Sorry, but his mistake was taking the bribes. If you think "everyone does it" and that Jerry Springer has something worth hearing, I'm surprised you're not a democrat... Republicans don't cheer for the criminals. I'm glad he got caught, I'm happy he quit. For me, his mistake was taking the bride. Getting caught was a gift - a gift that might save him...
No, that was a crime, not a mistake, as I said before. However, in addition to the illegality, taking the checks was simply stupid. It made it MUCH easier to catch him.
If you think "everyone does it" and that Jerry Springer has something worth hearing, I'm surprised you're not a democrat...
The Springer reference was to when Springer was Mayor of Cincinnati. He was driven out of that post when he was caught patronizing the whorehouses in Kentucky. They were able to catch him because he paid the girls by check. All I was saying was that using checks to carry out this scheme was stupid. Sheesh.
Actually, I think most of them do. That doesn't make it any less of a crime. What was it Mark Twain said? (Paraphrase) America has developed no native criminal class except Congress. Nobody is excusing Cunningham by saying that they (almost) all do it, just marveling at the sheer dumbth of his getting caught while the others get away with it.