http://wongablog.co.uk/2008/06/04/let-the-sniper-fire-comment-go/ like balloons, only with dancing Fri, 09 Jan 2009 13:20:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 http://wongablog.co.uk/2008/06/04/let-the-sniper-fire-comment-go/#comment-28224 Darkwinter Tue, 10 Jun 2008 08:27:36 +0000 http://wongablog.co.uk/?p=3005#comment-28224 Sadly it's one of those constant trends in politics, and in political commentary in particular. There is this somewhat-understandable but still-unrealistic belief that our leaders should be superhuman, particularly in a moral sense. Yet there's also a perverse pleasure displayed by the media every time a politician makes a mistake - a kind of sick glee that revels in showing the high and mighty to be human after all, and then demonising them for it. The best example is of course Bill Clinton, but the best thing about that was that nobody but the media seemed to care, and it really highlighted the ethical divide between a politician's private and professional lives. Sadly it’s one of those constant trends in politics, and in political commentary in particular. There is this somewhat-understandable but still-unrealistic belief that our leaders should be superhuman, particularly in a moral sense. Yet there’s also a perverse pleasure displayed by the media every time a politician makes a mistake - a kind of sick glee that revels in showing the high and mighty to be human after all, and then demonising them for it. The best example is of course Bill Clinton, but the best thing about that was that nobody but the media seemed to care, and it really highlighted the ethical divide between a politician’s private and professional lives.

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