At the same time, the opposing strategy of "everything is a scandal", "nothing good comes from anyone with an R by their name", etc has made people with an R by

At the same time, the opposing strategy of "everything is a scandal", "nothing good comes from anyone with an R by their name", etc has made people with an R by their name care less about actually being involved in scandals. If you're going to be tarred&feathered either way... And these two strategies play off each other very well. More scandals (legitimate and not) make each one less significant, which reduces the cost of being involved in a scandal, which...