I think your halo was VANDALIZED. Or stolen. Or ... some metaphor where you just had to recalibrate it, because I still say THEY were the shady ones taking advantage of your good faith. I feel that good faith is an underrated trait, myself, but that's because people out there are willing to take it and stomp on it.

This guy's a special case of crazy--he was basically the only one they could get to run. The good news is he actually does seem to advocate Helping Poor People, so at least there's THAT ...