11 N.J. Officials arrestedFollow

Absolutely. In fact, I often skip posting articles about minor level events like that specifically because no one gives a rat's *** outside of that politicians immediate sphere.

Hell, Illinois recently put away a former Republican governor for corruption. I've mentioned it once or twice here but no one's ran with it because, well, they don't live in Illinois. State level politics don't really resonate on the forums. You honestly think we'd go bonkers because some Republican councilmen and school board members seven thousand miles away took bribes?Your New Post link broken or something?

I absolutely guarantee you that I've started more threads critical of Democrats than you have of Republicans. Be it by raw numbers or by percentage of topics started.

Sometimes, the absence of talking about something speaks volumes...

Edited, Sep 6th 2007 10:27pm by Jophiel

In other corruption news, it seems that my Republican Congressman is involved in shady land-deals in Nicaragua, having not only completely misreported the extent and value of his holdings but also having pushed hard for CAFTA... legislation which increased the value of his secret properties. He's also had a long-standing conflict of interest serving on the House International Relations Committee in the Latin American subcommittee despite being married to a Guatemalan Congress member (who happens to be floor leader of the Guatemalan Republican Front) and having a brother-in-law who was the Guatemalan army chief of staff until 2003. That last bit isn't really news although I'm surprised it's been allowed to continue.

So, tell me, should I worry more about this or about the school board member in Jersey who was arrested for taking bribes?