Tea Party leader Anthony Trinca and son arrested on piracy charges

Growler · 07-28-11, 07:26 AM

Goes for both sides of the aisle, August - let's be fair. I'm not saying the Dems aren't crooked - far from it - but they're not exclusive to it, either.

Truth is, the reason crooks in both major parties don't make headlines like this one is that corruption among them is old hat.

Tea party makes headlines because it's new, it espouses change (which is always uncomfortable), and it's an easy target for the majority media to take on.

August · 07-28-11, 07:38 AM

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Originally Posted by Growler

Goes for both sides of the aisle, August - let's be fair. I'm not saying the Dems aren't crooked - far from it - but they're not exclusive to it, either.

I don't claim that they are but they do not represent the future of the Democratic party any more than this Trinca guy who by the way has not been convicted of anything yet.

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Truth is, the reason crooks in both major parties don't make headlines like this one is that corruption among them is old hat.

Actually criminal Democrats are rarely associated with their party in news articles. In our country a criminal politician has to be a Republican for the main stream media to mention his party affiliation.

Growler · 07-28-11, 07:48 AM

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I don't claim that they are but they do not represent the future of the Democratic party any more than this Trinca guy who by the way has not been convicted of anything yet.

The future, maybe not so much. The current reality across the political board seems more accurate.

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Actually criminal Democrats are rarely associated with their party in news articles. In our country a criminal politician has to be a Republican for the main stream media to mention his party affiliation.

Hmm. Hasn't been my experience, but that doesn't mean anything, either; I can't say that I ever really looked for it. The examples you sourced a post or two ago were good examples - I knew the stories, but never really gave a thought about affiliation.

I'll admit - right now, the situation in Congress and across the political board in this country has given me a very low opinion of our alleged "leaders" of all stripes. Both sides are no better than petulant children sulking because nobody wants to play the game their way.

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