Convicted Republican Poster Boy Builds Up His Pension

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<p>Ney(R) takes money and goes to prison.
“Dollar Bill” (aka “Cold Cash”) Jefferson(D) is still in office and running for reelection. OK, the clock is still running on that one.</p>

<p>Foley(R) sends lewd emails, gets caught and resigns.
Gerry Studds(D) actually had sex with an underage male page in 1983, was only censured by the House, and continued to be reelected and serve until his retirement in 1996. (See “Foley should have been a Democrat in 1983…” <a href=“http://■■■■■■■.com/ybtsyq[/url]”>http://■■■■■■■.com/ybtsyq&lt;/a&gt; )</p>

<p>And do we need to review Barney Frank’s(D) live-in sex toy’s operation of a male prostitution ring out of his Georgetown apartment in 1990? Frank was given a reprimand (politician talk for slap-on-the-wrist) on that one for fixing some of the guy’s parking tickets by the Democrat controlled House Ethics Committee and Frank continues to serve to this day. </p>

<p>One can go back and forth on the ethics issue. Neither party is blameless, but it seems to help if you are a Democrat.</p>

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<p>Yes, it helps not to be a hypocrite.</p>

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<p>Just remember that Nancy Pelosi immediately got “Cold Cash” Jefferson kicked off his Committee assignments (which he protested vigorously) when the $90,000 was discovered. The esteemed Republican leadership of the House can make no such claim with the cover-up of Mr. Foley’s earlier “where there’s smoke, there’s fire” indiscretions before the recent instant message blow-up. The Majority Leader passes the buck to the Speaker who passes the buck to his poor memory while - and this is the corker to me - Rep. Shimkus, the head of the three person House Committee overseeing the Page Program, doesn’t feel that the lone Democratic member of Page Committee needed to be told about the “overfriendly” Foley e-mail in 2005. Give me a break!</p>

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<p>Also note that Jefferson was not endorsed for re-election and that a well-regarded state lawmaker got the nod instead. If the voters wind up re-electing Jefferson anyway, can’t say we didn’t try.</p>

<p>It’s too bad the Abramoff scandals are just ticking away one at a time. There’s more coming. </p>

<p>Corrupt Dems tend to be freelancers; for Republicans, it’s a team sport.</p>

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<p>“Corrupt Dems tend to be freelancers; for Republicans, it’s a team sport.”</p>

<p>Maybe true in Congress at the moment. Here in Cook County, though, we’ve got well-greased teams of Democrat crooks to carry on our long tradition.</p>

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<p>Hey!!! You guys should go easy Rep. Bob Ney, a Republican from Ohio. He is an alcholic for goodness sake! He can’t be responsible for his actions!</p>

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<a href=“Alcohol's Bad Political Rap - ABC News”>http://www.abcnews.go.com/Nightline/story?id=2565784&page=1&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>I have to admit though, the last time I was drunk (?) I did not have an urge to sell out the United States of America…

<a href=“http://www.kcci.com/politics/10070134/detail.html[/url]”>http://www.kcci.com/politics/10070134/detail.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Isn’t it hard to believe people care about a damn sex scandal?</p>

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<p>To add to Hanna’s post (#25) regarding the corruption with the Democrats in Cook County and the Republican majority in Congress today, the team sport of corruption, greed, and self-dealing tends to exist in any one party dominated elected government. I cheer the counter-weights by either party, Republican or Democrat, in a genuine two party competitive system such as (in the state of Pennsylvania over many years with a Democratic governor and two Republican U.S. Senators currently). In Texas I live in a Republican dominated county which has had one party rule for 30 years. Here’s an example of greed, the County Commissioners voted themselves extra “longevity” pay for their length of time in office. And the voters in our county continue to reelect them.</p>

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<p>Let’s not give the state Democratic party too much credit for that one. Dollar Bill was caught with the cash and his office raided by the FBI a year ago and the party is only now getting around to endorsing another candidate.</p>

<p>But also recall the righteous indignation expressed by congressional leaders of BOTH parties over the FBI raids. How dare they barge in here looking for evidence of curruption. I bet there are/were a lot of people sweating bullets up on the Hill.</p>

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<p>"House leadership vowed Friday to expel Rep. Bob Ney (R-Ohio) if he does not resign from Congress, saying they would initiate the process as the first order of business when Congress reconvenes in November, according to a joint statement. "</p>

<p>They won’t be House leadership for very long. (Meanwhile, Ney can use the extra money provided by the Republican leadership to pay off his fines, and to save up a little nest egg for prison favors. Hey, he is (like Duke), a leader, and will be modeling those striped shirts for those friends of Abramoff to follow. ;))</p>