http://mindyourowndamnbusinesspolitics.com/wordpress/2009/06/25/south-carolina-governor-mark-sanford-needs-to-resign/ A movement toward critical thinking in politics Fri, 19 Mar 2010 19:02:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 http://mindyourowndamnbusinesspolitics.com/wordpress/2009/06/25/south-carolina-governor-mark-sanford-needs-to-resign/comment-page-1/#comment-606 kweju Sun, 28 Jun 2009 16:15:02 +0000 http://mindyourowndamnbusinesspolitics.com/wordpress/?p=828#comment-606 I can't jump on the "Sanford resign" bandwagon. And, I'm a Democrat...a Black one at that. Being an observer, I recognize that we, as Americans, tend to have an idealized expectation of the roles people play in everyday life. We elect people because they appear to be "like us", the everyday common man. Teachers are not supposed to have sexual fantasies, movie stars are not supposed to be kleptomaniacs, politicians are not supposed to make ass-backwards mistakes of judgement. They do. We do. Is it that their transgressions inspire fear in us that we too are as prone to error; that we too feel incomplete and don't really know what it is that will complete us. Why is it that we are a society more apt to punish than to heal; to discourse, reflect and learn from our mistakes. Whatever faults we find in any member of our society could it possibly be that those faults are an outgrowth of an inherent malaise of the society at large. For sure, our modus operandi has not exactly been a social success thus far. Look around you. I've worked with the "dysfunctional" forty years and the question has changed. I no longer ask "What is wrong with them". There is more to learn in asking "What is wrong with me". My intent is not to excuse the governor but to at least consider "What is justice, really?" I can’t jump on the “Sanford resign” bandwagon. And, I’m a Democrat…a Black one at that. Being an observer, I recognize that we, as Americans, tend to have an idealized expectation of the roles people play in everyday life. We elect people because they appear to be “like us”, the everyday common man. Teachers are not supposed to have sexual fantasies, movie stars are not supposed to be kleptomaniacs, politicians are not supposed to make ass-backwards mistakes of judgement. They do. We do. Is it that their transgressions inspire fear in us that we too are as prone to error; that we too feel incomplete and don’t really know what it is that will complete us. Why is it that we are a society more apt to punish than to heal; to discourse, reflect and learn from our mistakes. Whatever faults we find in any member of our society could it possibly be that those faults are an outgrowth of an inherent malaise of the society at large. For sure, our modus operandi has not exactly been a social success thus far. Look around you. I’ve worked with the “dysfunctional” forty years and the question has changed. I no longer ask “What is wrong with them”. There is more to learn in asking “What is wrong with me”. My intent is not to excuse the governor but to at least consider “What is justice, really?”

]]> http://mindyourowndamnbusinesspolitics.com/wordpress/2009/06/25/south-carolina-governor-mark-sanford-needs-to-resign/comment-page-1/#comment-572 Michael Jackson, Farrah, Thank You! … from Governor Mark Sanford, South Carolina | Mind Your Own Damn Business Politics Fri, 26 Jun 2009 15:13:15 +0000 http://mindyourowndamnbusinesspolitics.com/wordpress/?p=828#comment-572 [...] to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!My editor pointed out last night that embattled South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford should use the current all Michael all the time news frenzy to quietly resign. He could turn in his [...] [...] to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!My editor pointed out last night that embattled South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford should use the current all Michael all the time news frenzy to quietly resign. He could turn in his [...]

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