Why the ability to Trust a Candidate (even a little bit) is so Vital to Me

[Totally Committed]

I was doing some research for an upcoming post, and I found the following quote. Since I found it profound, but not useable for that post, I thought I'd post it here for all of you to ponder:

"There is danger from all men. The only maxim of a free government ought to be to trust no man living with enough power to endanger the public liberty." -- John Adams

Think about that.... "The only maxim of a free government ought to be to trust no man living with enough power to endanger the public liberty."

In the last few days, I have posted in a few threads started by supporters of a few candidates, asking sincere questions about those candidates. I am not committed to any candidate at the moment, because I have genuine concerns about most of those running at present. Some I will never trust, and some I need to know more about. If I ask questions germaine to the topic of a thread about a specific candidate, it's usually because I need a reason to trust him/her, and what (s)he says. The job of the supporters in that thread (one would think) would be to give me information, or a reason, if you will, to vote for their candidate.

John Adams' quote above points out the reason for trusting those we elect. And, goodness knows we have been given so much reason never to trust ANY politician (Republican OR Democrat) lately, one would think that the need to question would be understood in those, like me, who are not backing any one candidated due to trust issues as yet. As I said to one poster: Not all questions are accusations. Some of us truly need answers. Don't attack us simply for asking them.

No one will get my vote without having, first, a modicum of my trust.

Thanks!

TC

[janx]

1. Good catch, TC.

I'm asking a lot of questions these days myself, and there are some politicians (many, in fact) that I just can't trust.