We’ll lock them all up and replace them with…..Oh yeah – more politicians. Or good people who try to do their best but get sucked into a soul-draining system and turn into politicians.
From one of Terry Pratchett’s books, there is a scene where someone says “we put all our politicians in jail as soon as they are elected. We find it saves so much time.”
Ronald Rini: Because the New York Times won a case against Sullivan in which the Supreme Court said, in effect, unless you can produce an inner-office memo saying, “We know this is false, but let’s get him anyway”, you have no recourse if you “sought public notoriety” (e.g. ran for public office. My “reporter” course adjunct instructor (even lower on the academic ladder than a student assistant) claimed that writing a letter to the editor qualified as that seeking, so if you can document that, you can print anything.
freeholder1 over 11 years ago
Resulting in voting cell blocks?
freeholder1 over 11 years ago
A lot of them spend too much time In bars to even know if they’re behind them or not.
cdward over 11 years ago
We’ll lock them all up and replace them with…..Oh yeah – more politicians. Or good people who try to do their best but get sucked into a soul-draining system and turn into politicians.
ekw555 over 11 years ago
there’s a campaign I would be willing to contribute to!
rini1946 over 11 years ago
that is my question why aren’t there more libel and slander suits after an election.
klipt8 over 11 years ago
From one of Terry Pratchett’s books, there is a scene where someone says “we put all our politicians in jail as soon as they are elected. We find it saves so much time.”
hippogriff over 11 years ago
Ronald Rini: Because the New York Times won a case against Sullivan in which the Supreme Court said, in effect, unless you can produce an inner-office memo saying, “We know this is false, but let’s get him anyway”, you have no recourse if you “sought public notoriety” (e.g. ran for public office. My “reporter” course adjunct instructor (even lower on the academic ladder than a student assistant) claimed that writing a letter to the editor qualified as that seeking, so if you can document that, you can print anything.