Prideful Politicians

A commentary by Peggy Noonan explores the disturbing trend in modern politicians to speak of the virtue of their character. She basically illustrates that our modern politicians have no humility and it is having a detrimental impact on their decision making abilities. She writes,

The Supreme Court this week and last issued many rulings, and though they were on different issues the decisions themselves had at least one thing in common: They seemed to reflect a lack of basic human modesty on the part of many of the justices.

Besides slamming the Supreme Court Justices, she derides Sen. Barack Obama for his comparing himself to Abraham Lincoln, Bill Frist for speaking about his great sacrifices, and the Clintons for politicizing a spiritual event.

As usual, she has an insightful and well-written editorial on the current events.