Yup, seems an old story. Nothing new under that big ol' sun. 

Remember this:

"My illness helped me to see that what was missing in society is what was missing in me: a little heart, a lot of brotherhood. The 1980s were about acquiring – acquiring wealth, power, prestige. I know. I acquired more wealth, power, and prestige than most. But you can acquire all you want and still feel empty. What power wouldn't I trade for a little more time with my family? What price wouldn't I pay for an evening with friends? It took a deadly illness to put me eye to eye with that truth, but it is a truth that the country, caught up in its ruthless ambitions and moral decay, can learn on my dime. I don't know who will lead us through the '90s, but they must be made to speak to this spiritual vacuum at the heart of American society, this tumor of the soul."

 -Republican Strategist and former RNC head Lee Atwater.

Brain cancer killed him at 40 and at the end, in his come to Jesus moment, he wrote that. 

I think if Lee has a seat somewhere up there, or down there, and he is watching from the beyond, and not just having the flesh ripped from his bones daily by some demonic entity, he probably would think "Holy shit, these guys are way worse than I was!" 

 I mean, great he turned when he knew he was going to die but he did what he did with a great deal of joy. I'm no god, so I owe him nothing. His brothers and sisters in the murder of human decency are the ones that should be taking the lesson to heart. They don't though. Until something crushes them, until they are hit with the realization they were just being used. Michael Cohen gets to live with his past and what it cost daily. So, he talks everyday about it. 

All these absurd and hideous personalities we have to endure as we watch them stuff their pockets and help facilitate all of this destruction. 

I guess what bothers me most, it is not that they exist, and people are taken in by them, it is that I have spent my precious time, my short time on this earth considering them at all. They do not deserve my time, my attention. But I also don't want to appear ignorant. I want to understand how we got here, and to understand it, I have to pay attention. This is the cost. We have to endure it.