The article makes me wonder about a lot of the people passing on the gossip, as well as about the gossip. My father-in-law was in the IL legislature, and I learned enough visiting Springfield to really have my stomach turned.
What I should have added was that they spent a lot of their times in bars drinking themselves under the table and telling lurid stories about each other. I really don’t think these people should be allowed to live away from their families. They need a way to stay grounded, where people can watch them and not take their bad behavior for granted or as something to make use of.