Bob Arnold is the corrupt, former congressman for Springfield's State. At first, he seemed like a decent guy, as evidenced by Moe and Barney's opinion of him, and even Lisa's. However, prior to Lisa's first encounter with him, he was talking to a lobbyist representing the Timber Company about tearing down Springfield Forest, and was about to accept it, but decided to try and postpone it and meet somewhere secret when Lisa and her family arrived. He later meets with the Timber lobbyist at the Winifred Beecher Howe museum exhibit (as it was allegedly the least likely place someone would stumble on the meeting). When asked on his standing, he accepted the bribe (or, as he answered it, "let me put it this way: Timbeeeeerrrrrrr!!"). However, Lisa also happened to be at the exhibit admiring it w