[Bluestocking]

In other words, Obama had to destroy a perfectly good Democratic Senator, Bob Menendez from a major state, in order to put fear into the hearts of other Democrats who also might be considering defying the president by not ratifying the new April Fools treaty with Iran.

The treaty must be such an outrageous abomination that it can’t be justified from any reasonable standpoint and therefore must be forced Chicago-style on the Senate Democrats or it will lose.

[kabar]

How about this scenario: Menendez is a dirty, corrupt politician who knows that the DOJ has the goods on him. So he decides to make this a political witch hunt by opposing Obama on a number of issues, e.g., Cuba and Iran. Menendez takes a high profile position on these issues insulting Obama.

So now the impression is that Menendez is being targeted by Obama and his DOJ because he is opposing the President. Reps are now taking up this narrative on behalf of a corrupt Dem politician who is cunning enough to create the perception that he is a victim.

Menendez should be proscuted and jailed for his corruption. Simple as that.