These people

This is the quality of US elected officials, you know? the ones who won't let you play poker. pffft:deal:

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It`s not just in the US.

Here in the UK, our Prime Minister recently appointed to his government a man named Peter Mandelson, a person who has previously been forced to resign from public office not once but twice because of scandals over his unethical behaviour in office.
So he gets a third chance ?

I see your point Egon, but this woman was elected not appointed, and this crook gets to decide the laws of the land.

Here's an even better collection of the above mentioned Senator:
Wilkerson through the years - Boston.com

Quite the peoples champion isn't she. How the hell do these people get re-elected? I remember a while back seeing a list that went something like 40 DUI 30 Bankrupt 10 sex offenders 30 actively under investigation and so on. It was all about the members of the current US senator. How do these people get elected in the first place.

man its sad to see what kind of people are running our country, but its not like we all don't know.. we just dont do anything about it.. EVEVERYBODY knows the u.s. politicians are corrupt and immoral, yet nobody ever does anything about it... we are not the land of freedom, we are the land of procrastination. they keep us preoccupied with entertainment and distractions while they silently run us into the ground... there will be a change, everyother powerful force in this world has gone threw at least 2 revolutions, we have only had one so far