Yup, that's right-wingers for you.

Their standard position is self-evident "absolute morality" and "law and order", and anyone who would suggest there's anything more to it is just a weenie liberal.

But let the moral and legal violations be uncovered among their own operatives, and suddenly they turn into mushy bleeding hearts:

They need ouuuuuutreeeeeeach, they need traaaaaaining, they need heeeeeeelp....  

Whether from the political left or right one thing you can count on from politicians is hypocrisy. Politicians are evil scum, always were, always will be. But unfortunately for us, they are a necessary evil. At the polls we can do our best to vet the good from the bad - or the less bad from the really bad. It's never easy.

But your point on the hypocrisy of political leadership (and it's a world wide phenomenon) is well taken.

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I'm tellin' ya, a little tar and feathering would go a long way. Oh, and perhaps if we bring back public shaming. Somewher along the lines of what johns experience in some juridictions when they are caught trying to engage the services of that attractive lady on the corner...or the one down the street...or in the "escort" addy.

The mellotron is your friend.

I suggest a series of case-studies:

Julie MacDonald
Jack Abrahmoff
Italia Federici
Alberto Gonzales
Donald Rumsfeld
Harriet Meyers
Stephen Griles

It is only by pure coincidence these are all Republicans.  Pure coincidence, I tell ya.

Historically, there is no example of a political system in which we end up with only good, honest politicians. We could do a lot worse than our current system - indeed most countries are.

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