[BroJoeK]

DiogenesLamp: "This is not so far off from what they used to do in the 1850s."

Corrupt Southern & Northern Democrats ruled over Washington, DC, in the 1850s, just as they do today.
In 2016 Democrats' corruption helped elect Donald Trump, just as in 1860 Democrats' corruption helped elect Abraham Lincoln.

Some things never change.

[DiogenesLamp]

Corrupt Southern & Northern Democrats ruled over Washington, DC, in the 1850s, just as they do today.

They must have been like modern Republicans because they were absolutely ineffective at getting anything done that their people wanted.

For some reason, only the big city Liberals (Republicans) got what they wanted while the small government rural representatives could never seem to get anything they wanted.