@moonbus
Yep. The notion that 'HaHaHa! Now I'm in government, now I get to play!' is not only a strong impulse among elected officials but actually supported by a large part of the population. 😆
An elected official is actually just an employee with NO right to privacy regarding what he does - anymore than I would have had a right to keep my activities secret from my employer.
The present justification seems to be along the lines of 'Oh he has to keep all that secret from our enemies. He's only doing things that are good for us and we would agree IF ONLY WE KNEW WHAT THEY WERE."
It's remarkable that people who in general don't trust government and want to see it dialed back in scope turn around and show ABSOLUTE trust and faith in one individual! I have much more confidence in the public decisions of a group of people who are all watching each other and ratting each other out to the press than I do with a single megalomaniac's shadowy broodings.
@spruce112358
Compare: The level of scrutiny Hunter Biden was subjected to over a loan of a few thousand dollars from his dad to buy a car, whereas no questions were asked when Jared Kushner came back from Saudi Arabia $2 billion richer. And now this … Trump’s brazenness knows no bounds. The checks and balances are being radically dismantled. Doesn’t the GOP realize this will apply equally to the next Democrat POTUS?!
@moonbus saidNo they don't. 😆
@spruce112358
Compare: The level of scrutiny Hunter Biden was subjected to over a loan of a few thousand dollars from his dad to buy a car, whereas no questions were asked when Jared Kushner came back from Saudi Arabia $2 billion richer. And now this … Trump’s brazenness knows no bounds. The checks and balances are being radically dismantled. Doesn’t the GOP realize this will apply equally to the next Democrat POTUS?!
Because they have black-or-white thinking very firmly in their heads that EVERYTHING the Left does is bad and should be opposed, while EVERYTHING the Right does is good and should be permitted. It's not what was done - it is who is doing it.
It's nothing more than tribalism. My tribe, right or wrong.