“A little over a century ago, a similar coalition overthrew Tammany Hall in New York City. One key member of the coalition was a Republican who was named as police commissioner. His name was Theodore Roosevelt.”

Another was a fellow named TH Nast. originator of the modern vision of Santa Claus, the GOP Elephant and a stubborn donkey to represent the Dems. Through his simple depictions of what was going on the whole of the country knew what Tammany was and that it was not a good thing. Of course that was for Harpers newspaper, not the Gray lady and editorially the harpers staff then had mucho grande cojones, and the paper had a large circulation. The tribune couldn’t even get the real story about the certain real estate deals. choosing to believe that one time Resko made a straight deal was with then state Senator Obama.
The difference between a bank robber and this crop of Politicians is that bank robbers engage in a higher, more respectable level of criminal activity. What A. Specter did does not surprise me. That he let someone else get there first does puzzle me though.

I expect that not all the pubs and dems are crooks, and we will know soon enough who else is and who is not.

Upon chasing the bull from the field,
Frank-in-Dodd said,’da bears need to heal”,

No meds, nor private pensions,
One mind, NO deviations,

Remember, its for the children we steal.