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Politics : Ask Michael Burke -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Bilow who wrote (102447)	9/19/2005 11:57:42 PM
From: shadowman	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 132070

At the moment, the Republicans have the Presidency, so the US attorneys are busy cracking down on corruption in Democratic states. I've suspected for a long time that that is way the game is played. The prez gets to appoint the US attorneys and history shows that they're are almost always members of his party. One of the things that got me thinking about this occurred in my area a number of years back. We had a very colorful, charismatic mayor for many years. I think he was in office for at least 16 consecutive years. A Jimmy Walker type (Beau James). Handsome man...women...night life..bon vivant etc. The guy had come out of no privileged background. Worked as a bartender to put himself through college. Almost ran for senator. It was common knowledge that he was wheeling and dealing up the gazoo. It wasn't until the opposing party had a firm hold of the presidency that the US attorneys went after him. Half the business community in the area was implicated and most of those on the giving for favors end ratted him out (once the handwriting was on the wall). He spent a few years in a federal country club. It was kind of sad actually, a little like James Michael Curley...without the comeback. He died a couple of years after his incarceration. I seriously considered interviewing him using a tape recorder, and writing (publishing is another question :)) a book about his life. He could have furnished much inside dope about how the game is played. I had my doubts that he would open up, but he did have a large ego and a biography might have appealed to him... especially one that contained a lot of his own input. But he died before I could follow up. I'm guessing that most federal prosecutions of state and local politicos can be traced to the opposing party holding the presidency?

To: Bilow who wrote (102447)	9/20/2005 8:48:11 AM
From: Knighty Tin	Respond to of 132070

Sounds good. But there are no crooks in Seattle. <G>

To: Bilow who wrote (102447)	9/20/2005 9:16:52 AM
From: Knighty Tin	Respond to of 132070

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