[Grampa Dave]

This is his Gary Hart moment—daring _everyone_ to prove he is corrupt.

Thanks for the memories via your link below. My wife calls it arrogance, when those in power shoot themselves in the foot or worse and brag about it.

https://science.howstuffworks.com/life/inside-the-mind/human-brain/10-smart-people-dumb-things2.htm

[cgbg]

I was in college in those days and had the opportunity to meet Gary Hart in a very small group (fifteen people) and he chatted with us for over an hour.

He was _very_ smart, _very_ charming, heads and shoulders above anything the Democrats could offer today.

I disagreed with him on just about every policy issue, but he was clearly a serious guy and my read is that he was honest (and I am _rarely_ fooled.)

I was stunned when the “Monkey Business” was exposed. He just didn’t seem like that kind of guy.

Now I am older—and even more cynical—and that Gary Hart incident is one of the reasons.