The Untold Story of TARP

That, by the way, is one of the big shenanigans that shows how Republicans & Democrats are really not on opposing sides at all, but working together in 'friendly competition', as a kind of tag relay team (or like siblings competing for parental approval).

What politicians have figured out is that while voters may not like what their elected representatives are doing, there's really little, if anything, that voters can do about it.  Certainly not in between elections, and even at election time, memories fade or can be distracted in any number of ways.  

The "new tools" are the same kinds of tools that existed when Democrats chose not to impeach Bush and Cheney when Democrats learned they'd committed crimes.  When you make everything discretionary, based on political will, you're no longer in a land of 'rule of law'.  

Even when the public wants action, wants the 'tools' used or else there will be political consequences, first Bush (and now Obama) showed us that there are ways around it.  Announce that Osama Bin Laden has released a tape the weekend before an election, and you're home free.  

   

 
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