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Originally Posted by dksuddeth
I think it ended somewhere between the end of WW2 and Vietnam. I guess it should be expected though since people, as a whole because they are little sheep, have a tendency to follow the shining examples of morals and ethics that are exhibited by their elected leaders.
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Edit: OOpps read that wrong.
Political scandal was around long before WW2, there is no golden age in American politics.
I'm at work and don't have time to dig up examples beyond the obvious war we had based on false assumptions (Spanish American) civil liberties shot to hell far beyond your wildist imaginations (Civil war), big time scandal (T-pot dome), and lets not forget the great depression.