[From article]
"The argument that Rangel's long service in Congress should earn him leniency perfectly illustrates the gap between Washington and America. Outside of the Beltway, his 40 years in the House are not seen as a badge of honor.
They are seen as self-evident proof that power corrupts, and that 40 years in Washington corrupts absolutely.
This is not to celebrate one man's humiliation or demand a scalp for theater's sake. It is to support wholeheartedly the principle that, in America, justice is blind.
[. . .]
They are furious because government has become a parallel universe, where the people elected and hired to represent us too often believe they rule us. They write and enforce the laws, then demand exemption for themselves."
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/manhattan/washington_long_last_the_tide_is_DaUQ7RMriSHhUEQJk0oXrK
At long last, the tide is turning in swamps of Washington
Michael Goodwin
New York Post
Last Updated: 7:38 AM, December 3, 2010
Posted: 1:41 AM, December 3, 2010
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