One of the fascinating things about the GOP congressional majority that took power in 1994 is how quickly it has degenerated from a self-styled revolutionary movement into a corrupt political machine focused almost exclusively on maintaining its own power and fattening its own collective wallet.
World of Quotes – Adversity Quotes:
Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power.
Billmon on the corrosive effects of unchecked power:
One of the fascinating things about the GOP congressional majority that took power in 1994 is how quickly it has degenerated from a self-styled revolutionary movement into a corrupt political machine focused almost exclusively on maintaining its own power and fattening its own collective wallet. It took the old Democratic congressional majority a number of decades to make that same journey
The piece is long, but covers the shocking(?!) details of Tom DeLay’s deals with Enron and other resource extraction concerns and how likely the Republicans are to retain their base as they lose their activists — and their majority. Then they can go back to feeling ineffectual and angry.