While scanning the news websites just now, an article on Fox News caught my attention. And it wasn't specifically the subject itself that got me typing, it was where the story was positioned...the very last item on the list.
According to the article, Kevin McNulty, was "quietly" nominated to a federal judgeship in the U.S. District Court in New Jersey on December 16th. And the nominee just happens to be married to Chuck Schumer's sister, Fran. He was named to the post by the White House on Friday, December 16, because the president believes McNulty's a "distinguished individual" who "will serve the American people with integrity and a steadfast commitment to justice."
Right after that, New Jersey's two US senators, Frank Lautenberg and Robert Menendez followed with their own news release heaping praise on the nominee.
But here's the part that interested me most. According to the article's author, no one mentioned that McNulty was the last-minute choice of Lautenberg, who had been leaning toward other candidates until "surprisingly submitting McNulty's name to the White House." And no reason was given for the choice, "even though McNulty had never been publicly touted as a contender for the job, which carries life tenure and a $174,000-a-year salary."
However, one person involved in the nomination process said, "No one knows why he did it. Everyone thinks it's all about 2014 and Frank making sure he has Chuck in his corner."
So, now back to my first thought upon reading the item.
Years ago, a blatant political bribe or payoff like this would have been front page news and a headline. But for the scum holding office today, such things are not only every day occurrences, they're actually expected to happen to the extent that their mention is practically an afterthought. And as you go down the list of household names supposedly leading our country, you realize that in one way or another, just about every politico's either a crook, or in some way dishonest, and we just sit there and accept their behavior as normal for them.
It's also said that many of political ilk do so because of the "power." But, I wonder if that's really true today because although they may be able to cause others some grief now and then, how much power can these self-serving frauds actually have when not a soul respects them and knows they're all lower than dirt?
That's it for today folks
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