May 22, 2006
Cold Hard Cash
Or The Democratic “Culture of Corruption” Revealed. I’ve been waiting to say that.
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Washinton Post : Rep. William J. Jefferson (D-La.), the target of a 14-month public corruption probe, was videotaped accepting $100,000 in $100 bills from a Northern Virginia investor who was wearing an FBI wire, according to a search warrant affidavit released yesterday.Line him up with the rest of the crooks. Like I said before, Politician often equals crook.A few days later, on Aug. 3, 2005, FBI agents raided Jefferson's home in Northeast Washington and found $90,000 of the cash in the freezer, in $10,000 increments wrapped in aluminum foil and stuffed inside frozen-food containers, the document said.
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The whole "culture of corruption" was to be the cornerstone of the Democrat election strategy for 08. Now they got bupkis. lol!
Posted by: Jesusland Carlos at May 22, 2006 09:48 AM (8e/V4)
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Carlos why would anyone want to bribe someone who was a member of the minortiy party ? Maybe this just shows that you can bribe a democrat cheaper than a republican. If so then I am planning on voting democrat, it would save us all money and reduce the cost of doing business in Washington. The new democrat slogan will be "We are cheaper !"
Posted by: john Ryan at May 22, 2006 10:16 AM (TcoRJ)
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High time for a major house-cleaning ....
Posted by: Last gasp Larry at May 22, 2006 10:40 AM (FCC6c)
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You bet, I would not want to have the word incumbant next to my name in Nov. for either party. Things are pretty good when you look at it. But the mood isn't.
Posted by: Howie at May 22, 2006 10:53 AM (D3+20)
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$90,000 in his freezer? Hey, check his mattress.
Posted by: Mike at May 22, 2006 11:13 AM (sdQkU)
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Now that's what I call " cold hard cash " !
Posted by: Last gasp Larry at May 22, 2006 12:42 PM (FCC6c)
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Sorry, I thought I was being clever and inventive with my last comment, much to my dismay I saw the title of this report even as my trigger finger was leaving the mouse after firing! Okay! I'll except the moonbat award of the week for that one!
Posted by: Last gasp Larry at May 22, 2006 12:45 PM (FCC6c)
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>>The whole "culture of corruption" was to be the cornerstone of the Democrat election strategy for 08. Now they got bupkis.
In two years nobody is going to remember this guy's name. I'd wager that even the people in his district won't remember him. This relative non-event will not change the anti-corruption platform for '08 because not one person running for office would be dumb enough to try and leverage such a non-memorable thing to their advantage.
And, if you think that's hypocritical, you're either young or extremely ignorant. What's more hypocritical is the fact that back in the early 90s the Dems were in exactly the same sleazy stew pot that the Republicans are in right now, and that in another dozen years or so the Republicans are going to be the ones running the "anti-corruption" campaigns against the Democrats again, just like they did a dozen years ago.
The reason the republicans are in trouble in relation to corruption is quite simple: people with very big mouths like Tom DeLay engaged in highly suspect behavior and now, because they combined bluster and ethical fence-riding, they've become a very visible liability for their party.
It's not that one group is necessarily composed of more corrupt people than the other, it's that the opportunity goes to the people in power, and that in this case the people who took that opportunity happened to do it in very flagrant, high-profile ways. They're not WORSE, they're more visible.
Posted by: TxMxP at May 22, 2006 01:02 PM (gOPcw)
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I hear the over/under is 48 hours.
If I had 90k in my freezer, I would put it all on the under. (Las Vegas book on how long it takes Jefferson to claim the racist FBI set him up).
Posted by: Brad at May 22, 2006 01:21 PM (3OPZt)
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>>>In two years nobody is going to remember this guy's name.
TxMxP,
there is no such thing as a "culture of corruption", only corrupt politicians. But if the Dems run on anti-corruption in 2008, the name William J. Jefferson will become a household name. Trust me on this, the GOP isn't just going to sit idle. That issue is hereby dead for the Democrats.
Posted by: Jesusland Carlos at May 22, 2006 01:42 PM (8e/V4)
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I think " flagrant and high-profile and more visible " pretty much defines a culture of corruption. Meaning that everyone is doing it, therefore there is no need to hide.
Posted by: Last gasp Larry at May 22, 2006 01:52 PM (FCC6c)
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This same guy was busted during Katrina for using national guardsmen and equipment to help get himself to his own house to grab some personal stuff. This was at the same time that 10s of thousands of people were looking for some leadership and were in grave danger. He's a real loser.
Posted by: Richard at May 22, 2006 01:54 PM (U+YqD)
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>>Trust me on this, the GOP isn't just going to sit idle. That issue is hereby dead for the Democrats.
I'll pretty much guarantee it's not. Politics is about popularity and making flashes in the pan right before the election. People like Cunningham are memorable for the sheer scope of the crime, and DeLay is memorable, even if he's acquitted, because of his big mouth prior to the indictment. Jefferson is a nobody outside his district. Without that focus, he's pretty much useless as a political tool.
Ironically, with Richard's revelation, it seems to me he's probably one of the worst kinds of politicians. At least Cunningham and DeLay did work for their constituents. This guy, on the other hand, appears to have been there for little more than his own personal gain. It's ironic that he's probably so much worse for having focused on it, but that focus is exactly what will detach him in people's minds because he didn't do anything to make himself memorable.
If there's one thing you can count on in an election, though, it's usually that the best man will only win if he got lucky. Rational arguments are not that effective in the modern world compared to mudslinging and cross-charging, unfortunately.
They MIGHT be able to leverage it later this year to an extent, but even that I'd doubt. He's just not visible enough to make a good target.
>>there is no such thing as a "culture of corruption"
I would agree that it's not a material thing, but I would disagree that it's not a valid concept. During the early 90s the Democrats defined it fairly clearly through their bribes and pandering, and the Republicans have since refined it to a political art form by organizing K-Street into little more than a temple market for people looking to buy and peddle influence.
While there probably isn't an inherent culture driving it, once the corrupt solidify to a certain extent through appointments and monetary connections, there is a cultural aspect of corruption to the social network that develops.
Posted by: TxMxP at May 22, 2006 02:13 PM (gOPcw)
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Jefferson be inacent like O.J. De white mofuckers set him up. A jury of his pears goin find him be inacent like O.J.
Dem thar peoples in Nawlins relect him jus lik de boss o de choclate city/
Posted by: greyrooster at May 22, 2006 03:48 PM (pSK/I)
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48 hours to claim the FBI set him up? Hmmm... it's hard to say, considering that the media will try hard to bury this as fast as possible, all except for the hated Fox, of course.
Posted by: Improbulus Maximus at May 22, 2006 04:22 PM (0yYS2)
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These politicians, these elite self-aggrandizing, "I know what's good for you better than you do", ivory-tower intellectuals are far, far too powerful. And while the conservative base in this country is showing some honest-to-goodness anger at what their elected officials are doing, the Democrats are circling the wagons and propping up halos over each others heads.
Just the whole immigration debate between them is enough to make one puke; rying to one-up each other on who's the most compassionate in the hopes they'll get their votes on down the road. No one seems to know that the amnesty of 1986 never ended. It was extended and expanded for 15 years and people can still apply for amnesty under that legislation even today. So just who do they think they're fooling with all this new legislation?
What this is, is just another quick fix for the current bad Social Security system. There were 380,000 births in the US to illegal aliens in 2002, accounting for nearly 10 percent of all births in the United States [from the Center for Immigration Studies]. What do you think it is now? They want these kids to shore up Social Security for the next few decades and at least to get through the retirement of the boomers. What happens when the explosion of illegal kids retire? Think the current politicians give a damn?
Posted by: Oyster at May 22, 2006 04:32 PM (YudAC)
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Oyster,
ten percent of Mexico is now living in the U.S., including 1 out of 7 of Mexico's workers.
Posted by: Jesusland Carlos at May 22, 2006 04:42 PM (8e/V4)
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I know Carlos. And while we have politicians who think that making something easier or legal fixes that which is hard or illegal it will get worse. Mexico is our friend? Hardly. While we're making our laws more lax for them, they're passing new laws saying that if you want to move there, don't ever expect to be anything more than a second-class citizen. Fox is talking out both sides of his mouth.
Posted by: Oyster at May 22, 2006 04:56 PM (YudAC)
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>>>While we're making our laws more lax for them, they're passing new laws saying that if you want to move there, don't ever expect to be anything more than a second-class citizen.
Exactly. The Mexicans are full of shit. Trying to bully us or guilt us into doing what they themselves wouldn't dream of doing:
Mexico bars non-natives from jobs
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060521/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/mexico_limiting_immigrants&printer%3D1
But guess what, we're "racists" and "xenophobes" just because we don't accept being invaded and colonized by a foreign country.
And the amazing Leftards play along under the impression it makes them magnanimous when in fact it just makes them anti-American suckers, and even the craven business interests are starting to sound like Liberals if they can see dollar signs.
Posted by: Jesusland Carlos at May 22, 2006 05:23 PM (8e/V4)
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He doesn't want a job, he wants a position.
Maybe that $100,000.00 is the lawyer fund for the two moongod worshippers that jumbed on the Florida school bus today. Just saying.
Posted by: Leatherneck at May 22, 2006 07:53 PM (D2g/j)
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What amazes me it that this seems to be news to some. Willie Jefferson has been a crook for some time. This is small potatoes. The last bride he took was $400,000 from some Louisville people. They pleaded guilty. He says everyone is after him because he is black. Blacks in La say he shouldn't have to resigh because white have been taking brides for years. I'll not argue the fact of corruption in La. But the Sambos need a better excuse.
Posted by: greyrooster at May 22, 2006 09:07 PM (pSK/I)
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Thats odd, didnt I read a post here talking about America's centuries of jurisprudence and innocent until proven guilty?
Oh I forgot, that is only for situations when US marines shoot children in the head.
Posted by: Sonic at May 22, 2006 10:03 PM (Gsn6c)
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>>>>Thats odd, didnt I read a post here talking about America's centuries of jurisprudence and innocent until proven guilty?
Show me a dated comment where you make the same argument defending Tom Delay. Otherwise STFU.
Posted by: Jesusland Carlos at May 22, 2006 10:33 PM (8e/V4)
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Sonic, in his haste to cry hypocrisy! has shown his own hypocrisy in asserting guilt in another case where guilt has yet to be determined.
Posted by: Oyster at May 23, 2006 02:25 AM (YudAC)
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Yeah, becuase GOP voters never jump to conclusion before a trial is concluded... Swiftboaters, Clinton's running drugs and murdering people, etc. etc.
Gimme a Fucking Break. You ARE a hypocrite, Carlos and Oyster!
Major difference between the Dems and Jefferson and GOP and Delay. Jefferson is getting kicked out, and Delay was ralleyed behind, had his defense funded by his party, and had the rules rewritten to save his post as the head of the party.
Yeah, that's not hypocrisy... that's pure stupidity.
Posted by: Blue Patriot at May 23, 2006 08:04 AM (yFm36)
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>>>You ARE a hypocrite, Carlos and Oyster!
I fail to see where I'm a "hypocrite" just because I pointed out someone else's obvious hypocrisy.
>>>Swiftboaters, Clinton's running drugs and murdering people, etc. etc.
lol! We were supposed to wait for a trial by jury before concluding anything about John Kerry's fraudulent Viet Nam claims? Don't be so silly. He wasn't being accused of a crime, only of being a liar.
As far as Clinton "running drugs and murdering people", I'm skeptical. But I'm surprised you didn't mention all the women who came forward to claim he raped them. Wasn't it the Liberal feminists who insist that women don't lie about rape? Oh, except when they accuse Democrats! lol! In that case women always lie about rape!
William Jefferson was busted ON TAPE, so the Dems would be stupid not to distance themselves. Tom Delay has yet to be found guilty of anything. He's the victim of a Democrat smear campaign, nothing more.
Posted by: Jesusland Carlos at May 23, 2006 08:31 AM (8e/V4)
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Sooo... when Kerry holds up official government documentation of his service awards, that's fraud, but when Bush holds up pay stubs that don't show him being paid for large gaps in time, that's proof that he did his duty to the country?
Kind of like how when Bush skips his physical and gets his flight status revoked that makes him an American hero, and when Kerry engages in gun battles during the Vietnam war (which most of the people who were actually there attest to), that makes him a yellow coward. Alice, I think we're through the Looking Glass here.
Posted by: TxMxP at May 23, 2006 08:53 AM (gOPcw)
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TxMxP,
see, that was a great post where you address the subtance of the issue without feeling the need to personally harrass/attack your opponent. That's what i'm talkin bout!
Posted by: Jesusland Carlos at May 23, 2006 09:03 AM (8e/V4)
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Bush is a reckless moron who despises ordinary Americans.
JC you are full of it! Kettle calling the pot black!
Posted by: Last gasp Larry at May 23, 2006 09:24 AM (FCC6c)
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>>>Bush is a reckless moron who despises ordinary Americans.
You mean not just "black people", he hates ALL Americans now? Gee, you make such a cogent point! lol! bushitler hatred is a mental disorder.
Posted by: Jesusland Carlos at May 23, 2006 09:32 AM (8e/V4)
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No JC, I didn't say ALL Americans. I said ordinary Americans, including blacks, poor, middle class. The only peoples Bush loves more than his big business cohorts and his Saudi buddies are the Iraqis. Now gimper on back to your sandbox ...
Posted by: Last gasp Larry at May 23, 2006 09:55 AM (FCC6c)
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Lost his grasp,
the only people who despise "ordinary Americans" are you Libs. Because it's these ordinary Americans love Jaaysus and who elect the Rethuglikkkans and who hate gays and librruuuls. That's why you resort to the courts and despise democracy. Because "ordinary people" don't buy into your Leftwing social engineering lunacy. So when you accuse "Bush" of hating "ordinary Americans" you are looking at yourself in the mirror. It's called projection.
Posted by: Jesusland Carlos at May 23, 2006 10:12 AM (8e/V4)
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Carlos,
Now, you're just being retarded. You shit on the military by saying that their records lie about a decorated war vet, Kerry, who came back, spoke his mind, and then served his country for 30 years as a prosecutor and legislator while Dub'ya was downing lines and driving drunk to baseball games... You're a wingnut, dude. You have no credibility. You hate Liberals and you swallow whatever spin backs that hate up.
Get some therapy- you're pathetic.
"The only people who hate Americans are Libs"... So, half the country hates... themselves. Good logic there, Einstein. Maybe you, as a true blue American HEE-ROW could tell us how it is that Hating Gays and Democrats and the COURTS (You fucking facist) are American values? You're a mess, and you should just shut your mouth now before you do any more damage to your reputation.
Christ, some people...
Posted by: Blue Patriot at May 23, 2006 12:57 PM (yFm36)
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OMFG... Old Grey Cock, did you really use the term "Sambo" to refer to black people?
How do you see the keyboard with that white hood on, you K-K-Kracker?
Jesus, that was some in-your-face inbred racism, right there. Wow.
Posted by: Blue Patriot at May 23, 2006 01:01 PM (yFm36)
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>>How do you see the keyboard with that white hood on, you K-K-Kracker?
Er. KKK members are pretty dumb, but they're still usually smart enough to cut eyeholes in their hoods. Plus most people don't need to look at the keyboard to type...
Posted by: TxMxP at May 23, 2006 01:53 PM (gOPcw)
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>>>You shit on the military by saying that their records lie about a decorated war vet,
Don't you Leftards WISH I would shut my mouth. A conservative minority is your WORST nightmare. Without all the little victim brown people you Libs seek to create you'd be dead in the water politically. Liberalism would meet it complete oblivion. You need the little victim brownies who can't fend for themselves but for the "charity" of guilty white Libs!
Lying sacks of shit like John Kerry simply pulled a fast one on the military. If shitting on our military is what really bothers you then you wouldn't be a Liberal and such a huge fan of Cindy Sheeehan and and Michael Moore. Obviously your "shitting on our military" comment is just a Leftard tactic expedient for the moment. Later you'll revert back to your military loathing ways. Enough said about that.
I don't hate all Liberals, given half of my family are Libs (not that hating Libs has any bearing on my credibility). It's Liberalism and Leftardism I hate because of the mind jobs it's played on the people I love. But I do despise the mindless Chimpy Mcbushitler hating variety of Libs as well as the "controlled demolition"/"terrorists are people too" variety of Libs. But I'm in good company because most people (even a few Libs) hate them.
As far as "half the country" being Libs, just because people might vote Democrat that's supposed to mean they're Liberal? hahaha! You can keep dreaming. I guess that's what you folks do best in the "reality-based community". Last poll as I saw only about 15% of people referred to themselves as Liberal, while almost 30% reported themselves as conservative. So it's not my "logic" that is at issue, it's your ignorance.
Posted by: Jesusland Carlos at May 23, 2006 02:02 PM (8e/V4)
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Damn Carlos: Tell it like it is.
Posted by: greyrooster at May 23, 2006 06:07 PM (BEvWK)
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Blue Patriot: Everyone on this blog knows I am a racist and member of the Great and Glorious Knights of the Klu Klux Klan. Gee, calling me a racist and kkk'r really hurt. Friggin Idiot. RACISTS ARE NOT BORN, THEY ARE MADE. If you live near the Chocolate City they are made in a hurry.
But you continue to kiss their asses. I'm taking a different approach. One that a cowardly little weasel like yourself wouldn't understand.
Posted by: greyrooster at May 24, 2006 08:59 PM (8MCDk)
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Rooster,
You're comfortable with your own inability to think. That's fine. Racism is born of the frustration a person like yourself to figure out why he is in the situation he's in, and your little brain latches on to the easiest target. Brown people. It makes you feel better to assume that you're better because of the tinge of your skin. But, we all know that that is just plain stupid.
You're right- racists ARE made. By ignorance, neglect, and fear.
I don't think this very often, but you might be a lost cause. I hope you've been fixed.
Cowardly weasle... Like someone who wears a hood and has to carry an axe handle to make himself feel like a big man? Fuck you, Rooster. You're a relic, an ugly reminder of what's wrong with this nation.
Posted by: Blue Patriot at May 25, 2006 08:24 AM (yFm36)
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TxPxM,
OK, first of all, I was refering to Old Grey Rooster, and I think you're stretching to state that he types without looking at the keyboard.
I mean, come on. Really...
Posted by: Blue Patriot at May 25, 2006 08:26 AM (yFm36)
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Carlos,
Do you have a link for that "15% are Libs" declaration, or are you just trying to pull one over? Don't be offended if I don't take your word for it.
Besides, nobody is as good as the GOP at playing word games. Yeah, "Liberal" is a dirty word. Progressive, Democrat, anti-republican, etc. they all work, and you know that the GOP is going to get burried this fall, with good reason.
Oh, did you hear that Dennis Hastert is now under investigation by the FBI for the Abramoff scandal? I bet you 29%ers will still vote for-em all, though. What choice do you have? Democrats might outlaw ignorant fucks like Rooster, and then you'd be all alone.
Posted by: Blue Patriot at May 25, 2006 08:31 AM (yFm36)
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Blue dress patriot: Kiss their asses if it makes you feel safer. What's wrong with this country is somewhere along the line it changed from what it was to what it is now. Namely, it allows cowardly little pricks like yourself to open their ass kissing mouths. Most who feel the way you do are either one or being fucked by one. Which are you?
Don't know how brown people got into the conversation. Another cowardly way of seeking security by kissing up to someone who has nothing to do with the subject.
Can't think? I've done more, achieved more, seen more, have more, experienced more than a sissified little kiss ass punk like you could or will ever do. You're nothing but bullshit without nuts. You know it. I know it. Anyone who has ever spent much time on this blog knows it.
Now put your dress on and shut up.
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