1.   And the supposed beneficiary of this rigged election, Bush, drifts along obediently, apparently content to take a tainted victory rather than face a real contest.

2.   A true champion would not be able to accept such a tainted victory.

3.   But, for the candidate, a tainted victory is still preferable to a bitter defeat.

4.   People know that if someone other than the substitute NBA team wins, it will be a tainted victory.

5.   The team that benefited was celebrating a tainted victory.