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I wonder how much of this is due to some brain-dead voters? When I worked for the state of Texas, in the 1970s, the elected official who signed my pay checks was Jesse James. His successor (or maybe predecessor, I don't remember) was Warren G. Harding. There was also a scandal (well, in another state it would have been a scandal) of a gentleman facing a felony charge and certain conviction who was running for the legislature as a means of avoiding trial and conviction. His surname was a spelling variant of the name of a very famous Texas politician named Ralph Yarborough. His case was widely reported in the newpapers but still he was elected. His luck ran out, though; his election was annulled and he ended up in prison.
