No, you can't make this stuff up ...

“The real question for Republicans in Washington is how low can you go, because we are approaching a level of ridiculousness,” said Mr. Reed [Republican strategist], sounding exasperated in an interview on Tuesday morning. “You can’t make this stuff up. And the impact this is having on the grass-roots around the country is devastating. Republicans think the governing class in Washington are a bunch of buffoons who have total disregard for the principles of the party, the law of the land and the future of the country.”

The New Your Times has more here ...

OK ... so, the real question is have Republicans always been this arrogant, this out of tune with the people they're supposed to represent? Have they always had this little regard for the law? Have they always had this streak of hypocritical cynicism?

OR

Is this just the kind of drunken binge they go on when they're given a little power as they've had since the mid-90s?

Granted, the other side of the aisle has a share of head-shakers like the William Jefferson idiocy, but by comparison, they seem so tame and so far and few between.

SO, my dear friends on the right, and some of you truly are dear friends - PLEASE CHOOSE - or offer an alternative explanation for the string of scandals we've been seeing - from DeLay to Abramoff, from Cunningham to Foley, from gay restroom cruising to outright fraud? What's this all about?