� Not all politicians, however, are like the Godfather, since some of them are actually working to place government back into its constitutional chains. �
That's the difference between a politician and a statesman � in Twain's words, the difference between the lightning bug and the lightning.
Ken, thanks for the reminder; I had come to the point where I though the word statesman had become completely obsolete...
Is it too ambitious or too naive to look for an honest politician? Or simply a useful one?