Bush vs. Clinton: Which administration is/was more corrupt?

Believe it or not, I remember reading an article long, long ago where it turned out the Japanese started the --gate thing in their newspapers before the Americans.

Almost immediately after Watergate, the Japanese started labelling every single assertion of alleged wrongdoing a "gate" affair. The American press picked up on that later, after the article was published.

It appears the Japanese started the "gate" suffix for any political scandal.

kelticwizard wrote:

Believe it or not, I remember reading an article long, long ago where it turned out the Japanese started the --gate thing in their newspapers before the Americans.

Almost immediately after Watergate, the Japanese started labelling every single assertion of alleged wrongdoing a "gate" affair. The American press picked up on that later, after the article was published.

It appears the Japanese started the "gate" suffix for any political scandal.

Dude, that is so out there. Do you have anything to back up the claim?

spendi, "General corruption of society" is universal with no time limits.

Do you say that it's now endemic in society, so we should not just accept it from our leadership, but expect it from them?

kicky, It's not that this administration is more skilled at not getting caught; the first excuse was the republican congress, then the democratic congress turned out to be fearful of anything that might be seen as unpatriotic or against our troops. They can't even follow the mandate of the American People to bring our troops home.