FBI's Sham Candidate Crawled Under W.Va.'s Political Rock

[davidinalameda]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/12/01/AR2005120101724.html

The three men were sitting in a car outside a rural elementary school in West Virginia when the candidate handed over $2,000 in cash and said, "Buy all the votes you can."

In the hamlets and hollows of Logan County, where political shenanigans are legendary and it's said that a vote can be bought for a pint of whiskey or a $10 bill, some say there was nothing extraordinary about the transaction.

[MountainLaurel]

1. Interesting story

I'm not sure how I feel. It's certainly a good thing to try to address the ongoing election fraud, particularly in that neck of the woods. But I'm really uncomfortable about the feds putting up a candidate who really wasn't a candidate.

[davidinalameda]

2. I can see it as entrapment

but it's Logan County

not the most politically ethical place