only his fellow colonists, but also to warn the British soldiers. What? Palin said, "He who warned the British that they weren't gonna be takin' away our arms by ringing those bells and makin' sure as he's riding his horse through town to send those warning shots and bells that we were going to be sure and we were going to be free, and we were going to be armed." Palin who is a paid contributor to Fox news, was asked by Fox News Sunday anchor, Chris Wallace, "You realize that you messed up about Paul Revere, don't you?" Palin relied, "I didn't mess up about Paul Revere. Part of his ride was to warn the British that were already there. That, hey, you're not going to succeeed. You're not going to take American arms. You are not going to beat our well armed persons, individual, private militia that we have. He did warn the British." Someone should read their US history books a little more carefully.

My question is this; how can 2 seemingly intelligent people, who happen to be politicians, make such stupid mistakes and not immediately own up to them? It took Rep. Weiner a week to own up to his sexting. But by then, the damage was done by his lying and he has no one to blame but himself. Palin on the other hand, had to be told by at least one of her staffers, after her first statement regarding Revere's ride, that she was wrong. If Palin was told, she didn't listen because her second inaccurate statement was a very feeble attempt to reinforce her first inaccurate statement. Not for nothing, Sarah Palin can't rewrite history and she should make a public statement that she was wrong both times and apologize. Palin can't blame the, using her words, "liberal media" for this graff. This is all her doing and she has no one to blame but herself and her lack of knowledge of our country's history. But to make matters even worse, Palin supporters tried numerous times to change Wikipedia's correct and accurate version of Revere's ride, to that of Palin's version. Wikipedia had to block anyone from changing the correct and accurate version. Why would people do something so stupid? Did they really think that just because Palin said it, it must be the truth? Go figure!!!

So the conclusion to this blog is that there are too many politicians who lack common sense, especially when it comes to apologizing for their own mistake. It is time for politicians to stop spinning and just speak the truth when they make a mistake. Then let the chips fall where they may with the voters. Ahhhhh, wishful thinking.

Til next week.

Peter