[Political Junkie Too]

Everyone of those candidates are pure as the driven snow?

That's the question, isn't it?

What are the odds that every right-wing candidate is corrupt versus the odds that each of the controlling left-wing courts is corrupt?

"Pure as the wind-driven snow" has never been a requirement in politics or nobody would ever be allowed to run. Nobody is perfect. Also, the laws (since you mentioned it in post 43) in those countries aren't based on the same Constitutional principles as they are here; there are no "bills of rights" that protect the interests of the individual over the state.

You don't find it a little bit odd that as a wave of conservative populism is on the rise around the world, all of them are being jailed or disqualified?

-PJ

[joesbucks]

I think you’re taking a leap of logic here as there are many variables.

[kiryandil]

The current incarnation of “joesbucks” versus the historical posts of “joesbucks”.

He’s a “flexible” sort when it comes to the things that he says...