The House of Cards

It’s strange to witness the collapse of a government. It feels as if every leader of the Republican Party is under investigation for offenses related to corruption. Having paid fairly close attention to politics since the end of the Clinton era I feel as if this collapse was inevitable and it was something I’ve been desperately anticipating. Now that shit is hitting the fan, I don’t feel good about it, a bit vindicated but not good. I also fear as if very little is going to change. I see people being held accountable but nothing being done to prevent this sort of thing occurring again. I suspect that the only real solution to the state of the state is campaign finance reform. I would vote for a neo-con if I knew that it would result in publicly financed campaigns.

I’m curious to know how my fellow eightandfivers feel about the recent indictments and the exposure of the rampant corruption.