I have always been a supporter of term limits for politicians at every level of government, from the White House all the way down to the small town selectman who represents as few as a hand full of people. I believe this for a number of reasons but one of my favorites is because I am a firm believer in people. Even though this is a challenging thought, I do think that there are many, many good and intelligent people in this country who can do as good or better job than the career politicians. If this were true, they wouldn’t be doing much of the slimy and deceitful tactics to pull in someone’s vote or to boost public opinion polls.
Last night I was watching a program on television. I won’t say which one but the discussion was about Jim Webb, the Virginia pundit whose loyal aide was arrested for trying to get a gun, belonging to Webb, into Webb’s office area, supposedly unknowingly. As we all know, Washington, D.C. has an all out ban on guns and it literally takes an act of Congress to get permitted – hypocrisy and another story.
During the discussion, some reporters were suggesting that Webb may have deliberately staged this event in order to boost his public opinion ratings among Second Amendment constituents in his home state of Virginia. I really hope this is not the case. I would like the fact that Webb would challenge his Constitutional rights to keep and bear arms but not at the expense of his loyal friend and aide, unless of course they were both in on the plot.
Either way, it appears that Webb’s accounting of how it happened and his aide’s accounting don’t agree, leaving all us wondering about the credibility of the man.
Tom Remington
