Politics and corruption seem to go hand-in-glove and have been at least since Mark Antony reportedly solicited a bribe from King Herod in return for Rome propping up Herod’s claim to the throne of Judea. It hasn’t gotten much better since then; an old Army buddy of mine, who grew up in Arkansas in the ’60s and ’70s, once told me that one term as a country sheriff would set you up for life in his part of Arkansas due to the favors the position enabled you to do for key people.
It sure seems, however, like the Biden family intends to take all this to the next level, and we can learn one thing from an analysis of their shenanigans: Being vice president enables one to wield a fair amount of influence, to cash in on that influence, while not too many people are paying attention to you. That’s what Joe Biden did as Barack Obama’s VP; he and his family cashed in on dealings with one of…
