Political Leaders, Bubbles, and Misfits
"The real bubble (which citizens place around our political leaders) is a consequence of big government. The more the citizenry expects from the state, the more our political class will depend on ever-more-swollen Gulf emir-size retinues of staffers hovering at the elbow to steer you from one corner of the fishbowl to another 24/7.
"Why are politicians so weird?" a reader asked me after the (South Carolina Gov. Mark) Sanford press conference. Well, the majority of people willing to live like this will, almost by definition, be deeply weird. So big government more or less guarantees rule by creeps and misfits. It's just a question of how well they disguise it."
~ Mark Steyn, Columnist
HT Column in today's Washington Times