The Spreading Swamp

It shouldn’t be necessary to say this, but apparently it is: You can’t drain the Washington “swamp” by dumping human waste all over it.

That only makes the swamp more of a cesspool, which it already has been for a long, long time. Not that this is necessarily a profound thought, although most put it a bit more elegantly. Many others contend that Donald Trump, who made the “Drain the Swamp” mantra part of his campaign patter, has in fact made it deeper and sloppier.

The Washington swamp is populated by creepy-crawly politicians, lobbyists, lawyers, bureaucrats, media types and other snakes who care little about effective government and mostly about self-enrichment.

They thrive largely because they know each other. So give Trump a little credit, because he at least identified a real shortcoming here. Of course, he comes from another, bigger swamp. The difference is that the dealmakers in New York City are nastier

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