most of today's morons.

At one point in a hearing, Joseph Welch famously exclaimed "Have you no sense of decency, sir, at long last? Have you left no sense of decency?" to much cheering. Shortly after that, Edward R. Murrow did a bit of highly edited TV journalism to make McCarthy look like a bumbling idiot-- not far from the truth, actually. And McCarthy later died alone and in infamy.

Anyway, yes, the public can be disgusted by the excesses of some of these clowns, but they really have to be shoved down the public's throat. Part of the problem is that we have few people of the stature of Welch or Murrow to put these pieces of shit in their place.

You want including war crimes. There will be no consequences.

and countless dollars in elections - is there a way to hold them accountable? Some places you can oust them, but heavily gerrymandered districts and no term limits really makes it hard imo.

$50,000 would get the moron's attention, $100,000 might be better.

Refusing to enforce the law because the lawbreaker is a Republican has led us to a nation where protected classes like politicians and rich men need never fear prosecution for any outrage against the country or its people.

It needs to stop. Fining that little pimple would be a good first step.

Unfortunately, taking the reins and slowly turning the runaway horses that 30 years of neocon destruction have left us with is going to be a timely process, and too many people would rather whine for a savior to fix it overnight.

Voting the Koch whores out and electing Democrats under whom progress is at least possible would be a good place to start.