I’m a long time fan of the website Cracked.com (think the Onion with lists and curse words), but they rarely have anything political despite the obvious comedic opportunities inherent in politics. However, one of today’s articles was on political scandal (see here). It gets comparative too, offering up the many antics of Italian self-parody Silvio Berlesconi in addition to folks familiar to Americans like President McCrazy-Pants Andrew Jackson. For the record, I love Andrew Jackson as the historical founder of the modern Democratic Party, a believer in a more open and non-property-based electorate, etc. But he was crazy, and really hated Native-Americans, so not a lot to like there. Anyway, just a bit of light-hearted (well, some of it’s actually pretty mean, but funny), politically themed reading for the day.
