Say Anything Blog

This post was inspired, as one might guess, by RealityChallengedBob’s series of posts trying to establish how horrible the GOP is by citing scandals.

Well, as they say in the country, that dog won’t hunt.  Why?

Simple.  While they don’t always become public, scandalous behavior is regrettably commonplace.  It’s estimated that over a quarter of spouses cheat, and a similar proportion of students do the same in college.

In other words, if all were known, we could keep SayAnything locked up for years pointing fingers, knowing that millions take part in local, state, and national GOP and Democratic politics.  We would all end up wanting to take a bath after we were done, if we weren’t dead first.

So what’s the legitimate use of the “gotcha” story?

Simple.  It’s when the “gotcha” is by the candidate himself, or a member of what truly can be considered his inner circle.  Yes, every candidate will have a few donors and staffers at the state level that we simply don’t like the smell of.  There will be some that lose their families, and some that go to jail.

Let’s keep in mind, however, that the candidates and parties don’t have control over everyone that presumes to work for them.  It matters how close they are to the inner circles of power.

For example, when an Exalted Cyclops or Kleagle of the KKK runs for office, that’s one degree.  It then matters what support he does, or does not, get from the party.  If, for example, that Kleagle has been a Senator for four decades with the universal admiration of his party, then we have something really to talk about.