[the_devils_advocate_666]

However, if he had just come out, said "Yep, I screwed up. Won't do that again.", he'd have been much better off.

But in a crime like shoplifting you'd have to wonder how many times he had got away with it before he actually got caught.

[wbill]

But in a crime like shoplifting you'd have to wonder how many times he had got away with it before he actually got caught.

True, and a fair point.

Personally, I'd just rather be judged on the man I am today, rather than the dumb*ss college student I was at 21. Granted, I never shoplifted, but I did things that were equally stupid.

My problem with this story stems from the apparent coverup, rather than this guy's actions. Why is it that Dems always seem to think that they're smarter than everyone else?