Progressives are NOT More Corrupt than Conservatives and Libertarians

Romans 3:10-11: ". . . None is righteous, no, not one; no one understands; no one seeks for God."

Augsburg Confession Article II: "Our churches teach that since the fall of Adam, all who are naturally born are born with sin, that is, without the fear of God, without trust in God, and with the inclination to sin . . . "

Westminster Confession of Faith Chapter VI:  " . . . [Adam and Eve] being the root of all mankind, the guilt of this sin was imputed, and the same death in sin and corrupted nature conveyed to all their posterity, descending from them by ordinary generation.  From this original corruption, whereby we are utterly indisposed, disabled, and made opposite to all good, and wholly inclined to all evil, do proceed all the actual transgressions."

James Madison, Federalist 51:  ". . . But what is government itself, but the greatest of all reflections on human nature? If men were angels, no government would be necessary. If angels were to govern men, neither external nor internal controls on government would be necessary. In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men, the great difficulty lies in this: you must first enable the government to control the governed; and in the next place oblige it to control itself. . . . "

We conservatives and libertarians should not congratulate ourselves in these days of the Obama scandals that politicians we support are bound somehow to be better, less corrupt, human beings. They are not.  And we are not.  We all suffer under our sinful nature and, given the opportunity, and strong enough motivation, will sin.  Nor should we take joy in the scandals as simply an opportunity to regain power.

But it is an opportunity to instruct the American people that the larger and more secretive the government, the further that government is away from the people, the more discretion and power is given to unelected officials, and the more those in power believe they are morally superior to the other guy, the more likely is abuse and corruption.  This, and not any special moral disability of progressives, is the ultimate genesis of the Obama scandals.