Tim Pawlenty, known to many as the former governor of Minnesota, has recently resigned as campaign manager for Mitt Romney, to join a financial-industry lobbying and advisory group.
So we see that he is allied with the people who gave us subprime mortgages, robo-signing of foreclosure orders, and the causes of the financial crisis and near-meltdown of 2007- 2008.
People don't usually enter that kind of an organization if they have not already had some ties to them. Thus, it's likely that Pawlenty has been allied with this group. Given how prone people are, these days, to besmirch any political candidate, it would be in this prevalent spirit if I said that Romney perhaps is guilty by association, even if perhaps somewhat remotely.
And, also in today's top news, at least in this region: The pastor of a Northwest Indiana mega-church was indicted for a sex crime, namely transporting a 17-year-old woman (and thus a minor) across state lines for sexual purposes. I think that violates both the so-called Mann Act, which covers transporting across state lines, and statutes involving minors.
And, to anyone who can remember even a short while back, he is not the first religious leader to be involved in a scandal. With just the sex scandals alone, I certainly have not been trying to keep count but if I had been I'm sure I would have lost count long ago.
I wish to imply that it is typical for our politicians to be tied to groups and organizations whose aims are counter to the public good; and that religious leaders are liars, shams, and hypocrites.
Well, all right, not all, of either group. I certainly must admit "not all." But too many. Way too many.
Copyright © 2012 by Richard Stein
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