Every goddamn one of them...

I've often used the term 'destructionist' to describe a cabal of Republican leaders who seem determined to destroy any semblance of small-d democratic governance in the United States. But maybe I'm wrong. Maybe it's not just a cabal of leaders. Maybe it's every goddamn one of them.

House Republicans, in a party-line vote, rejected a Democratic-sponsored resolution Thursday denouncing a “culture of corruption exhibited by the Republican leadership.”

The resolution, introduced by Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi of California, would have specifically condemned the GOP majority’s practice of holding open close votes until wavering Republicans can be won over, sometimes with favors or threats.

All those 'good' Republicans - the 'moderates,' the 'mainstreamers,' whoever, whatever. Given the opportunity, they all rallied to cast a vote that essentially endorsed some of the most damaging attacks on the respect for order that is necessary in the operation of a democratic legislative body.

All the graft, bribery, profiteering, racketeering - none of it is as destructive in the long run as the Republican attack on the fundamental institutions of our constitutional goverment, from the idea of an independent judiciary to the operation of our legislative bodies with the same respect for the rights of the minority and the supremacy of law that's enshrined in the Constitution they're sworn to uphold.

And every goddamn one of them voted to sustain those attacks.

One more reason….