02-16-2012, 10:17 PM
I think you all have missed my point about the dearth of leadership qualities in modern politicians. In my post, I did not point to corruption as the important quality missing, which I feel has been perhaps overstated in the responses, but I pointed to the lack of leadership and character of modern day politicians who seem to be mere followers of polls and not leaders of a country. There may have been unseemliness in those back rooms, but there was also a development of backbone and strength in the face of adversity.