Political vendettas 'as American as apple pie'

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2014/01/12/political-vendettas-as-american-as-apple-pie/

This article just kind of goes through several extreme cases of political retribution throughout the history of politics in the U.S. It's super interesting (you should read it). But also kind of disturbing. I'm thinking that maybe some of our "leaders" are spending too much of their time and resources on revenge and making other people not get what they want than actually focusing on the real problems in this country and the needs of the people. Obviously politics are a big game and a competition and in order to succeed there is always some of that (unfortunately) but when that becomes more important than your actual responsibilities and doing what the people elected you to do, um problem. That is a problem.