Nucky is baffled to find that he has already things to hide when he has been in office for less than three months. Sleazy Politician: And almost open about it.Put on a Bus: His downfall takes place offscreen, with Nucky simply reading about it in the paper.It takes a Manipulative Bastard of Gaston Means' caliber to convince him of the opposite. Protectorate: He will consider anything before harming Jess Smith.I Lied: He phones Nucky twice to tell him that, in essence, he is not saving his ass.Gaston Means says that some have cast doubts on the heterosexual part (and the fact they share a hotel room does not shut these in the least). Heterosexual Life-Partners: With Jess Smith.In the end, he is neutralized as a threat early on in the season and merely serves as a distraction to the greatest danger to Nucky's family and associates: the bloodthirsty gangster, Gyp Rosetti At the beginning of the story arc, it is revealed that he is conspiring to indict Nucky Thompson to divert public attention away from a Congressional investigation into his department's criminal activities.Upon learning of his plans, Nucky spends a substantial portion of the season working to engineer his downfall. McDonald played the bad guy in Happy Gilmore. Actor Allusion: He takes Nucky to golf in "Gimcrack and Bunkum".Nucky uses his connections to help Harding get the nomination in exchange for some favors in the future, but when he finally needs them Daugherty just keeps making excuses. "You have heard I play ball."The massively corrupt campaign manager of Warren Harding and US Attorney General after his presidential election. Straw Misogynist: He is put in his place by Margaret right after his introduction.Politically Incorrect Villain: He is a corrupt whoremonger that does not believe in female suffrage and defends women battering.Pet the Dog: Arguably gets such a moment when he tells Nucky that Senator Edge is backstabbing Nucky, even though said backstabbing benefited Hague.Only in It for the Money: Even when compared to other characters.Also, while he does not care about women's rights he does care a lot about their votes. The Hypocrite: A very pragmatic one, he is a Democrat, but doesn't bat an eye at doing nefarious deals with Republican politicians.Demoted to Extra: He only appears in the second season to introduce Jack Dempsey to Nucky.History tells us that he was already doing that years before the timeframe of the show. Chronic Backstabbing Disorder: He could apparently side, backstab and come back to Nucky multiple times in the same week.Unlike his homologues in Atlantic City who are just pawns of Nucky, he is in full charge of his town and deals with Nucky himself. "I'm just proposing we call a spade, a spade."The corrupt mayor of Jersey City.
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