Sure, I don't mind admitting a bit of schadenfreude about the ongoing public humiliation of diaper dandy David Vitter, junior senator apparently in more ways than one...anyway, I dunno--maybe I'm just in a bad mood today, but it seems that Vitter, and for that matter fellow public servant Dollar Bill Jefferson, sure are revealing their true selves, stubbornly opting for "me first" at a time when that's the very last thing The Gret Stet needs. And that dampens any amusement I might derive from witnessing moral and ethical hypocrites exposed for what they are.
Of course, Vitter and Dollar Bill really are small change compared to the true outrage of Team Bush...nonetheless, they--and professional incompetents like Ray Nagin--provide ample excuse to those who'd sell Louisiana down the river even as they plunder our resources, ruin our coastline, and then turn their back without so much as an apology.
And, while it's never fun to have to 'take one for the team,' it's not like the bottom would truly drop out for any of these clowns. Their parachutes are golden, their safety nets well-woven, unlike those of the tens of thousands displaced because of storms or floods. No, it wouldn't be pleasant, but they'd survive.
Their stubborn refusals to step aside, at all of our expense, are the real moral and ethical pitfalls, if you ask me...
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