Reply #5: Disagree [View All]

Corruption is the issue in 2006-- because everything they're stealing belongs to WE THE PEOPLE.

Also it's a "frame" that plausibly ties together all the malfeasance and screwups. Iraq's a quagmire because Rummy tried to do it on the cheap and then subcontract it to Kellogg Brown & Voldemort. New Orleans flooded because they tried to reinforce the levees on the cheap, and the people are still homeless because FEMA and its contractors are cronies rather than competent functionaries. There's less money in your pocket because the K Street lobbyists, in collusion with the Republican party, are changing all the ground rules to reward the corporations at your expense. It's an oversimplified view of things, but it hangs together and rings true and has the extra added advantage of resonating with the actual experience of the electorate.

And pragmatically, nothing's gonna get fixed until we throw the crooks out.