{"id":19152,"date":"2022-03-25T15:45:03","date_gmt":"2022-03-25T22:45:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/politicalhat.com\/?p=19152"},"modified":"2022-03-25T15:45:03","modified_gmt":"2022-03-25T22:45:03","slug":"firing-line-friday-democracy-and-political-scandal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/2022\/03\/25\/firing-line-friday-democracy-and-political-scandal\/","title":{"rendered":"Firing Line Friday: Democracy and Political Scandal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In the hopes of encouraging a more civil, and illuminating, discourse, here is another episode of William F. Buckley, Jr.\u2019s \u201cFiring Line\u201d.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Political scandals, both real and cooked up, have long had a disparate impact in democratic governance. William F. Buckley, Jr. and guests Michael Foot, Peter Riddell, Helene Middleweek, and Roger Evans compare American and British <a href=\"https:\/\/digitalcollections.hoover.org\/objects\/6282\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">scandals<\/a>, and we today can compare both with the current era.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bLbDEeBeDAo\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><!--more-->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Until next Friday.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/William-F-Buckley-Jr.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"\" height=\"1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-15427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/William-F-Buckley-Jr.jpg 591w, https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/William-F-Buckley-Jr-300x175.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 591px) 100vw, 591px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary\" \/><meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@PoliticHatBlog\" \/><meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@ThePoliticalHat\" \/><meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Firing Line Friday: Firing Line Friday: Democracy and Political Scandal \"\/><meta name=\"twitter:description\" content Political scandals, both real and cooked up, have long had a disparate impact in democratic governance.  William F. Buckley, Jr. and guests Michael Foot, Peter Riddell, Helene Middleweek, and Roger Evans compare American and British scandals, and we today can compare both with the current era.\"\/><meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/William-F-Buckley-Jr.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In the hopes of encouraging a more civil, and illuminating, discourse, here is another episode of William F. Buckley, Jr.\u2019s \u201cFiring Line\u201d. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Political scandals, both real and cooked up, have long had a disparate impact in democratic governance. 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