A thought about what we now accept

The President of Germany has resigned in disgrace over an ethical impropriety. This happens in the midst of a financial crisis the nation is attempting to lessen for all of Europe.

Compare the following quote with what we have become comfortable with regarding those who hold our public trust. Tony Rezko would be baffled. In the end, people get the government they deserve. In the end, morality and honor are the basis of a solid community and nation. The honorable people still left in the United States, and there are many, continue to be removed from the mainstream or from feeling a contact with their government, as in Germany under Hitler.

The scandal surrounding Mr Wulff escalated in December.
At the centre of the row is the story - first published by the Bild newspaper - that Mr Wulff received a low interest 500,000 euro loan (£417,000; $649,000) from the wife of a wealthy businessman in October 2008.
Mr Wulff was later asked in Lower Saxony's parliament if he had had business relations with the businessman, Egon Geerkens, and said he had not, making no mention of his dealings with Mr Geerkens's wife.