Kennedy should have fried for what he did, and so should a lot of other people. I agree wholeheartedly that position and power get people off when they shouldn't have. I'm trying to remember the line in MY FAVORITE YEAR when Alan Swann said something like: on the one hand, I get away with murder because I'm famous, on the other, I get unwarranted made-up personal attacks and complaints from people because I'm famous.
This also includes the Clintons and most of the political leadership of this country. The number of people in power on both sides of the aisle who got improper deferments, or into messes because their egos got into a major and painful collision with reality (think Gary Hart and then some) are flipping legion.
It's disheartening, that's what it is, especially when you throw things like the K Street Project into it.
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Date: 2006-02-15 06:35 pm (UTC)This also includes the Clintons and most of the political leadership of this country. The number of people in power on both sides of the aisle who got improper deferments, or into messes because their egos got into a major and painful collision with reality (think Gary Hart and then some) are flipping legion.
It's disheartening, that's what it is, especially when you throw things like the K Street Project into it.