The metaphor for these hacks will, for me, always be the 1990s flick “Executive Decision”, when J.T. Walsh’s character (a sitting U.S, Senator) was rope-a-doped into using a dire emergency–one in which HUMAN LIVES were in the balance–for political gain.
What motivates people for the Brass Ring?
I know all about Historical posterity…I studied that for years. I know about Power and especially men and Power (the only difference between men and boys is the size of their toys)…But this new version is a little more sinister.
Money
Scott Walker doesn’t have enough brain cells in his head to even contemplate READING a historical account, let alone understanding or appreciating it. As for Power…yeah, there’s that… but, to me, the final nail in the coffin is the dark money of which Koch is only one of many sources