What Is a Politician?

Saw this on the Internets the other day:

While stitching a cut on the hand of a 75-year-old farmer whose hand was caught in the squeeze gate while working cattle, the doctor struck up a conversation with the old man. Eventually, the topic got around to politicians and their role as our leaders. The old farmer said: Well, as I see it, most politicians are post turtles. Being unfamiliar with the term "post turtle," the doctor asked what a post turtle was. To which the old rancher replied: When you're driving down a country road and you come across a fence post with a turtle balanced on top, that's a post turtle. The old farmer saw a puzzled look on the doctor's face so he continued: You know he didn't get up there by himself, he doesn't belong there, he doesn't know what to do while he's up there, he's elevated beyond his ability to function, and you just wonder what kind of dumb arse put him up there to begin with.

But it's not quite right.

In fact the post turtle has been elevated beyond his station for a purpose, which is the purpose of the person who elevated him, or her, and who rewards him, or her, as long as he, or she, performs his or her intended purpose. Sort of like Justin Trudeau, some have suggested, and the powerful and deeply corrupt corporation, SNC Lavelin, headquartered not a million miles from Turtle Justin's Montreal riding office.

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NaPo: Rex Murphy: Trudeau sure doesn't sound like he has nothing to hide about SNC-Lavalin

NaPo: Andrew Coyne: Hard to overstate seriousness of SNC-Lavalin allegations

NaPo: John Ivison: The government needs to let Jody Wilson-Raybould speak

And here is US Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio Cortez explaining some of the mechanics that underlie the usefulness of the post turtle.

Er, well no. It's been flushed down the U-tube memory hole.

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