Corruption
Most of the scandals involving congress seem like
relatively lightweight affairs. I just don't care all that much about porn
emails or a few campaign phone calls made from the wrong
office.
Out and out bribery, on the
other hand, is criminal. William Jefferson (D-FL), was caught in an FBI sting
in July 2005 accepting a $100,000 bribe to arrange contracts in Nigeria. The
FBI then raided his office, and found $90K of that money hidden in his
freezer.
Showing an uncharacteristic
lack of partisanship, Republican house leadership immediately criticized the
raid -- congressional offices have traditionally been off-limits to such
searches. And the Democrats, to their shame, agreed. Jefferson has not
resigned in disgrace. He's still in there. He's running
again.
The one thing both parties can
agree on, apparently, is that corruption is OK, and shouldn't be
investigated.
Throw the bums out. All
of 'em.
Filed Sun - October 29, 2006, 12:19 PM in
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