Has anybody noticed that the "Eleventh Commandment" has dropped out of public discourse in recent months?The Eleventh Commandment, credited to none other than Ronald Reagan, goes like this: "Thou shalt not speak ill of another Republican".Reagan intended it as an admonition against the kind of backbiting and internal feuding that commonly cripples political organizations and movements. But for many years the Eleventh Commandment has been widely abused as a means of covering up for assorting malefactors operating under the GOP umbrella. It seems that no pervert, thief, hustler, or bribetaker could swing into action without voices being raised to tell us to "obey the Eleventh Commandment". Foley, the boys on Abramoff's payroll, Cunningham, Craig... everybody from the Speaker on down knew what they were up to, but everybody also knew that you don't "speak ill of another Republican".Although it was the last thing in the world that Reagan meant (and...(Read Full Post)