He corrupted the office was found believed guilty of financial corruption too. The statute of limitations prevented prosecution but the revelations impelled him to resign for having disgraced the office.

The came Moshe Katsav, a political hack known for his sexual predations who was removed from office and remains in prison at this very moment.

And then came Uncle Shimon who true to a lifetime of challenging the leaders of this democracy, this low-brow, soi-disant pseudo-intellectual was up to that as recently as last week; his fool of a man.

And now, that is, during recent weeks, we were witnessed to the shameless campaigning by one political party hack after another saying, “I want to be president! I want to be president! Vote for me!” with no awareness that one does not ask for such honors let alone campaign for them.

Then again, the original leaders of this Herzlian state were Leftists who set the culture and dreamed of a classless society, and what they got was a society with no class.

On the bright side, Ruby Rivlin, I think, will be a good president; leastwise in his victory speech today he seemed to understand the role when Peres, Weizman and Katsav never did. It should be above politics and policies. The president must foster not the ideas that divide the people but unite them…