Showing posts with label Sanford. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sanford. Show all posts
Thursday, July 2, 2009
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Compassion for Conservative Gov. Sanford
Listening to South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford's epic apologetic meltdown today, yet another in an absolute deluge of politicians who have pontificated to the citizenry about how to lead their lives while personally going face down in the cake, I kept coming back to this thought.
Humans are flawed, imperfect beings, struggling against ego and id, temptation and captivation, and when it's obvious that we've fallen short, we cry out for compassion and understanding, for assistance, knowing full well that it makes no sense to judge a person's life by their worst moment.
If only those who profess to have an elevated moral compass could exhibit compassion and understanding to the rest of us imperfect humans in their roles as leaders prior to failing so spectacularly in public, then perhaps humanity would replace hypocrisy as the political tour de force.
Humans are flawed, imperfect beings, struggling against ego and id, temptation and captivation, and when it's obvious that we've fallen short, we cry out for compassion and understanding, for assistance, knowing full well that it makes no sense to judge a person's life by their worst moment.
If only those who profess to have an elevated moral compass could exhibit compassion and understanding to the rest of us imperfect humans in their roles as leaders prior to failing so spectacularly in public, then perhaps humanity would replace hypocrisy as the political tour de force.
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