“It’s Our Due.”
"No other quote sums up the Republican attitude towards government more perfectly, not even Cheney's other one (you know which). For them, governing is not a responsibility, it's not a duty, it's not a service. It's a reward for winning. Republicans look at the American government, at the prodigious capabilities and resources it has built up over the past 200+ years, and all they can think about is how to use it to their own advantage. How they can reward their friends, settle scores with their enemies, and consolidate power so they can go on partying forever. It never even occurs to them that the government was designed for other purposes, like looking out for the disadvantaged, or protecting the environment, or catching criminals...
...The US Attorney firings are a perfect example of this Republican mentality at work. Except for the one pushed aside to make room for Rove's buddy, they were all fired solely because they weren't on board with the Republican plan, and wanted to actually prosecute cases according to the law, or some such nonsense. Obviously, zero tolerance is the only sensible policy here, because if you're not using the weight of the federal government to protect Republicans and cast suspicion on Democrats (and possibly manufacture a "Democrat Voter Fraud" narrative), then you're stealing from your employer..."
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