Fatmarley
"It appears my intelligence circuits have melted"
Well, I think there is a rather grim moral to this tale. If you cheat, lie, break the law, you're a racist, and collude with racists then you can snatch the most powerful job in the land, and people will love you.
I dread to think what this is teaching future generations.
My father was once told me that most of the people that he knew that had done well for themselves started off as crooks. It's common knowledge that sociopaths often do well because they use fake charm and manipulate people to get what they want.
I once had a boss that managed to turn everyone against each other by sh*stirring. He would then get everyone to compete with each other to try to make us work harder. It obviously worked and from the few people I talked to it seemed no one could see what was going on.
Saying that, I've had some great bosses who've done well for themselves in the past, so it's not set in stone.