I'm no fan of Feinstein, but that sort of thing is the most brainless sort of smear attempt. There's no evidence that Feinstein had anything to do with the awarding of that contract.
It wasn't really meant as a smear, I can see that interpretation though.
I agree it would be quite sad for a woman of such advanced age to sell out her country for a few dollars. Any age of course, but at that age it would be extra curious.
As I said, it wasn't a smear. Just a presentation of the facts and asking a question.
There are plenty of people in Congress and yet we have the member whose husband has an interest in a government contractor that provides technical services, drafting legislation that involves the mandating of technical services.
If members of congress don't have the dignity and integrity to recuse themselves in such situations where there are obviously avenues of inquiry even if everything is above board, but really how could it be, people's biases are subtle...
So the question is, if members of congress, and other governmental bodies can't recognize these potential biases in themselves and do the right thing and recuse themselves from conflicting matters, why aren't systems in place to make sure they recuse themselves?
Yeah, it's enough to get people to be aware of the cluelessness at face value. I'm not sure I even want to contemplate the level of cynical deviousness implied by the harm being intentional. Or, as is often said, never attribute to malice what can be explained by cluelessness.
