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I read what you wrote: An honest politician is like an honest prostitute. You take their money and then you screw them.

You mean, "Honest politicians are like honest prostitutes. If you're willing to given them the money, they're willing to give you a ride"?

The more usual scenario, and one that plays better off the sense of getting screwed, is that the john (a special interest group) pays (in campaign contributions) the prostitute (the politician) for something he especially wants (a special tax break or other legislation benefitting himself) and the prostitute (the politician) ends up screwing over everyone else.

An example of this is seen in Light Squared contributors to Obama getting the White House to put pressure on a general to change his testimony to Congress to make it sound like Light Squared's plans for broadband won't really be bad for military and civilian GPS.

An honest politician is like an honest prostitute. You take their money and then you screw them.

I think the problem is in the use of the pronoun "their" in the second sentence. The sentence is intended to be an example of how the process works. However, it can be read as connected to the preceding sentence with "their" applying to the word "prostitute".

If the second sentence had been: "They take your money then they screw you.", then it would have been more clear. The "they" would have referred to the immediately preceding noun...prostitute.

What you have described is a corrupt politician. The corrupt politician will take your money and then because you have given them money they will screw everyone else. An honest politician is someone who will take your donation, thank you for it, and then screw you.

IOW the donation is irrelevant to how they vote.