I’ve been mulling this over for a while now. Why do so many Republicans get caught with their hand in the till, or in somebody’s pants, or putting a finger on the scale of democracy? “Hypocrisy” is an easy answer, but it doesn’t explain much. It just ends the conversation.
You know how there are (according to rumor) gangs where you have to do something atrocious to join? I’ve heard the same story about the Mafia, about child soldiers, and the Khmer Rouge. Kill a granny – at minimum – to join the club. There’s a reason, of course. If you’ve committed the atrocity, you’ll never rat me out to the police. I can completely trust you, because we each have a gun pointed at the other’s head.
As a corollary, it seems obvious members of this kind of fraternity would have to present themselves as the most moral, the most righteous members of society. Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain.
