I believe that the original posting in this thread was intended to indicate that Democratic crooks are somehow more obvious, natural and frequent than any other kind.

Correct.

Why should I care about that?

Yes. I was referring more to the translation than anything else.

Union Is Caught Up in Illinois Bribe Case

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/12/us...s/12union.html

Damning information to say the least.

He already did. I'm not sure why that answer would change after Fitzgerald investigated a guy who hates him.

A bit of a shame, yeah. But I see it as more a reversion to the journalistic norms of the nineteenth century, when it was routine even for papers that weren't established as party organs from the beginning to clearly favor one party over others, or the other.

But you can do pretty well by taking opposing biases, mentally leaning them up against each other, and dropping a plumbline. It should land pretty near what is actually the case. / + \ --> /\, then /|\.

My problem with the Democrats is not that they're crooked -- no one here takes any view of politicians other than from the skeptical to the downright jaundiced. Congress' approval ratings are still in the cellar, if not the teens.

My problem is the leadership of the Democrats just isn't very wise, and has had zero success in advancing democracy around the globe since Truman. Truman left office in 1954. That's a long time of failure. At the end of the day, indefensible. Socialism is the road of currency debasement and thus unwisdom, and the Dem Party is in thrall to its socialists. Unwisdom. Bureaucracy is the Dem Party's solution to every problem, real or imagined. Unfortunately, it's not the way to get something done, or services provided. Bureaucracy is a pretty fair pre-Internet way to move information around, but its natural tendency is to inertia and it overly limits effort and problemsolving in its attempts to plan, budget, and administer. Paring bureaucratic tendencies away from a society makes that society more dynamic and endows it with a livelier economy.

By contrast, the Republicans have been the ones to win democracy's battles for us, and to fight wars as if they intended to win them -- which a good many senseless people think is just criminal somehow. Can't see the how myself -- only that some American bozos don't want us winning. They suck, and blindly too. Amazing just how angry they become when their inadequacy of thought is ranged before them beyond mistake. Anybody would think they whore after a false god.

And yes, the Reps are about as enamored of bureaucracy as the Dems are. I'd hate to have to live on any difference there. No wonder I profess Libertarianism as my political persuasion, despite objections from certain parties.

Yours as well. I could offer some suggestions about where you might take your bias and what you might do with it. :cool:

"As for me and my house," we find the Democratic Party a regular, routine disappointment.

Your lies are still lies. Go back and read post 38.:rolleyes:

You may not like it and they may not have done it in this case but Michelle is right.

You watch what you sayin', buster! We don't allow no congressmen in here!

Ah - ahhhh - ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh-Bosnia!

I'm sorry, I have a cold.