[Steely Tom]

That’s of course assuming you investigate what it takes for them to do what they do instead of copping a foolish, shallow attitude.

The people with the foolish, shallow attitudes are just cannon-fodder useful idiots for the people behind this deal.

They didn't have a foolish, shallow attitude. They had a "I think I see a way to put a few million in my bank account" attitude. You get hundreds of operators with that attitude together and you've got this situation.

I see - from reading the article - that Patton Boggs is right in the middle of all this.

Patton Boggs is run by Thomas Hale Boggs, big-time Democrat, brother of NPR's Cokie Roberts, once Democrat candidate for Governor of Maryland.

Patton Boggs is a huge incubator for Democrat operators troublemakers and crooks, going back decades. It's a bunch of lobbyists. In this case, they participated in a flag-out shakedown of Chevron for almost $10B. Didn't work out.

[Attention Surplus Disorder]

You’re right....the average lib has the bumper sticker attitude, but at the top of that heap are the Sierra Clubbers and these legal types who troll for legal costs and then this crew.

Here’s hoping they get reamed and reamed good.