Political Intrigue (Not Really)

Why is it that when there is a corrupt U.S. politician in either a book or a movie, it’s always a Senator and never a Representative?

Is that just because it rolls off of the tongue better when saying ‘corrupt Senator’ as opposed to ‘corrupt Representative’? Is it a purely aesthetic choice?

Or is it because since there are less Senators overall, and they have longer terms, it may seem more shocking if one of them turned out to be corrupt? (As opposed to, say, a corrupt California Representative, where everybody would probably just say, “Duh” and continue on with their lives.)

Or is it something more sinister? Like, for example, are the U.S. Representatives themselves paying off the entertainment industry in order to make the U.S. Senators look bad? It is some sort of twisted, evil conspiracy? If so, what would be the ultimate goal of the Representatives, besides trying to find new and inventive ways to waste taxpayer money on bribes?

I’m guessing it’s not the last option. I mean, why would the Representatives be doing it in the first place, since everybody already figures that all politicians are corrupt anyway? Plus, who really believes that the Representatives could actually be capable of organizing a successful, bipartison, secret conspiracy like this without totally screwing it up?

Idea! Maybe the Senators were trying to smear the Representatives, but it backfired because they reneged on their bribes to the entertainment industry, because they needed that money to buy new furniture in their offices, and now the entertainment industry is getting back at them by always featuring them as corrupt! That’s it!!

I think I need to stop now. This is getting ridiculous, even for me.