Scandalous behavior:An abuse of power

I don’t have much to say about the sex scandal bogging down the national GOP, but Steve Hart at The Opinion Mill does and he hits it on the head.

The way I see it, this is very much a Republican scandal. It is a natural byproduct of their swaggering abuse of power, their insistence on secrecy and control, and their cultlike emphasis on party loyalty above all things. When presented with evidence of the Florida congressman’s predatory nature, Hastert’s first instinct was to cover it up; when confronted with knowledge of his own malfeasance, Hastert’s first instinct was to lie and raise a dust cloud of political spin. Both are hallmarks of the breed of Republicans spawned by the Gingrich revolution of the 1990s. Oh boy, is this ever a Republican scandal, and it threatens to cost the party its support with those “values voters” it relies on to keep the keys of power within its grasp.

I don’t have much to add to this.

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Hank Kalet is a poet and freelance journalist. He is the economic needs reporter for NJ Spotlight, teaches journalism at Rutgers University and writing at Middlesex County College and Brookdale Community College. He writes a semi-monthly column for the Progressive Populist. He is a lifelong fan of the New York Mets and New York Knicks, drinks too much coffee and attends as many Bruce Springsteen concerts as his meager finances will allow. He lives in South Brunswick with his wife Annie. View all posts by hankkalet