Wait, we're including Milken?
But we're going to pass right over Madoff, Stanford, or Bankman-Fied? Or Epstein?
Al Franken wasn't a a front runner for his party, but he was a powerful Senator who was forced to resign. Tom Delay had to step down. I'd even include Tom Craddick in the state house of representatives, who was kicked out of the speaker of the house position for being a complete and utter dick.
I just think we can cherry pick all we want. The fact is the rich and powerful get away with more than the poor. To think that's not going to happen, or to think it didn't happen at some point in some kind of imaginary past, is kidding ourselves. You know when it didn't happen? When the French royalty lost their heads. Or the Tsar and their court were executed. Or all the Cubans had to flee to Florida. So if you're really up in arms about it all, start organizing for a blood bath. Because history shows that's what it takes.
Not to mention the idea we're talking about Nixon, Hart, Milken and Genghis Khan in one breath, and then...Beard and Miller? That screams to me a strange equivalence. I'm not saying the sentiment is completely wrong. I'm saying coming to that conclusion based on those two men feels similar to me when I hear the cries of wokeness being the downfall of Silicon Valley Bank.