Sixteen years in Washington can't save you from your past. Randy "Duke" Cunningham had enormous issues that, in the end, have taken over. I would never admire a corrupt man, but I am certainly taking my hat off at his honesty. "Yes, your Honor", his response to the allegations presented by US distric judge Larry A. Burns are words that come straight from the heart.
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It's tough, nevertheless, to take such steps. You can always work out a hiding of evidence, or at least a "make-up" operation when you've got so much power, but former Congressman Cunningham decided to step down. Is it a manoevre? Is he taking any advantage by doing this? Yes and no.
By now, he's plead guilty. His only chance is cooperating so that he gets a slightly better sentence against him, but by now prison is up ahead for him. Some may say it's crocodile tears (I'll never undestand liberals, I admit it), but how do you call it when he's got no exit? Jailed-li-gator?
Hipocrisy seems to be the leading behavior within some politicians. Those who critizise Cunningham might be the ones that are doing exactly the same in their respective districts. Corruption is an ugly animal that pops out his head from time to time, and is a very hard practice to end. Interests are always in the way, and morality is sometimes used in vain to cover somebody else's action. It's called window-dressing.
In the end, however, Congress will end up passing a bill which might control its members' fortune at the beginning or the end of their mandate. If not, the risks of these sort of facts to happening again will remain, and the media will have more chances to come down on such people.
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