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Digby is absolutely right. What "tax and spend liberals" once was, "tax and steal conservatives" could be.

Corruption is a fact of life in all governments. But the extent to which the current administration has taken it is really mind-blowing. And it provides a once-in-a-generation opportunity.

Digby:

The level of corruption and mismanagement is so overwhelming that it's almost impossible to believe that Republicans who built their careers screaming "tax and spend liberals!" have the nerve to even slink around the beltway like the lying weasels they are. Chutzpah doesn't even begin to cover it[...]

But these two years can serve a very important political purpose for the Democrats if they play their cards right. They have a once in a generation opportunity to shine the light on the Republican revolving door with the pentagon and defense contractors that makes the process so corrupt they don't even bother to put the numbers in the budget anymore. The way to do this is to contrast this bloated cronyism with the lack of body armor for the troops, the treatment and benefits they receive when they get back, the unwillingness to properly spend money on homeland security and all the rest. Now is the moment to show that these people have been getting rich off the backs of Americans overseas and taxpayers at home.

This issue touches every aspect of the Republican cock-up of the last six years from the insistence on tax cuts for the rich in the face of wartime spending, to corruption, malfeasance and failure. It will illustrate better than any other issue the fact that Republicans in both the congress and the White House are incapable of seriously dealing with the threats we actually face and are willing to steal the treasury blind whenever they get their hands on the check book no matter what the circumstances. The polls showed that corruption was a salient issue for voters this time but they are only aware of the tip of the iceberg. Now is the time to tattoo this image on the foreheads of every Republican office holder in the country.

If they can use "acid, amnesty and abortion" against the Democrats for thirty years, the Democrats can use "corruption, cronyism and incompetence" against them. Every time they talk about Democrats "taxing and spending" the Democrats should counter with "taxing and stealing." These people have shown over and over again that they will rob the citizens of this country blind and then blame it on black people or single mothers or the working man who didn't happen to be born rich. The Dems have a chance to turn that back on them for a generation if they do this right.

These opportunities don't come twice. This is it. Two years to drive a realignment. Two years. Now... if only we had a politician who spoke like a re-aligner.