I Almost Forgot Why I Don’t Trust Politicians
Wait, no I didn’t. But anyway, here’s the Washington Post with the latest political scandal news:
The governor of Puerto Rico and a dozen associates were indicted today on conspiracy, fraud and tax charges related to the financing of political campaigns dating to 1999.
Democrat Anibal Acevedo Vila, 48, and his top advisers accepted thousands of dollars in illegal campaign donations from Philadelphia area businessmen and their employees to wipe away substantial debts stemming from campaign expenses prior to 2002, which were never reported to federal election officials, Justice Department officials said.
The governor, a Democratic superdelegate, is campaigning for reelection this year. Before his legal troubles emerged, he had thrown his support behind Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) for the presidential nomination.
I could take this opportunity to note that the recent string of scandals have involved only Democratic politicians, but I won’t do that. I gather there are just as many corrupt Republicans as there are corrupt Democrats — in other words, for every Bill Clinton there’s a Richard Nixon.
I could also take this opportunity to note that there are several crooked Democratic superdelegates — and remember, they’re the ones who actually pick the Democratic nominee — but I won’t do that either.
Well I guess there’s not much I will say about this, except: Seriously, politicians, knock it off with the scandals already.

