As the debate over whether or not Caroline Kennedy is qualified to be appointed to take Hillary Clinton’s Senate seat rages on, Victor Davis Hanson tackles a related debate on the comparisons that have been made between Kennedy and Gov. Palin in terms of the treatment received by both from the mainstream media, and nails it:
Completing her metamorphosis from solid conservative to pandering beltway liberal, Kathleen Parker’s latest column “explains” why Caroline Kennedy’s “experience” makes her more qualified to replace Hillary in the Senate than Gov. Palin’s “lack of experience” made her to be VP.
No matter what state you live in you’ve seen political corruption, but in the cases of Illinois and Lousiana, corruption is a way of life amongst politicos – going back decades. Slate.com weighs in on which state they think is the most corrupt here.
… sort of. It’s been taken down now, but the Seattle Post-Intelligencer managed to snag a screencap of it.
From the affidavit against Blagojevich:
Another Illinois corruptocrat taken into custody:
