It's one thing to bring in friends, people you are close to who are qualified for the job. It's another thing for people to be getting the job only because they are friends and they are not qualified for the job.

From the local mayor or sheriff all the way up to the president, it means people have a real distrust of their government.

One of the things people who are running for president try to do is keep their fundraising staff and political people close at hand. And one of the ways you can do that is by putting them in some sort of organization you run.

We see this after every major disaster or tragedy. People are putting forward their wish lists and saying it's all connected to the hurricane. We saw it after 9-11. Everyone was saying then that it was national security.

I can't even tell you how much people have called to help. Suppliers competitors, vendors, family, friends.

You have to worry that allowing such income, especially when it is so closely associated with Pombo politically, is a reward.