Or does a loved one have a secret they’d like to keep? They’ll come at you sideways. When you think of blackmail or extortion you generally think of what happened to Hastert, but how did Hastert gain his millions? By playing ball. So given the option of exposure or silence/millions which would the average politician pick?
We elected average politicians from the general population all the time. Al Gore is a dope, but a dope worth hundreds of millions of dollars.
Would someone please explain how Hastert was able to go from a High School wrestling coach to a man able to pay millions for hush money on a Congressman’s salary?
Term limits at least puts an end to the blackmail and bribery that is going on.