Pictures credited to Wikipedia.
In his daily book ministration, titled “Daily
manna” Dr Chris Kwakpovwe noted that in life, one should endeavor to avoid the
“3 great F that can finish a man or woman prematurely 1. Females (women) 2.
Fame (inordinate ambition or desire for greatness and pursuits of titles
instead of God and 3. Fortune (love of money and inordinate desire to be rich”
This is in partial agreement with James Schwartz in
his book “The magic of getting what you want” Schwartz noted that there are
three most important things in life, Women, Money and Religion, he went on
saying that with women, you create life, with money, you maintain the life you
created and with religion you still have hope that you are going to have life
after death. He went on to say that
these three derivatives have been responsible for the rise and fall of men from
ages past.
The Independent National Electoral Commission has
signal the commencement of electoral campaign across the nation. By this
directive, political parties and political office seekers are now free to
campaign for the 2015 election in to respective political offices in the
federation.
But one thing that always happens during political campaign
is the issue of scandals, we cannot forget in hurry, the Watergate scandal, the
willow gate scandal and other numerous scandals that engulf political office
seekers throughout the globe.
A classic example is the case of Senator Gary Hart,
In the 1987, a bright young man, a senator, an American
diplomat, politician, lawyer, author, professor and commentator was positioned
to be the next American President. According to Tom Fiedler “Gary Hart, 50, announced his quest for the
presidency April 13 at the foot of the Rocky Mountains with a promise as lofty
as the backdrop: “All of us must try to hold ourselves to the very highest
standards of integrity and ethics, and soundness of judgment... ”
According to Wikipedia “ In
late April, 1987, an anonymous informant contacted The Miami
Herald and told the paper that Hart was having an affair, provided details
about the affair, and told the Herald that Hart was going to meet his
lover at his Washington DC townhouse the next Friday, May 1. As a result, a
team of Herald reporters staked out the townhouse that evening and the
next Saturday, and observed a young woman and Gary Hart together. The Herald
reporters confronted Hart on Saturday evening in an alley; he denied that he
was having an affair. That woman was later identified as Dona Rice. That ended Gary
Hart’s presidential ambition paving way for George W Bush who later became the
president and political jargon came in “The sin of the Gary Hart”
Back here in Nigeria, we all know how the glorious
career of CP Fidelis Oyakhilomi ended because of his affair with Jennifer
Madike and the in glorious release of a drug baron when he was the chairman of Nigeria
Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA. And in the political circle, the Salisu
Buhari Gate and Ete Gate are still fresh in our minds.
The late Elder statesman, Late Chief Obafemi
Awolowo noted that he owed his success in life through three things, the grace
of God, a Spartan self discipline and a good wife, continuing in his Path to Wisdom,
he stated that for you to survive in life and be a successful man, you must
eschew over eating, alcoholic and drug indulgence and stay clearly away from the
sin of womanizing.
In an article captioned “How Gary Hart’s Downfall Forever Changed American Politics” which appeared in the New York Times of September 18, 2014, Matt Bai noted that “Hardly a modern scandal passed, whether it involved a politician or an athlete or an entertainer, that didn’t evoke inevitable comparisons to Hart among reflective commentators. In popular culture, Gary Hart would forever be that archetypal antihero of presidential politics: the iconic adulterer.”
In an article by Vanity Fair titled Find out What Became of These 16 Sex-Scandal Survivors! Jennifer Wright stated that “Today Donna Rice Hughes serves as president and C.E.O. of Enough Is Enough, anti-porn nonprofit that works to make the Internet more wholesome.” But to me she ended the political career of the finest president America will ever have.
Remember the scandal of Bill Clinton and Monica Lewinsky and reacting to Clinton scandal Dona Rice opined that “My heart really goes out to Monica Lewinsky or anyone who gets caught in an international scandal,” Hughes said in an exclusive interview with The Daily Beast.
As political office seekers grapple with the
electioneering campaign, they should bear in mind that they are now public
figures and as such their movements are closely monitored by their political
opponents. They are under public scrutiny and as such this is the time to make
integrity, their watch word not like Gary Hart who stated that “All
of us must try to hold ourselves to the very highest standards of integrity and
ethics, and soundness of judgment... ” But he failed in all of them, his
failure signaled a jargon known as
“monkey business” coined from the name of the yatch he was seen with Dona Rice.
From this little
presentation, it can be seen that what Chris Kwakpovwe and
James Schwartz noted above has been the greatest killer of political aspirations right from the
Biblical time, as Judge like Sampson also failed due to the power behind the
thighs of women.
Many commentators have noted, there are only two
things that can kill a man, women and money. So as you make that political
move, bear in mind that you are a product of your party, they have invested
heavily on you, the success of your party purely depends on you, their product,
you are like a brand. When you fail, due to scandal, it may create a serious
political loss and the signal of a political doom.
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