[lifeisstillgood]

But, interestingly, there is nothing stopping us doing it ... I think it is still possible to game google results such that the top results for any politicians name includes "sex scandal of senator X" simply by a lot of people linking to it.

It's democratic (if you are happy for Russian links to count in your senators feeds)

[Tossrock]

That's called google-bombing and is a well-established phenomenon.

[lifeisstillgood]

Thank you - could not remember the term