January 8th I wrote a post called Leaders who DON’T: politicians. It must have struck a chord because it kicked off some great discussion. Here’s a sample, I started by saying
We’ve no leaders, let alone statesmen, just ideologues, elected by like-minded ideologues, who care only about getting reelected, bringing government money back to their constituency and making lucrative connections in the event they aren’t reelected or are caught by term limits.
Albert Einstein stated, “The significant problems we face can’t be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when we created them.”
Eric Eggertson Too true. It seems politicians have lost the knack for making the right decision, even if it’s not popular.
Ron@TheWisdomJournal I heard one time that politicians think only about the next election, but statesmen consider the next generation. I’m pretty sure all the statesmen are gone….
Bob Turek This whole “drive to power” attitude has yielded politicians who are always using their current position as a stepping stone to the next…The use of position to overwhelm others while competing for the next position leaves tiny room for doing the right things.
Ivan Rios We’re way below the level of thinking that created the problem.
Ren Garcia There is the Christian concept of a Servant-Leader. The name says it all: a person who appreciates the needs of the people he leads and follows them…We actually have a living Servant-Leader here in the Philippines…A parish priest saw that the needs of people of his province weren’t being met. He and his parishioners got together and captured the governorship against all the guns, goons and gold of the traditional politicians (tra-pos, in the local vernacular, a slang word for “dirty rags”).
Mat …One sad reality is that the American public has a memory that spans three news cycles. We keep closer track of the story arc Grey’s Anatomy and the New England Patriots, or when the next iPod will be released. And with no community and institutional memory, there may be no accountability. So in my humble opinion, that’s the biggest problem.
There’s lots more. Intelligent people, civilized discussion, no rhetoric.
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