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Originally Posted by bambino
I knew they were bad people. I didn't think they were clever enough to leverage their office into almost a billion dollar shakedown scheme. And get away with it.
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Who says they've been any more clever than Bonnie and Clyde, who didn't get "away with it" either! They are not the first people who have sold access and favors from their government position.
The list is almost endless. The only people who allow them to continue are the voters and the press who enabled them in the 90's and the folks on whom they have dirt, who are more than likely either the buyers or recipients of purchased favors and influence.
Once someone accepts the benefit of a bribe they are owned.
If he was not popular with his flashy smile they'd both be in prison.