National Affairs: Barry on Bribery

"Contrary, perhaps, to the popular belief, there are not many crooks in Congress, that is, out and out grafters or those who are willing to be such; there are not many Senators or Representatives who sell their vote for money, and it is pretty well known who those few are; but there are many demagogs of the kind that will vote for legislation solely because they think that it will help their political and social fortunes."

Such was the opening paragraph of an article entitled "Over the Hill to Demagoguery" which appeared last week...

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