First, there was dog shaming and then roommate shaming. Are politicians the next group to get the shaming treatment?
Pennsylvania state lawmakers are applying the popular technique to their former colleagues that have been convicted of crimes. The portraits of four former lawmakers that hang in the State Capitol building in Harrisburg, Penn. will include plaques engraved with their crimes.
“There was a question: ‘Do you remove the portraits or do you do something else?’” Stephen Miskin, a spokesman for House Speaker Sam Smith, told the Washington Post. “You can’t change history, whether you like it or not. There was a feeling you should keep the portraits out there and let people make up their own mind.”
The four lawmakers featured in this round of politician shaming include three Democrats and one Republican. Robert Mellow (D) pleaded guilty to political corruption and tax evasion in 2012, according to his plaque. Bill DeWeese (D) and John Perzel (R) were convicted of using state resources for campaigning, and Herbert Fineman (D) was convicted on multiple counts of obstruction of justice.
Just imagine if we brought the practice to Washington D.C.
What would the plaques under portraits of Anthony “Carlos Danger” Weiner, David Wu, and John Edwards say?
