Money in politics #2

Jack Abramoff is a former Washington lobbyist who was at the center of a big scandal of political corruption involving at least 21 people.  Abramoff spent time in prison for it.

He speaks from . . . experience, shall we say? . . . when he says that the Supreme Court justices just don't get how money influences politics.   He cites the fact that none of them has ever run a political campaign or been an elected office-holder and says:  "To think that the conveying of money is not going to create a corrupt relationship, I think is naive at best."

One quibble, however.    I think the four liberal justices (Ginsburg, Breyer, Sotomayor, and Kagan) are very aware of the problem of money in politics.   That is why they voted against Citizens United and McCutcheon.

That quibble aside, shouldn't the conservatives pay attention to someone who was right in there buying favor -- and getting it?   Who better to know how it works?   Perhaps they are not naive, though, and actually think that this is the result they want to achieve?

 Ralph