Ethically Challenged

I am probably not different from any one else who is in a continual state of astonishment these days at what seems to be a perpetual parade of elected officials getting themselves in some kind moral indiscretion, denying it, and then admitting under some guise to having committed the act. Usually (when admitting) it is something quite worthy like " the devil made me do it." The casualness with which individuals handle moral behavior is astonishing.

It makes one wonder whether all politicians or those seeking office are ethically challenged.

The most recent, of course, is one who tweeted lewd pictures to some dame and claims he did not do it, only to admit today that he is guilty plus. And then, over the weekend the former congressman from our district was indicted for only some small portion of greater heartbreak, indiscretions, and perhaps broken laws of which he is guilty. ( Much of the detail {of this case} is known thus I will not repeat.) Another department having members who were obviously ethically challenged in recent years and months has been the state highway patrol. These are but a few examples of many today who find themselves severely lacking in the practice of ethics and yet hold positions or jobs of authority governing the rest of us.

I can not speak for other citizens but I find it severely disturbing that those with responsibilities to protect and govern cannot themselves keep moral and ethical laws to the degree that they can be examples to both old and young alike.