<<they lined up secret task forces, then lied about their taxes, their cattle trades, their land deals, their health care plans, their travel office, their FBI files, their women, and their campaign contributions.>>
Which is to say they conducted politics as usual. The only difference is that the unspoken inter-party agreement to mutually ignore these mutual tendencies was violated. I expect it will bounce right back in the faces of the Republicans, who have a number of cemetaries in their own collective closet.
I expect that if you looked closely enough at the financing of every presidential campaign of the last two centuries, you could find something actionable in any of them. I recall the Moonies, and certain Latin American drug boys with strong anti-left sentiments, depositing rather heavily in conservative PACs over recent years. Remember the World Anti-Communist League? A tale of where some of that money came from, and where it went, would nuke a number of reputations.
Fiddling while Rome burns shows a certain style and level of aesthetic appreciation. I can't say the same for examining each other's excrement while the edifice burns, which is what Washington looks like to me these days.
Normally in time of war or great international crisis the parties put their feuds on the back burner, and cooperate to save the goose with the golden eggs. We have such a situation emerging fast right now, and I don't see anyone paying attention.
Steve |
