In a little more than a week's time, Americans will go to the voting booth and decide nothing less than the fate of our nation. There's an out-of-control war in Iraq. The middle class is getting squeezed. Health care, energy and education costs are all escalating. The fiscal health of our country is poor.
But there's another reason too. The personal conduct of government officials is atrocious. If you are a true values voter - whatever your political stripes - then you should be all the more enraged at the recent conduct, especially among Bush administration officials and congressional lawmakers. People are breaking the law for greed, political gain and outright maliciousness. From outing a covert CIA spy to influence peddling to sending creepy e-mails to teens about sex, I'm wondering just how much lower can we get.
I'm not talking about gay marriage or abortion, but about a person's conduct in doing their job according to the law. I'm talking about a person taking responsibility for their actions or holding other people accountable. The Bush administration and Congress have failed.
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