Reply #48: They have been so corrupt for so long

[ninkasi]

that I truly believe that Republican politicians believe they are untouchable. For the last few years, that has seemed to be the case. Maybe the mood of the country is changing, maybe we have been so clobbered with scandal after scandal, abuse after abuse, giveaways to corporations, and shrinking wages for us peons, it's catching up with them.

The mood right now, after Katrina, and Rita, and the war in Iraq, the price of gas, has soured on politicians, and the Republicans are in undisputed charge of all three branches of government. Does anybody listen to the "terra 'lerts" any more? I think that people are more concerned with whether they will have enough money to buy gas until payday.

They are worried that their job will be sent overseas, or that they will be hit with unexpected medical expenses, which are rising, while their paychecks are not. They see the amount of money men like Frist have, they sense that he is doing something illegal, and are...I hope...getting tired of it all. Tom DeLay is so obviously corrupt, I don't think even the neocons believe he's clean; they only care about whether he can escape unscathed.

Some members of Congress will be facing reelection in 2006, and are growing increasingly skittish about having the stink of the Bush administration cause them to have the same odor of sleaze. I only hope that DeLay is convicted, and that next month, Karl Rove will be led from the White House in handcuffs. America needs a good Fall cleaning. We don't want to wait for Spring.