I can't see a damn soul in D.C. except Russ Feingold who is even worth considering for President. The rest of them seem to me so poisonously in hock to this system of legalized bribery they can't even see straight.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Feingold criticizes other D.C. figures as beholden to systemic corruption.
- In plain terms
- He says only he is worth considering due to others' corruption.
- What can you take from it?
- Systemic corruption undermines political integrity.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How do we identify corrupt candidates?
- Is systemic change possible?
Another view
Claiming only one is uncorrupted is a strong and debatable claim.
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