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Red-handed

I suffered a bit of a moral quandary when considering if I should post this FBI surveillance photo of soon-to-be-former Massachusetts State Senator Dianne Wilkerson stuffing a $1,000 cash bribe into her bra at a swanky Beacon Hill eatery (here). (Ironic, since it does not appear that Wilkerson is undergoing similar confliction.) On one hand, this is a sensational photo that the local media will plaster tabloid-style all over itself. On the other hand, this is a sensational photo! I’ve never seen anything like it: A much-aligned controversial local politician caught cramming a relatively petty amount of cash into her bra.

Wilkerson has always claimed that people are out to get her. Indeed, for the past decade of her political career, she has been a magnet for allegations about everything from unpaid parking tickets to failing to pay $50,000 in Federal taxes. And because she is a black woman in a state that does not exactly welcome blacks nor women in the stalwart Irish/Italian White Guy power structure, I have always given Wilkerson the benefit of the doubt.

But tonight, I gaze upon this picture of Wilkerson with utter fascination. She is a dirty politician who is fully aware of the impropriety of taking this bribe money… otherwise, why would she by stuffing it into her bra? It represents a rare moment of cut-and-dry judgment on a politician, because even the most skilled politico cannot begin to refute what is happening in this photo.

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