Denish, guilt by association?

There are those who think Lt Gov Diane Denish shares some culpability for the culture of corruption in state government.

Denish apologists point
to the fallacy in the
"guilt by association" argument.

And they do so correctly;
she is not guilty of
complicity in the corruption
simply because she hung out
with corrupt people.



Instead, her "guilt" stems from her failure to fight against the culture of corruption itself.

Heath Haussamen has pointed to an example of Denish fighting corruption, link. There are perhaps other specific examples of times and places where Denish appeared to be in the fight and on the right side.

That doesn't mean she fought against corruption.
Fighting against one soldier is not the same as fighting against them all.

She was there for a battle or two,
she never got into the war.

If she had, she would be a whole lot bloodier.




photo Mark Bralley