Why Should We Expect Any Better?

In George Orwell's famous line, "All animals are equal but some animals are more equal than others," there lies a prophetic comment about American and world politics. The legal profession considers itself not just advocates of legal interpretation but the ONLY body capable of making laws.

Given that the free-world has been led, for the most part, by lawyers holding political office, and given the state of political and economic affairs over the last sixty years... why does an educated public continue to give this group of "others" so much credibility?

Have we not learned anything from the Clinton comment, "It depends on what the meaning of the word 'is' is. If the--if he--if 'is' means is and never has been, that is not--that is one thing. If it means there is none, that was a completely true statement....Now, if someone had asked me on that day, are you having any kind of sexual relations with Ms. Lewinsky, that is, asked me a question in the present tense, I would have said no. And it would have been completely true."

Let's try something novel... stop electing lawyers.