A Conclusion

This chapter deals with a few other scandals not discussed in the earlier chapters to demonstrate why some scandals were chosen and others not. The discussion also returns to identify various types of scandals (sexual, financial, and power maintaining). It also continues by placing the scandals in Chapters  2 – 13 into these fluid categories. The discussion concludes with the assertion that we as a society are somewhat obsessed with scandals as is evidenced by the popularity of scandal-themed TV shows and the responses of late-night comedy to falling ratings by becoming more political. With our first pop culture president we are in uncharted territory and it is difficult to say how this seeming forever scandal will affect our democracy.