"White House and congressional Republicans seem to have adopted a one-word strategy: bribery. Buy off seniors with a prescription drug benefit. Buy off the steel industry with tariffs. Buy off agribusiness with subsidies. The cost of illegal bribery (see the case of former congressman Randy "Duke" Cunningham) pales next to that of legal bribery such as congressional earmarks." – Richard Viguerie, venting.
It should be remembered, however, that Viguerie once said similar things about Ronald Reagan (prompting a very rare Reagan personal smack-down.) But he’s on firmer ground this time.
The Dish 