The following appeared in Charleston City Paper’s Letters to the Editor, August 16 2006:

As a conservative Republican, I rarely agree with what Mr. Moredock writes about Republican elected officials. However, the two pieces he wrote that deal with the escapades of Wallace Scarborough were on the mark. Mr. Scarborough, Mr. Altman, and Ms. Ceips are embarrassments to South Carolina Republicans as well as to all South Carolina citizens. These three individuals exhibit the height of hypocrisy and then expect the voters to look the other way.

The problem is that voters for these three, as well as other politicians in both parties, do look the other way. They fail to hold these elected officials the high standards that they profess to uphold. This is a result of the fact that most voters only listen to what they want to hear.

Mr. Moredock’s characterization of John Graham Altman III sums up the problem very well. Republicans like Altman, Scarborough, Jake Knott, and several other over-the-top legislators tar the image of the vast majority of Republicans that are interested in just living our lives and securing our economic future and our children’s future.

Our form of government, Representative Republic, is great. We have provisions for a built-in revolution every election day. That means that we get the quality of elected leadership we deserve. Therefore, if we want politicians to not behave badly, we need to hold them accountable on election day.

Rolland Fitch
Summerville

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