“We have to ask this question repeatedly: How can smart people be so stupid?” says Norman Ornstein, an expert on Congress with the American Enterprise Institute. “It happens over and over, so why don’t they see what the consequences are?”
1)They’re not nearly so smart as they are arrogant.
2) Character counts and voters have the attitude that they’re not voting for “choir boys”. It’s time we start moving character up the list.
Less than 5% ( my own figure) of these thieves ever get caught.
Does anyone really believe Menendeez is the only one on the Hill doing this?
They are actually taking bvery little chance. They know the ethics committee is a joke, if they actually ever get charged.