Affidavit says Bachmann approved hidden payments to Iowa senator

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29. Possible, I guess.

Bachmann reminds me very much of Dick Armey, an opponent so deeply stupid, self-absorbed, privileged and incompetent that the Democrats want to keep her around more than Republicans do.

It's easier for Republicans to do such a thing to one another, too, because they protect each other from criminal disclosures about themselves, rather than police themselves.

Thus dirt is always available when one Republican wishes to damage a rival Republican.

I disagree about Tom DeLay, though. What we know he actually did, what he could have been prosecuted for, what he actually was prosecuted for, the cushy trial delays, and the eventual hand-slap sentence he got (which he has still yet to serve while he continues to appeal) all point to his fellow Republicans protecting Tom DeLay (and the rest of the GOP) from many more, much larger criminal disclosures.