Well given that the list is mostly American and the object of the discussion is American, I thought it appropriate to use American examples. After all would the Panama Scandals (19th Century French political scandal) or the 18th Century Parliament scandals in Britain as examples would have had the same impact?
On Fri, Feb 7, 2014 at 9:48 AM, GMoney <[email protected]> wrote: > > Not sure the "U.S." qualifier was necessary...been a stain on world > politics since the beginning of time. Or even more to the point...a stain > on humanity. Politics is just a word that represents our desire for power > and control, and the means by which we'd obtain them. We like to pretend > their are politicians, and then there's us. It's a nice thought, but we are > them, and they are us. > > > On Fri, Feb 7, 2014 at 8:25 AM, Larry C. Lyons <[email protected]>wrote: > >> >> Sleaze and politics have gone hand in hand from the beginning. Look at >> the yellow dog journalism 110 years ago. Or the nastiness during the >> first Lincoln election. Or what the WarHawks practices just before the >> war of 1812 200 years ago.. Its been a stain on US politics since the >> beginning of the country. >> >> On Fri, Feb 7, 2014 at 9:05 AM, Jerry Milo Johnson <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > >> > >> http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2014/02/06/national-republican-congressional-campaign-using-fake-democrat-websites-to-lure-voters/?hpt=hp_t3 >> > >> > Not cool. >> > >> > >> > >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:369437 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
