"Be a voice...

... for someone you'll never speak to."  Good advice in those self-serving times.

So apparently France has its own 'a la Trump/conservative' politician in Sarkozi (a former president).  He's just been convicted of influence peddling/corruption, along with some of his minions (seems like small fries in comparison to fomenting the overthrow of the government...) yet the Conservative party he led stands firmly behind him.   Sound familiar? But I have to say, he stopped short of having a golden status of himself on display...