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An Honest Politician

Jesse Walker | 7.14.2009 7:57 PM

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Here's Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman making the case for a tax-financed Museum of Organized Crime and Law Enforcement:

Like it or not, we're the mob.

[Via Rad Geek.]

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Jesse Walker is books editor at Reason and the author of Rebels on the Air and The United States of Paranoia.

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  1. Enyap   16 years ago

    The name of the museums pretty honest too

  2. HeadTater   16 years ago

    He is not an honest politician. By being honest, he ceased to be a politician.

  3. Joe Biden (D-SCRANTON!!!)   16 years ago

    Haha, Oscar Goodman…well…God bless him…he cuts a little too close to the bone there. Stand up Oscar! Now shut the hell up. Hahaha. Just foolin’…hahhaha…maybe.

  4. Brian Sorgatz   16 years ago

    Who is “we”? The answer to that question matters for “our” evaluation of Goodman’s statement.

  5. Xeones   16 years ago

    Who is “we”?

    Agreed. If he’s going for an “I’m Spartacus!” moment, FAIL.

    If he’s actually talking about the government, or even just the government of Las Vegas in particular, he’s demonstrating highly unusual self-awareness for a politician. Not that i expect him to resign or anything.

  6. Jonas   16 years ago

    Don’t know the context of this, but I’m willing to believe an “I am Spartacus” interpretation over a “the government functions like the Mafia” interpretation.

    So, yeah, I agree with Xeones that it’s just a fail.

  7. Jesse Walker   16 years ago

    The context = he’s saying Vegas needs a Mob museum because the Mob is central to Vegas history.

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