An apology is in order

With respect to Campaign Finance Reform and other such well-intended but Constitutionally-suspect, not too mention counter-productive efforts to “get money out of politics”, we have lived by the refrain:

“You will never lessen the amount of money in politics until you lessen the amount of power in politics by a corresponding degree”.

If you’ve been paying attention to politics for any amount of time whatsoever, you realize that outside of our idyllic image of the citizenry going to the polls, pulling the lever and proudly displaying a small red, white and blue “I voted” sticker, “democracy” quickly devolves into a cold, callous yet entirely pragmatic series of quid pro quo arrangements.

And nowhere is this more apparent than in Washington D.C., currently, that is awash in “pay to play” scandals and where a young and woefully inexperienced President-elect is forced to select retreads from previous Administrations as he has not yet had time to cultivate a trusted circle of advisors and develop a national rolodex network that would produce a field of competent, scandal-free cabinet post candidates from which to choose.

B-Daddy has an excellent post, here, on cabinet selections, the bailouts and how they relate to “pay to play” and which serves as a reminder to us that our favored tag, Parliament of Whores, is an affront to that far more noble and honorable profession that dates to antiquity. Our apologies, ladies.