I’ve been reading about all the political shenanigans that are going on – not just in Washington, but throughout the country. Identity politics is not new. Ad hominem attacks on political opponents are as old as politics itself; and, just from my perspective, I’m beginning to think that politics and prostitution may tie as the oldest professions in the world. And then there’s that nagging voice in the back of my mind that equates one with the other.
When lobbyists like Manafort get arrested, and other lobbyists like Tony Podesta start crawfishing, can members of Congress be far behind? After all, if the lobbyists have been engaging in illegal activities, with whom would those illegal activities be conducted?
On this day of spooks (of all kinds) we’re learning some spooky things about goings-on in Washington. Specifically, we now know that a group of people were lobbying (another word for acting as paid agents of) at least one foreign power in an attempt to influence both foreign and domestic policy in the U.S.
So, on Friday, yet another “unidentified source” leaked the information that the Special Counsel for Russian Interference had obtained the first indictments from a federal grand jury. Whoever decided to leak this material is engaging in an attempt to generate a plethora of stories about the possibilities of what crime has been committed and who is going to be arrested.
“That’s old news.” “That’s been litigated.” “That’s like investigating McGovern for Watergate.” “Trump’s people wanted to get information from WikiLeaks.” All these statements and more are being thrown around in an attempt to mitigate what may be or may not be criminal activity. As I pointed out yesterday, the Russians have been trying to interfere in U.S. politics for almost a century, and it is no surprise to find their fingers once again stirring the melting pot that is U.S. politics.