Me neither. I guess I’m not the cynic I imagine myself to be, because I think of this sort of venal, obvious corruption as being something that usually creates real scandal.https://twitter.com/DanRShafer/status/1321143455465181185 …
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Anti-systems politicians usually get a wide indulgence for venality & self-dealing since it's seen as part of the way they are sticking it to the system: Rob Ford, Berlusconi, Marion Barry.
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Exactly. Pro-system politicians are held to a different standard than anti-system ones. It's one reason why Hillary's relatively minor scandals hurt her more than Trump's big ones.
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