Edmund Burke was a member of the British Parliament. He is quoted as saying that a representative owes the people not only his industry, but his judgment, and he betrays those he represents if he sacrifices that industry and judgment to their opinion. Back in those days, only the rich had access to education and usually only men had access to true academics. With the advent of the internet and almost universal access, we have leveled the playing field. Today, with a little careful research and verification of source reliability, everybody can know almost everything. And we, the constituency, can communicate our educated recommendations to our leaders.
The point here is that we elect our leaders to office for the purpose of exercising their judgment for our benefit and we trust them to know what needs to be done and how to do it. If they cave to pressure from us, failing to do what they truly believe is right.....if they are too busy KEEPING their jobs to DO their jobs, they are not leaders, they are merely politicians.
