Why the "Bad Guys" seem to win in politics 8 Articles

by Carolyn Tytler

In elections, sometimes winners lose, and losers win. After the ballots are counted, the apparent winner embarks on a path leading to increased power and responsibility, while the losers seem to fade away into the backgrou...read more

by Kerry Brooks

Our founding fathers are spinning in their graves at how quickly their dream of a self governed America is unraveling. They fought against British rule and the inequity of taxation without representation. However in this...read more

by MysLykeMeeh

Ways of the bad guys, bad guys win. Rules they ought to play? Never mind, they made the rules, they break them and at the end who's the bait? Themselves? Huh!. Its odd. How many bad guys re-elected during election? Is ther...read more

by Carol Noble

For too long the "good guys" have believed that to show compassion, and concern, give help and support in all things, will change the attitude of those who don't think like us, who seek only selfish, self-centred aims. By...read more

by James Foltz

There's a poem by Yeats called "The Second Coming" in which he remarks that "the best lack all convictions, while the worst/Are full of passionate intensity." He's right. I was perusing the various news websites this mo...read more

by gregory m.

The core problem is the voting system in which the "bad guy" is elected. In the many different forms of democracy, there are many ways of electing the law making body. In the United States, we use an electoral system whic...read more

by Derek Snow

The "Miller Method of Misdirection" has made it's way to the floor of the United States Congress. During my lengthy law enforcement career I served as an investigator in administrative cases involving Command Rank Officers...read more

by James Ruhnke

Bad guys win because the typical American voter equates success with morality. Take a monkey, dress him in a nice suit and put a college degree from Harvard in his pocket and he will soon be appointed or elected to high...read more