When the judge warned Mae West that she might be in contempt of court, she rolled her eyes and drawled, “I’m trying my best to hide it, your honor.”
Just so must many an Administration official feel when forced to appear before congressional panels composed of senators and representatives playing politics and covered by reporters playing Woodward and Bernstein. Presidents come and go, but the overwhelming reality on the Hill is the entrenched power of the Democratic Party. Democrats have ruled the House since 1955, and have controlled the Senate as well in 27 of the last 33 years. They would like the public to think that while Executive power corrupts, congressional power ennobles absolutely. The brash unrepentance of Democratic leaders such as House Speaker Jim Wright, when caught in acts that certainly create an “appearance of impropriety,” suggests the complacency of unchallenged power.
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