[mobertol]

It's a word which covers a multitude of sins. My trusty Collins thesaurus (never leaves my side) gives the following synonyms, just in case anyone was unsure as to what corrupt means and what corruption is:

Bent, bribable, crooked, dishonest, fraudulent, rotten, shady, unethical, unprincipled, Unscrupulous, venal.
Abandoned, debased, debauched, defiled, degenerate, demoralized, depraved, dishonoured,dissolute, profiteer, profligate, vicious.
As a verb: Alter, contaminate,defile, doctor, Entice, falsify, fix, grease someone's palm, infect,lure, pervert,putrefy,spoil, square, subborn, subvert, taint, tamper with and vitiate.

Plenty to play with - can't comment personally as i don't think I've "known" those in power on the forum over enough time. (Not sitting on the fence this time -I really don't know what they promised and what they might have delivered.)

My own experience, from another time and place, is that power does corrupt - especially political power, it can bend even the most fervent idealists.