Are we smarter than the politicians?  If we were truly smarter than them, why on earth did we vote them into office to begin with? No my friend, the politicians are smarter than us, because they fleece the public on a daily basis, while they are preparing to get their pensions for life...
For them to react with shock at this news is all show.  If they didn't act shocked, they'd be exposed for the frauds they truly are.  They will act however they think you want them to act, if it will bring in more votes and $$$.

I have no great love for politicians and I was with you on calling Bennett a liar from the get go, but I think they are feigning disbelief.

Heck, part of their job description is to channel public outrage and the being lied to - whether we all recognized it or not at the time - ticks people off. Secondly, it seems that most of the politicians have made the calculation that being perceived as giving large sums of money away to Bennett or sticking your neck out at the last minute on the stadium deal is bad politics.

I have no idea if they are right about it, but it hardly makes them stupid. It is easy to vent on politicians but we shouldn't mistake their public comments with their analysis.  

They only say shocked to get more sympathy, and they probably mean they're shocked that Clay Bennet would be so stupid as to leave evidence out there

I agree, the pols knew all along; my overstated shock is kind of a commentary that we knew they knew. When I saw Gregoire's commentary that she was stunned by the release of the ownership emails, I honestly laughed. Everybody knew what the Bennett group's true motives were from just about the get-go.

I'm amazed how sloppy the Sonics owners are, though. Seriously, if you don't know to keep your correspondences off the email record, then how you gonna manage a team, etc. etc.

I dunno. This doesn't hit me as hard as what would happen if the Seahawks or Mariners left town, which I suppose helps their rationale in moving the team to OKC. But that's just me.

They're going to move, unless the ownership does something so gloriously stupid that the NBA owners have to question them. The ownership group has to prove itself as a dysfunctional unit that will just continue to do stupid things once the team moves. They just have to prove that they're really raving morons.

I do not think that will happen. But at least now I believe they're capable of it.