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I believe that in the media there is a manufactured "shock" that this has taken place, even when it wasn't hard to find executive orders by both Clinton and Carter doing, well, the same thing. I believe the same "shock" is evident throughout posts here. It is most certainly possible that I am misreading it.
I don't know if Bush was elected because he was perceived as incorruptable. I think Gore and Kerry sucked as candidates. A situation that I am not convinced was illegal is not going to point to corruptability in my mind, though.
I like history, and I like historical perspective, and I think it is usually relevant. I am oft amazed at the short memory of the media and the public in general. We could talk about what politicians have run on throughout history and could find that most of it was crap.
Just to be clear - I don't justify any illegal action or campaign lies or being misled by candidates - if in fact this situation points to such things. I just honestly don't understand the "shock" factor. It is not new. And that's what is completely political on the part of Reid and Pelosi and Boxer et al.
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