Mike Madigan is the longest standing elected member in the history of American Democracy and arguably one of its most powerful figures of all time. To understand his power first requires to you shed any notion you have about how politics are supposed to work. Otherwise it simply won’t seem believable that one man could be this powerful.
The stories are prolific. His control process is even more insane – no computers or cell phones allowed in his office. No last names or identifying information to be shared around him. You have to go through one guy who goes through one guy who goes through one guy who might talk to Madigan in person. It’s basically the scene from GoodFellas where they explain how hard it is to get to Pauly except we’re talking about the longest tenured elected official in the history of Western civilization.
The fact he is guilty on 10 counts and facing decades in prison is quite literally unbelievable.
And while I have stories and anecdotes, I figured it would be better to break this into a two part blog – the first ever in CarlsBlogs.com history.
Our starting point is this meaty documentary that sets the stage for his corruption and power.
It should blow your tits clean off your chest: