Ehud Olmert is not just another suspect in a long line of
politicians, but to a large extent the person who symbolizes the
entire system. In the Olmert school of politics, one can learn
how to connect with the wealthy members of world Jewry, how to
get them to support the party the candidate is representing at
any given moment, how to operate on the borderline of the law
(mainly through emissaries), how to cultivate supporters,
admirers and associates, how to attack critics maliciously, how
to take loans without a repayment date, how to bring past donors
into future economic projects, and how to survive for 35 years
without a criminal conviction even as one's partners are going
down one after the other.  Olmert served as treasurer in one
Likud election campaign, during which he signed a fraudulent
statement to the state comptroller while a fake donation
collection fund was being administered under his nose that gave
donors fictitious tax receipts. But he nonetheless managed to
get acquitted while all the othe