Reply #68: I think it's because shrubco basically functions like a crime family, with [View All]

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

fear and intimidation. The "family" is the entire Republican Party. They've managed to keep them all in lockstep but had to use fear and intimidation. If anyone starts getting out of line and are not publicly disciplined, their fear is that this will not set the right example and more people will go "off the reservation".

The thing is, that kind of tight discipline can only go on for so long. The reason the real Mafia is falling apart now is that the code of silence thing is broken, and too many people have turned evidence to save themselves jailtime.

I think the same thing may be happening with shrubco now.