In 1649 Richard Lovelace published a poem titled:  “To Lucasta, Going to the Warres.”  The last line of this poem is a stark reminder of the importance of honor.

Yet this inconstancy is such,
As thou too shalt adore;
I could not love thee (Dear) so much,
Love’d I not honor more.

The Watergate burglary could have been written off as much ado about nothing. It was, after all, a third rate burglary. Republicans got caught trying to break into the Democratic National Committee headquarters.  Who cares?  Does anyone think that Democrats have never tried to spy on Republicans?  Please!  What made Watergate important was the relentless pursuit by liberal Democrats and the Washington Post.  They hated Richard Nixon and they were determined to destroy him.  Republicans stood up for Nixon, until it became obvious that Nixon was lying.  At that point Republicans chose honor over politics and told Nixon it was time to go.

That was not an easy decision.  Republicans knew that this would be a huge political victory for Democrats.  They also knew this would be devastating for the country.  They were right. North Vietnam would never had invaded South Vietnam if Richard Nixon was still in office.  Take away Watergate and South Vietnam might look a lot like South Korea today.

When Bill Clinton was impeached Democrats chose politics over honor.  After the story first broke several Democratic Senator said that if Bill Clinton lied on national TV they would vote to remove him from office.  But at some point, even though Clinton was clearly guilty of perjury, Democrats decided politics trumped honor.  Not one single Democratic Senator voted to remove Clinton from office, even though he was clearly guilty of perjury.  The only justification was that Clinton just lied about sex so it didn’t matter.

There is overwhelming evidence that the Obama administration was involved in a cover-up with regard to Benghazi.  The only defense offered by Jay Carney is that the e-mail about Benghazi wasn’t actually about Benghazi.  That doesn’t even pass the snicker test.  But sadly Democrats are once again choosing politics over honor.

The ethical decision would be for Democrats to appoint responsible people to the select committee and direct them to focus on the truth.  That is the honorable thing to do.  Yet there is zero chance that Democrats will do that.  If they do participate in the select committee at all it will be primarily to obstruct justice and discredit the committee.

So far I cannot identify a single Democrat who will stand up for truth and justice over politics?  Does one have to sacrifice honor to be a Democrat in congress?  Is there really no one?

TDM