Bob "Governor Ultrasound" McDonnell of Virginia is going away to prison. We all cheer.
Big fucking deal. The next GOP or even "moderate" bluedog Democratic Governor will commute his sentence. He will get off before he sees the inside of a cell, and though his reputation may get slightly tarnished, he will be hanging around conservative circles, raising cash and being a talking head, in the style of Tom Delay, another one who dodged the bullet. They must protect their own.
I was no fan of Jim Trafficant, and think he got what he deserved, but we , on the left are not as forgiving to our convicted criminals. What he did, compared to the crimes of "The Hammer" and "The Magic Wand" seems to be shoplifting a candy bar vs. bank robbery. Granted, he had no Democratic Governor to come to his aid, and he bolted his party too often to caucus with the enemy. But it cost him his political life. In many ways, if you watch, McDonnell will lose next to nothing, and will still be a powerful player behind the scenes, respected among his party.
Meantime, in Kansas, Sam Brownback is robbing pension funds to pay for the hole he left in the state budget with gifts of massive tax cuts to corporations and the wealthy. That's right. He blatantly robbed the working class to give to his rich buddies, and it's just all chalked up to a social/economic experiment. Not even considered illegal or unethical.
We're truly, really, unequivocally, screwed.
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