You do a great disservice to some of our very loyal and patriotic statesmen when you paint everyone in elected office with such a broad brush. Simply being there to serve does not necessarily make one a "hack".
Mr. and Mrs. Libby are going to retire with more money to their names than most Americans would earn in 100 lifetimes. Don't you lose any sleep over this.
OK. Since he and his family have money, he is not entitled to sympathy for having his liberty stolen from him by a rogue prosecutor and jury? This is not a game, and this is not funny. Injustices like this must be confronted. If it can happen to him, it can happen to anyone.
Anyone who spends his/her entire career in Beltway politics is a "hack," as far as I'm concerned -- and that goes for elected officials, bureaucrats, media jack@sses, etc. If that upsets you, then too bad.
OK. Since he and his family have money, he is not entitled to sympathy for having his liberty stolen from him by a rogue prosecutor and jury? This is not a game, and this is not funny. Injustices like this must be confronted. If it can happen to him, it can happen to anyone.
My point is that it goes with the territory, so there's no reason to make a big deal about it. I don't remember seeing too much sympathy here for Betty Currie when she was getting run through the wringer back in 1998-99.