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Originally Posted by questor
... The Dems just can't resist feathering their nest by scurrilous tactics like these.
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Partisanship is defined as ALWAYS believing that the OTHER SIDE is always engaging in scurrilous actions, even if they haven't been caught yet, and YOUR side is always operating with the best and noblest of intentions, even when they get caught in the very same kind of scurrilous actions.
This is what makes a serious, intelligent conversation on politics so difficult these days.
What if the Reps feather their nest just like the Dems?
What if the correct statement is: "The Congress feathers its nests."
I admit I have seen a lot of Dem foobars and scurrilousness over the last 30 years, but I have to be honest about it, I can't say I've seen the Reps do any better. But what I have seen over and over again is that my friends and co-workers over the last 30 years, almost always "forget" about the sins of their own party, and NEVER forget the sins of the other party.
And a final note. Question to the Thread (for extra credit):
What if this contentious rivalry between the Reps and Dems (with all the skull-duggery on BOTH sides) is EXACTLY
what we should want and expect from a successful Democracy?
