The Meta-Scandal

[Blue Meany]

I have started to think of this administration as one interlocking scandal in which the resources of government have been used for partisan advantage in elections, enriching cronies, and enriching the Bush appointees who have been appointed to positions in which they can manage government resources for these purposes. They have sought to politicize the entire machinery of government: the judiciary, federal prosecutors, the DOD, the GSA, the regulatory agencies, the various executive departments--everything they control. It's probably a good thing that voting is handled at the state level, since state Republicans have exhibited a willingness to use the power of the state to effect voting and the counting of votes; if the feds controlled it, we would probably still have a Republican congress. The various scandals that have come to light are not anamolies, they represent business as usual and are a product of the governing philosophy of the current leadership of the national Republican party. That philosophy, as near as I can tell, is do whatever you have to do get a elected and grab whatever you can once you are in office. It is a Republican version of Tamany Hall, boss politics at the national level.

In truth they stand for nothing but greed and self-agrrandisement. Conservative principles have long since been abandoned and policy positions are just tactics for getting elected. Enriching oneself through influence peddling, use of inside knowledge, steering contracts to cronies, and so forth is the main purpose for a Republican political career these days, at least at the national level.

[DCKit]

1. Yay, I'm not the only one