Boink your Union boss girlfriend, give her nearly half a mill as a "loan," become governor with at least some help from her endorsement, "forgive said "loan," then dump said girlfriend.
Can sleazy politics get any sleazier?
Looks like a good time was had by all, but only the voters got screwed.
Jaysit From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 2, posted (7 years 10 months 2 weeks 5 days 9 hours ago) and read 720 times:
You're right.
Senator he is.
Corzine's behaviour is disgraceful in this instance. Howard Dean's first test as head of the DNC will be to tell Corzine to shove it. He doesn't deserve to be Gov of NJ.
Pope From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 3, posted (7 years 10 months 2 weeks 5 days 9 hours ago) and read 715 times:
I'd be really surprised to see if Dean has any real political support from the DNC old guard. Dean showed tremendous success with his grass roots fundraising. He gain the chairmanship almost by default because everyone else dropped out.
The Clintons are really no fans of his and by all accounts they are the power family in the DNC. I think Dean may have the position but his ability to get anything done that runs is severely limited.
Jaysit From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 4, posted (7 years 10 months 2 weeks 5 days 8 hours ago) and read 704 times:
Quoting Pope (Reply 3): The Clintons are really no fans of his and by all accounts they are the power family in the DNC.
Perhaps.
But HRC wouldn't think twice about hurling Corzine to the wolves. At this point, he becomes a liability to the Dems with this paid sex for votes scandal.
Pope From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 5, posted (7 years 10 months 2 weeks 5 days 7 hours ago) and read 698 times:
Quoting Jaysit (Reply 4): But HRC wouldn't think twice about hurling Corzine to the wolves. At this point, he becomes a liability to the Dems with this paid sex for votes scandal.
Not to pick on HRC because I believe the same can be said about just about anyone, but HRC also knows where her bread is buttered. With a presidential campaign around the corner, one can not have too many rich friends.
Loyalty will always take a back door to political survival, no matter what side of the aisle one walks down.
In the case of Howard Dean, I just get the feeling that while people tolerate him, nobody (big in the DNC) really is 100% behind him. As such it's difficult if not impossible to get anything controversial done without a base of power.
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