Following a campaign which focused intensely on the serial-killing-nature of then-President Roberts, the Republicans, led by Bob Williams, won a landslide victory. After becoming President, one of Williams’s first acts was pardon and release a man he said had been wrongfully imprisoned for the murders of Bob Williams.
But the Williams administration was also quickly rocked by a scandal when it was discovered that a top cabinet official was receiving bribes in exchange for easing regulations on a major energy company. President Roberts’s murderous tendencies, apparently under control during his time in public service, came back with a vengeance as he brutally murdered the cabinet official in question. He was quickly apprehended and convicted, but continued to claim he was innoncent while serving his life sentence.
However, Roberts must have had associates, for even after he was imprisoned the murders continued, although somewhat less accurately than before. Instead of murdering the most conservative Supreme Court Justice, the Roberts gang murdered the most liberal one, allowing Williams to nominate a extermely conservative one in his stead. The Roberts gang, apparently using their access as associates of a former President, even followed Williams on trips out-of-state, where they murdered high-level foreign officials who disagreed with US policy. Unfortunately the gang was never caught, for FBI and other investigatory officials were found murdered whenever they got too close to the case.
Following a wave of sympathy over the deaths, as well as non-stop news coverage, Williams received some of the highest poll numbers in history, allowing him to pass an impressive legislative agenda. While some tried to call attention to the bills being passed, they were quickly investigated as being part of the Roberts gang — trying to draw attention away from the murders so they would not get caught.
Williams easily won reelection, and cemented a Republican majority in the House and Senate. But he is most remebered for the tragic deaths he brought to light and tried so very hard to stop.
posted April 30, 2004 11:19 AM (Politics) (6 comments) #