I'm still trying to decide if Al is:
1) A bumbling Idiot that failed out of Divinity School, used his Daddy's coattails to get what he wanted, and lost an election that very well could have been won by a Wooden Indian. OR
2) A very shrewd conman that used a failed presidential election campaign to build a sucker list of millions of constituents from which to bilk 10's of millions of dollars.
I don't think that he's both. It's an either-or type thing.
It could be both. Failed at a legitimte profession. But a con man at heart, used the family name to sail into congress. And now has found a good scam.
Failed at legit, succeed at dishonesty. Could easily be the same guy.