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You didn't see the part about dealing in political favors to get nomination support?

Rewarding supporters after the fact is one thing. Bribing public officials before the fact by offering them Jobs in an Administration is quite another.

Who's naive now?

That happened all the time with the convention system.

Now that primaries make the difference, the offers are much larger and made to whole classes of the population.

P.S. I like how sometimes it's "all about money" and sometimes it's only about money with the people Diogenes doesn't like.

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That happened all the time with the convention system.

I doubt it was to this extent. Let us remember Chicago's reputation for corruption.

Now that primaries make the difference, the offers are much larger and made to whole classes of the population.

But that is a very different thing from clear cut bribery to an individual.

I like how sometimes it's "all about money" and sometimes it's only about money with the people Diogenes doesn't like.

You've lost me here. When is it not about money? It's always about money.