One down. How many more?
Since there is no evidence that he is involved, it is not quite fair to blame President-elect Obama. However, a major scandal - with some indirect links to him - has erupted even before he has taken office.
Democratic Governor Rod Blagojevich of Illinois was arrested today. He is accused of trying to collect cash, and other financial benefits, in exchange for making the appointment to the Senate seat being vacated by Mr. Obama.
Mark Twain famously said: "It could probably be shown by facts and figures that there is no distinctly American criminal class except Congress." On the other hand, the number of corrupt State, City, and Municipal politicians, who have been arrested since Mark Twain's time, is legion. Twain should, perhaps, have deleted the word 'Congress' and substituted 'Politicians'.
For all our fulminations about corruption in third world hell holes, we sometimes look just like them - only richer.
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