If a prominent Senator in the States was linked in no uncertain detail to a mafia boss and an attempted crime that was thwarted by authorities, would he be then elected to a key position in the government without a single word not appearing in the press or on TV?
See Charles Pasqua in France. Even Chirac, it could be argued, was elected despite being a known crook. In the long run, we're all dead. John Maynard Keynes
