Scruggs Nation, Day 8: the scruggsing of Scruggs

Yesterday I mentioned a term that has been in my lexicon for about a year but that I haven't previously used on the blog: "scruggsing," from the verb "to scruggs," meaning to go on the offensive in an all-out blitzkrieg fashion, employing all potential means against an adversary including media, politics, law, facts and psychology. I admit my conceptualization of the word did not include an alleged bribery scheme or other activities that are unethical and illegal, so if what prosecutors say is true, I may have suffered from a lack of imagination.In any event, as I pointed out yesterday, one possible analysis of the events of the last few years is that Scruggs grew to be such a force, that his brand had such cachet, and that his tactics were so suc