Why do people in politics hate to admit mistakes ?
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Because the assumption is that when a politician is elected, they are expected to make the right decisions and lead wisely. When the make the wrong decisions and do not lead wisely, there is no longer a point to them having been elected in the first place - and therefore they would lose the job.\n\nHowever, I think this mindset is silly. Politicians are humans like everyone else, and will make some honest mistakes. We should realise that this will happen and leave them to it, as long as its occasional, and genuine human error.\nHowever, dishonesty and fraud in politics i consider vile. Theres nothing wrong with making a mistake, but trying to cover it up, embellish it, or trying to pass the blame is wrong, and it is for this that we should punish politicians. Plus if they make mistakes all the time, they are obviously incompetent and should go.\n\nEdit: FreedomHammer is also correct, some are just egotistical prats\n\n2nd edit: MOST are egotistical prats
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Because man are full of wickedness and not consistent.\nExample can you trust politician.?
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They don't want them to be perfect, just a good example of improving character.  A human elected to represent others is and should be under heavy scrutiny, even if he/she has a perfect record.   It isn't worth our laziness to allow a leader to misrepresent us with his bad habits.
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I lose faith in political parties all the time.  Politics (like any other human endeavor) is fraught with human frailty.  Anytime human nature is part of the formula, it can get messy.
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Because they feel like they need someone to blame.  Often, it's because of low self-esteem, and they feel better by complaining about someone else, even if it's not for a legitimate reason.  However, I think people blame the president because he is the central figure of power in this country.  Even though he doesn't really have total power, many people are ignorant of that fact, and for that matter, many of them CHOOSE to remain ignorant about it!
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Because people don't want to hear the truth. Sometimes it is because the truth hits the guilt spot and they don't like that.
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Because people are afraid to tell the truth and take responsibility for there own actions.
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Ive been looking for the words to describe this for a while. You put your finger right on it.\n\nIt is incredibly apparent when people criticize politicians. People resort to calling the other side stupid, or creating false examples to use as criticizm. It really shows what kind of character somone has when they make things up, contrary to the truth, in order to bash somone.
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When are you going to admit that it is not?\n\nWhen are you going to admit that your accusations are based on partisan politics and not facts?\n\nWhen are you going to admit that you are spreading slander, rumor and innuendo?
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It is because they are easy polarizing topics.  Politicians look for low hanging fruit so they won't have to address real topics - like the budget or social security.
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The problem with alot of liberals is they are fast at placing blame and making sure when the conservatives mess up they make a heck of a noise. When its them making mistakes they stay pretty quiet. They know that the policies are working, but they won't talk about that all they can talk about is what isn't working over there and in truth that just brings down the American moral and makes the public think its a failure. Its just liberal propaganda
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It is wrong for any political party to use a past remark that has been explained and apologized for, as a tool to sway an opinion. cheap shot. \nThere is truth in the remark though, heck I joined USCG cause I couldn't afford college. That's a sad comment on America. Richest country in the world with the least and lowest paid teachers in the Public School System which only goes to G12.
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Think about the ramifications of the most powerful man in the world admitting that he used poor judgement and made a mistake.  That sends a pretty clear message to all the morons out there who can't factor in human nature, who can't forgive, and who sum up a man's character not on the resume of his accomplishments but by random acts of stupidity.  Coincidentally, those morons are the ones who vote and comprise popular opinion.\n\nHe probably weighed the advantages and disadvantages of fessing up and acted accordingly.  The whole thing was embarrassing.  Other countries couldn't believe we wasted so much time and money on such a petty thing, and that our two parties would use something so anabashedly assinine to undermine one another (especially after finding how the investigation itself was corrupt).\n\nMan, thanks for bringing that up.  Now I wanna shoot myself in the face.
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Admitting you are wrong takes BALLS. It openes you up to being vunerable. The natural human instinct is to protect, so admitting wrongness is hard. People who can admit wrongs are seldom. Jewles. Also, sometimes in anothers eyes they honestly do not believe they were wrong. So it all depends.
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They don't know how to argue based on facts, so they attack people based on their beliefs and make assumptions about them based on their affiliation.  unfortunately, as long as there are ignorant people around, these types of attacks will continue.  the best thing people can do is educate themselves about their own political beliefs, so they can argue why they think their beliefs are good ones, rather than how much someone sucks b/c they have  different beliefs.
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for most of the politicans its difficult to be truthful.for example in india 90% of polictians are not truthful.theycharacter can be estimated by there background .some of them have bad histories. recently some politicans have been accused of taking of bribes.unless the values of the politicans change the country cant cannot develop\nthey to be faithfull to the people who elected them
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people do not want to look in the mirror and face themselves....\npeople never want to dig to deep into the truth because their too scared to ruffle a few feathers....\n\npeople are generally a**holes and thats about all I can say...\n\nim a BRUTALLY HONEST person..which is why most people dont know how to act around me or ask me any questions because they know I will tell it like it is .....and most people do not want to face the truth....