A reader responded to a recent blog of mine:
"Just what government post is it that Karl Rove holds. Aw he doesn't hold elective or appointive office. Guess we can't put him on trial for violating any Federal Codes eh?"
Wasn't Rove appointed as Assistant to the President and Senior Advisor to the President by Bush? But perhaps that doesn't count.
More importantly, I think the response is a sad indication of Republican political views these days. The reader is not concerned with whether Rove or Bush actually did anything wrong, but only laughing because we supposedly can't do anything about it. Ha ha, they won, so what if they cheated.
At some point, however, the GOP power players should ask themselves if all this grabbing of power and wealth by any means, including numerous ethical and legal violations, is actually good for the country or their party. And the Democrats should check themselves now before they lower themselves any further to the Republicans' level.
Or do politicians even care about that? I mean, I'm not naieve, I realize that public service is actually a very small piece of a politicians' daily business, but have they foresaken even that small piece? Have they become so obsessed with getting more power, so tunnel-visioned on acheiving narrow conservative and extremist Christian agendas, that they've forgotten what that power is supposed to be used for? Forgotten they are supposed to represent a diverse nation, not a narrow group of donors and ideologues?
Ultimately, their eroding of our democratic processes, our checks and balances, and our civil rights in order to ensure total control undermines the intent of our Constitution, and endangers the freedoms and future of our country.
Luckily, we can always just vote them back out of office. It's just going to be a long two years before we get our next opportunity.
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