Are we mean to politicians? Is it our fault, because we are mean?

[HawktimusPrime]

"This is a good question. We already treat our politicians so bad that no one decent wants to serve. If we start doing that to our Judges we might be in big trouble."

This statement was taken directly from one of our own. It basically says that we are mean and our lack of good candidates is our fault.

I agree that we are at fault, Not because of this reason though. What do you think about this statement?

 

[Eternal Return]

"This is a good question. We already treat our politicians so bad that no one decent wants to serve. If we start doing that to our Judges we might be in big trouble."

This statement was taken directly from one of our own. It basically says that we are mean and our lack of good candidates is our fault.

I agree that we are at fault, Not because of this reason though. What do you think about this statement?

I think the statement is absurd. No one can hear the "average" U.S. citizen's voice so if there is any meanness it is coming from the politicians themselves or from corporate media outlets.

 

[The Tradition]

Did you ever buy porn, sniff glue, have sex in junior high? Exactly how many times?

Prospective justices are put through the nation's most thorough background check, an invasive process where nothing is off-limits. After all, a surprise dredged up later could scuttle confirmation. So candidates' taxes, writings, childhoods, business dealings, medical histories and, yes, love lives, are all scrutinized for potential red flags.

Millions of Americans with security clearances or government jobs are asked probing questions about their loyalty, reliability and character in FBI background checks. But for Supreme Court contenders, the inquiry goes far deeper.

Justice Anthony Kennedy sat through 10-plus hours of FBI interviews — and a three-hour session with the attorney general and White House counsel in which all "conceivable no-holds-barred questions were asked," according to a memorandum archived in the Reagan Library.

Among the questions Kennedy was asked: Have you ever engaged in kinky sex? Did you shoplift as a kid? What about any associations with groups like the Ku Klux Klan? Ever abuse a girlfriend? Engage in cruelty to animals? And tell us about sex in college: How often, how many women, and did you ever contract a venereal disease?

"I always tell clients that they should think long and hard about whether they want to go through the process at all," said Robert Kelner, a partner at the Covington law firm who advises presidential appointees on Senate confirmation. "You give up any semblance of privacy. Your name may be floated, but then it might become publically known that the White House backed away because of something embarrassing."

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-supreme-court-vetting-20160217-story.html

 

[Eternal Return]

Did you ever buy porn, sniff glue, have sex in junior high? Exactly how many times?

Prospective justices are put through the nation's most thorough background check, an invasive process where nothing is off-limits. After all, a surprise dredged up later could scuttle confirmation. So candidates' taxes, writings, childhoods, business dealings, medical histories and, yes, love lives, are all scrutinized for potential red flags.

Millions of Americans with security clearances or government jobs are asked probing questions about their loyalty, reliability and character in FBI background checks. But for Supreme Court contenders, the inquiry goes far deeper.

Justice Anthony Kennedy sat through 10-plus hours of FBI interviews — and a three-hour session with the attorney general and White House counsel in which all "conceivable no-holds-barred questions were asked," according to a memorandum archived in the Reagan Library.

Among the questions Kennedy was asked: Have you ever engaged in kinky sex? Did you shoplift as a kid? What about any associations with groups like the Ku Klux Klan? Ever abuse a girlfriend? Engage in cruelty to animals? And tell us about sex in college: How often, how many women, and did you ever contract a venereal disease?

"I always tell clients that they should think long and hard about whether they want to go through the process at all," said Robert Kelner, a partner at the Covington law firm who advises presidential appointees on Senate confirmation. "You give up any semblance of privacy. Your name may be floated, but then it might become publically known that the White House backed away because of something embarrassing."

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-supreme-court-vetting-20160217-story.html

I think you are responding to the wrong thread.

 

[The Tradition]

I think you are responding to the wrong thread.

The OP wrote: If we start doing that to our Judges we might be in big trouble."

My point is that we've been doing it for a long time.

 

[Eternal Return]

The OP wrote: If we start doing that to our Judges we might be in big trouble."

My point is that we've been doing it for a long time.

Ah, I see. Glazed over that part of the post. But, my point still stands: "We" are not being mean. Its the politicians and corporate-owned media being mean, rude, nasty, etc. History of civilization, really. I'm not sure we have a credible argument to claim that we're superior to other primates. We manipulate resources better (often to our collective detriment over time), but other than that we're not much different.