How could...what was he...how in the hell could...did he think he could just...I mean...what the...are you kidding me...?

The strangest thing about this deal is...How could he, of all people, have believed for a second that he could live a secret life, pushing money into shady corners to pay for a "high-end hooker" who surely knew who he is? There were a multitude of ways it could blow up in his face and yet he took that kind of risk to his family and the governorship? What was he thinking?!

I guess there's only one explanation: Blinding hubris.

I almost voted for him, too. But I was a slacker and never went. I had figured hey, here's a guy who cleaned up the underwriting biz on Wall Street and seemed uniquely motivated to weed out corruption. I watched some of CNBC's coverage...I didn't realize that he is widely considered a political bully, often going too far to sully the reputations of others. There's a cliche or two for this sort of event, and boy are they fitting.

You have to feel bad for his family. Power does do some unfortunate things to us human beans.

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