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"John
A. Weeks III" wrote:

Taking $2.4-million and getting 8 years in prison are
not things that you think of when you think of "good
guys". He may have had a brilliant Navy career, but
when the metal met the road, he turned evil. Now he
is paying the price, and showing other people why they
should not follow in his footsteps.

Dunno about "brilliant" career. I've seen some things indicating that he
almost got himself kicked out.

There have been some fascinating articles in the Washington Post about
him.
He comes across as slightly unbalanced. He had a habit of shooting off
his
mouth and saying things that got him into trouble on the Hill, and then
breaking down into tears when confronted about them. It's a weird
reaction.
Makes me wonder if he's bipolar.

Also interesting is what the psychiatrist hired by his defense team said
about him. She said that he developed megalomania after he was shot down
in
Vietnam and then praised as a hero. She claims that this led him to
believe
that he could do no wrong and that anything he did was justified. Uh huh.
Megalomania, huh? Perfect for Congress.

I have know the guy for over 36 years. I won't say we are good friends, but
whenever we saw each other we said hello. His Naval career was just so-so,
not brilliant but not a disaster either. He probably wouldn't have stayed
around the Navy if he hadn't been an ace.

And that was part of the problem, and has always been. He went through all
the training learning to fly, learning his profession as a fighter pilot,
with everybody telling him how good he was. Telling how special he was to
succeed when so many failed to make the grade. Then he reached the panicle
of success and became an ace, which proved it to him. Somewhere along the
line he began to believe his own legend. Then he is elected to congress,
everything just fell into place for him with little failure. (I guess his
only real setback was the failure of his first marriage). How can you blame
him for believing the BS that everybody fed him. It would take a special
person to maintain a balance with a life like this.

I rejoiced in his success, and I am saddened by his failure. He just proved
that like many of us he has feet of clay.