Let us make a list of honest politicians

[Angry Dragon]

I will start:

[steve2470]

1. you mean 100% honest at all times during their long and storied career, or....

maybe a more human criteria of 99% ? I think President Obama is pretty damn honest. I think Senator Sanders is pretty damn honest. I really like Vice-President Biden.

[Angry Dragon]

7. I was thinking more about ones that tried to make this a better country

without lining their pockets

I voted for Obama and I am disappointed with him
I would agree with your other two

[steve2470]

10. devil's advocate: It's very possible he changed his mind on some things

Changing your mind is different from genuine lying. I'll give him the benefit of the doubt, but YMMV. Proving genuine lying means that you have to PROVE that the person knew the truth and deliberately made a dishonest and inaccurate statement. I have no doubt in my mind that once he got into office, the PTB and the Pentagon and CIA "sat him down" and told him what's what. That's my theory and yes, I cannot prove it.

We won't agree ever on PBO, so let's just agree to disagree. Sincerely, have a good day.

[Nye Bevan]

2. Walter Mondale. Admitted that he would raise taxes (nt)

[steve2470]

4. pretty damn honest, yes, probably lost him the election knowing how we Americans are nt

[Angry Dragon]

8. Yes

[struggle4progress]

3. I used to feel that way, in part because I lack any stomach for the work

But as I've gotten older, I've learned that a wide range of people enter politics: some of them smarter than others, some of them more principled than others, some more compassionate than others, some of them better educated than others, some of them holding views closer to my own than others, some of them more effective than others

Doing the job well can be hard work. And they're just people, like you and me

So I've gradually come to admire some of the folk who have the devotion, energy, patience, and wits needed

[steve2470]

6. +1 nt

[Justice]

9. ++1 We ask more of politicians than we ask of ourselves.

[steve2470]

11. you nailed it, it's a very rare human being who is 100% honest 100% of the time nt

[KamaAina]

5. I will finish:

[HuckleB]

12. I know one.

http://www.azleg.gov/MembersPage.asp?Member_ID=98&Legislature=51&Session_ID=110

No, really. And I bet some of us know some others at the state or local level.

[steve2470]

14. she's a professional social worker, social workers are almost all good people

Katie is from Phoenix, Arizona, and has a Bachelor of Social Work from Northern Arizona University and a Master of Social Work from Arizona State University. She has been a professional social worker since 1992. Prior to being elected to the legislature, she worked in the areas of domestic violence, behavioral health, and homelessness. She is currently the Executive Director of Emerge Arizona, the premiere political training program for Democratic women.

I said almost because, invariably, someone will bring up the ONE crappy social worker in history. 100% does not equal 99.999999999%.

[HuckleB]

15. True. Not quite as good as the people who pick up the horse poop during parades, but...

[branford]

13. Your list is far too long. nt

[bigwillq]

16. My list:

[NCjack]

17. Elizabeth Warren.

[steve2470]

18. agreed nt

[Tommy_Carcetti]

19. Jimmy Carter.

The most honest man to ever hold the White House.

[steve2470]

20. agreed that he is very honest nt

[inanna]

21. Yes. Agreed. n/t

[hifiguy]

22. I think my congressman, Keith Ellison,

is a pretty straight sort of Joe.