Wow

Can it get any more corrupt? Has anyone attempted to compare our current era of sleaze with those in the past? I wonder how we'd compare. Bob Dole once famously quipped in the 80s or 90s (I forget which) that politics in Washington had become much cleaner than the good 'ol days. . . can that be true even today?

Anyhoo, I still am blown away by this:

Here's a bit more from Paul Kiel on Norquist's money-laundering tax, at least the one he charged Abramoff for the service of making the gambling money spick and span so it could be passed on to Ralph Reed. Take a look. There're some great email quotes.

"Grover kept another $ 25K!," says an exasperated Abramoff at one
point.

Unbelievable -- is it possible to be cynical enough to just take this in stride?