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Sam did nothing illegal? He smeared a rival with his lie. That is illegal and immoral.

And he did it to obtain a powerful public office. That is scary.

The second point is he asked someone else to lie for him.

Third is he said (I can't find the quote) that to do what he was accused of would be poor judgment, and you can be sure he didn't do it because his judgment couldn't be that bad.

It isn't a question of do I think its poor judgment, HE thinks its poor judgment for him in his position to have sex with an 18 year old.

Fourth is that he was exceedingly vigorous over a period of years in promoting the lie.

It took a lot of work, a lot of time. It was the BIG lie that says: I must be telling the truth because no one would be this vigorous in defending a lie.

Fifth he was steadfast in maintaining the lie until it became untenable. It wasn't an attack of conscience that caused him to confess.

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