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In reply to the discussion: In my opinion, Biden's most important cabinet choice is not going to be his pick for vice president. [View all]dutch777
(3,023 posts)...the Dems will just let everything slide. Remember when Karl Rove outted a CIA agent...was called before Congress and blew it all off? A clear act of treason (the outing) in my mind and no charges brought. One could go on and on about things like Wall Street not being prosecuted for all the shenanigans that lead to the mortgage meltdown and the Great Recession. Its like the Dems don't want to dwell on the past and just want to start clean on their own new agenda but it weakens the democracy and the rule of law when there is essentially no hard accountability for acts like these. This de facto situation where if you are high enough up their really are no long term consequences other than a brief period of public hand wringing that blows over and on your way you go.