Sad Political Commentary

You know we're in for a dreary presidential campaign when four of the top candidates make the nonprofit "public interest group" Judicial Watch's list of Washington’s “Ten Most Wanted Corrupt Politicians” for 2007.

The group puts Democratic leaders Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama on the list, along with Republicans Mike Huckabee and Rudy Giuliani.

You can decide for yourself whether the accusations leveled at each of these people (as well as other Congressional leaders such as Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, and Diane Feinstein) are credible or significant. If nothing else, the list provides food for thought about the state of our political system and our society.

Comments

Well, darn. I was starting to take a liking to Mr. Huckabee.

Posted by: gwynne at January 7, 2008 11:21 AM

Or it could be a reflection on the crankiness of Judicial Watch.
:-(

Posted by: soccer dad at January 7, 2008 02:21 PM

That did occur to me, as I know nothing about the organization or what its agenda might encompass.

At least they're bipartisan in their crankiness.

Posted by: Eric at January 7, 2008 03:29 PM

To my surprise, the only surprise in that list is the Mr. Smith-ish liberal, Obama. The real surprise, to me, is that Mitt Romney isn't on the list.

Posted by: Foo at January 7, 2008 05:33 PM

Is it just me or does the description (from Judicial Watch's 'about us') page that reads in part, "conservative, non partisan..." sound a bit odd.

Posted by: Jim at January 7, 2008 07:26 PM

Jim, it's you. ;-)

"Non partisan" means (to me, anyway) that they don't take sides or play favorites with regard to political affiliation. There are conservative Democrats, just as there are liberal Republicans.

Is that a distinction without a difference? I guess you'll have to decide that for yourself.

Posted by: Eric at January 7, 2008 07:45 PM

I'm sure you're right (about it being me). Still, I would be just as quizzical if it read "liberal, non partisan..."

To certain of the political non-saaverati (i.e. me) it sounds strange.

Posted by: Jim at January 7, 2008 08:54 PM

I'm certainly no political savant. I wouldn't have even given this list a second glance -- much less a link -- if it had contained only Democrats, or only Republicans (or only liberals or only conservatives). I'm not interested in pointing the finger at any one group...unless it's politicians as a whole. I'll bet we can find a little common ground there. ;-)

Posted by: Eric at January 7, 2008 09:20 PM
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