The corruption in your own eye

Our Liberal friends up north are still having some trouble, it would seem.

OTTAWA (Reuters) - The inquiry into a Canadian government corruption scandal said on Tuesday that senior officials in the Quebec branch of the ruling Liberal Party had engaged in a kickback scheme and in illegal financing, but it said Prime Minister Paul Martin was not to blame.

The initial report by Judge John Gomery into the scandal is likely to embarrass the Liberal team as it prepares for an election early next year.

If you were to inquire of those involved in the scheme, you likely (my guess) would find them largely unaware of their fraud. Yet, were conservatives involved in a similar scheme, the same Liberals would easily see the malfeasance. There's an ease of seeing the sins of others relative to our own, resident in all of us to some degree. However, it is my opinion that the ruling elite of the United States - largely still liberals of all parties (Democrat and Republican) - are far more prone to succumb to such hubris than are small-c conservatives of either party. What say you?