It’s the Corruption, Stupid: The Good Man vs. the Bad Man?

87% of Americans see “widespread corruption’’ in the federal government, 86% see media bias

President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump, joined by former President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama, former President Bill Clinton and First Lady Hillary Clinton and former President Jimmy Carter and First Lady Rosalynn Carter, watch as the casket of former President George H. W. Bush departs the funeral service Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2018, at the Washington National Cathedral in Washington, D.C. (Official White House Photo by Andrea Hanks). Former Vice Presidents Joe Biden and Dick Cheney and their wives are seated behind them. Public Domain image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.

“It’s the economy, stupid,’’ became Bill Clinton’s 1992 campaign mantra. Today, it’s corruption.

“Power does not corrupt. Fear corrupts… perhaps the fear of a loss of power.”
― John…