text: are there any good us politicians left? how come over the last decade the people of the united states are having to try and figure out the lesser of two, three, four evils? name some good ones if you can. please explain why you think they are good. i ask this question in the political room and didn't get any answers. only bashing. because you cannot please all of the people all of the time, politicians who do try to do the right things usually only last one term. the only politician i can genuinely say i still have respect for is colin powell. as a soldier he went in front of the u.n. and followed his commander in chief's orders and tried to sell a bill of goods that even powell didn't believe in. if you watch a replay of that farce you can see by his body language how uncomfortable he was. i respect his integrity for following his boss's orders but in case you all forgot, he resigned as soon as he could afterwards and unlike a lot of former politicians, he hasn't blamed everyone else for things he did. unlike his boss's and cronies, powell knew the cost of war, he has been there. to go from him to "condi" shows the true ineptness of this administration. can't say i've witnessed a lot of honesty lately, but powell was dedicated and respected the world over. and still is...