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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So, I've read the emails that are described as "influence peddling" and I struggle to understand how a forum based on DC and presumably mostly made up of folks living in DC can have so many people who don't understand that's just how things work.

This guy knows that guy, and this person's on our board and recommends this kid for an internship, or that person for a job.  Have you never needed to deal with political realities, if you think this is some sort of giant scandal? [/quote]

No. It's not a big scandal. But that's a big part of the problem. It should be a huge scandal and those who participate, left, right or anywhere else, should be tarred and feathered. Then flayed.  If this is an ok state of affairs for you, then you are a big part of the problem. [/quote]

PP here - I'm not seeing corruption.  I'm seeing people who know other people and make a phone call on their behalf.  I refuse to believe that this doesn't happen absolutely everywhere, because it has happened absolutely everywhere I've ever worked, political or nonpolitical jobs, private and public sectors.  Have you never recommended that a former colleague's resume get a special look?  That's what this is, just at a very high level because they are very high level people.  [/quote]

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