It's a pretty good point. But the fact remains that when the Democrats were in power, the corruption amounted to things like the House banking scandal, where House members were allowed to overdraw their bank accounts without penalty, and the Congressional Post Office Scandal, where some House members were trading stamps issued for official use for cash. But with the GOP, we're talking about a whole new level of corruption entirely. Look at what Fletcher actually did. Or the misuse of DHS planes to track down the Killer D's in Texas. It's insane, and even a number of Republicans have admitted it.

I think the issue is that Republicans fundamentally don't care if they crash the government, while Democrats do. At its core, modern Republican ideology is about destroying the American government, using it only to wage war and further a patriarchal state that punishes those who step out of line. Everything else -- healthcare, education, housing, etc -- should be handled by the individual. Democrats believe the government is actually good for something, so even the bad apples would be less likely to abuse it to the same level or intensity as the GOP.

No, it's a right-wing thing.  While some ambitious unethical people always engage in corruption, what allows corruption to flourish is not unethical people but the right-wing assault on institutions that check and balance power centers.  Democrats never engaged in that kind of assault on the institutional centers of accountability.