Jimmy the Greek tried to explain this back in 1988 and everybody got pissed off at him.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1988/01/17/jimmy-the-greek-fired-by-cbs-for-his-remarks/27536e46-3031-40c2-bb2b-f912ec518f80/
I watched it when it happened.. even back then I knew he just lost his job.