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The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary.

H.L. Mencken

Thursday, December 29, 2022

Not Just A Weird Story

 It seems pretty clear that serial liar, George Santos, probably committed multiple financial crimes in his life. There's the open criminal charge from Brazil, but his entire American resume is so replete with falsehoods and unexplained sources of money that it would strain credulity to believe that he wasn't involved in financial crimes.

In some ways, this mirrors Trump, who committed multiple financial crimes over the decades, from tax evasion to outright fraud. If Santos had lost his election - or if Trump had in 2016 - they could have coasted on their increased profile to grift even more. 

What's striking, of course, is that it took the scrutiny of running for public office to expose their criminality, and yet they decided to run for office. 

Narcissism, amirite?

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