Bob McDonnell, the ex-McGovernator of Virginia, who was convicted of taking bribes, was just sentenced to two years in lockup but still claims he's innocent. He says he did nothing that previous Virginia governors didn't do. They all took bribes. I mean gifts, dang it. In return for, you know ... favors. It has a name: the Virginia Way.
But wait, if you give money to a state official in return for a favor, isn't that bribery?
No, are you stupid? I just told you, it's called the Virginia Way.
Point being, there are no Virginia laws against bribing state officials. Ya hear that? No laws against bribery. What is plainly illegal in other states is just called the Virginia Way here. That's how we do business. We don't need no stinkin' ethics laws. You scratch my back, I scratch yours. One hand washes the other. It's the Virginia Way.
Take that, you other states, with your high-and-mighty anti-bribery laws and limits on gifts. In Virginia, we're above all that.
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So if there are no laws against The Virginia Way, what did they use to convict the Republican Governor? The last might be a hint. I mean, what is this, the Former Soviet Socialist Republic, where the 'laws' are what the prosecutor says they are this time? What was the basis for convicting and sentencing good ole Bob? It makes me wonder if I'd get a fair shake in any court of law in the country for anything that the rulers decide is suddenly a crime.
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