It’s kind of embarrassing to see a relationship end in public. You always wonder, “what will they do?”
It was pointed out in the political talk shows this weekend the FBI and the two political parties are at that crucial point in every love triangle where one relationship ends, and another begins. We are all left wondering, “what happened they seemed so perfect together?”
The law and order Republicans have always been staunch supporters of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, our nation’s version of the secret police. They had little problem with the Bureau's methods or priorities. For years they would rail against those evil-doers in the American Civil Liberties Union who stepped forward to claim the FBI had spied on people illegally or in their nefarious ways had violated some inconsequential right guaranteed by that archaic document we call the U.S. Constitution.
On the other side were the liberal Democrats who routinely claimed to be victims of the police state. They were spied on, they were prosecuted, and they were victims of all the abuses of the secret police. After all, the FBI should be out looking for real criminals and not the patriotic Americans who wanted to make the world better through their protests and riots and counter-government campaigns.
And then one day a liberal President and his Attorney General decided they should embrace the powers of the secret police, and maybe they could use them against their political opponents for the good of all America. The FBI began to feel the love and many in the top political positions embraced this new role, giddy with the idea they would be doing their work for the “party of the little people.” I can only imagine the joy when they thought that maybe the ACLU would stop bothering them all the time.
Unfortunately, as in most illicit affairs, the truth slowly leaked out. The Republicans, who only a few short years ago had embraced the idea that spying on citizens was okay were now shocked the Bureau had actually used their power to spy on its candidate for the Presidency. Or that the Bureau had swept the abuse of power by the Democratic candidate under the rug so she could continue to run. They were, to put it nicely, embarrassed and shocked to find their love for the FBI was no longer reciprocated.
Meanwhile, Democrats who had grown up being told never to trust the FBI were now put into that strange position of having to tell all their friends that they had been mistaken and the FBI was really more than a casual acquaintance. In fact, the FBI was so great they were considering taking the affair to the next level, and wouldn’t tolerate anyone talking bad about them anymore.
It is a most curious thing to hear the outrage and defense from people so unfamiliar with their new roles. I wonder what J. Edger would say?
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