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And these are the guys going after our livelyhoods. It makes me sick!
I can guarantee that he’s not even close to the only one from congress guilty of similar things… he’s was just dumb enough to get caught.
Things are so corrupt these days.
Bryan
“Every nation deserved their tyrants” – a loosely translated quote … sad part is that idiots like that help create public opinion. We have chosen them to represent us by either voting or not voting, I have to agree that I don’t think he is the only one, problem is a lot bigger though: where we gamble with our own money (what they are trying to banish) idiots on capitol hill gamble with our money and our security.
I suggest dropping a few nukes on Vegas just in case somebody is financing international terrorism – better to be save than sorry. :happydanc
I didn’t see much wrong with the article. It doesn’t emphasise the gambling, but rather the fact that he received 10s of thousands in free chips and gifts. So it wasn’t really gambling at all, seems to be the point. He was using gambling to disguise the bungs he was getting.
I don’t think this is a dig at gamblers.
I didn’t think it was a dig at gamblers either, just ironic that the very people that hold many of our livelyhoods in their hands are the ones running improper businesses and in this case even more ironic is the fact the congressman used gambling to hide his wrongdoings.
Bryan
I thought there was some degree of negative stereotyping, via mental association
The guy liked to gamble, that is obvious, he even had a nickname he was known by at the casino
His character
Unpatriotic-violated US sanctions, dealing with Iran
Untrusting-Lied about it(a politician who lies, go figure)
Slimy-Tried to swindle Elvis
He was also an alcoholicIt’s a popular way of portraying gamblers, they rarely mention gamblers like Donald Trump, who places million dollar bets and is a respectable businessman and entrepeneur, they like to portray gamblers in a negative light in the media, both news and TV
And as far as i’m concerned, this was all a setup, these politicians are all puppets part of the same familia, i’m sure mr congressman will lead a very comfortable life out of the publics eye when this passes, the timing of this event is peculiar, i’m sure they were aware of his habits 10+ years ago
If you watch shows like Americas Most Wanted, you’ll often see something like this…
Buddy killed all these people in wherever, police are looking for him, he likes to gamble and frequent casinos, etc
I mean seriously, wtf is that all about
I keep noticing these “digs”, as you call them, i thought this was one too, there was no mention of him or his associates ever doing something good in this world, they must’ve done something decent in their lives at one time, i mean these guys were highly regarded publice serveants, are we supposed to believe that they were always slimebags that we selected to represent us
Its obvious to me that gambling is considered socially unacceptable and often surpressed, unless it involves criminals, then their gambling habits are quickly exposed
