At a press conference earlier this afternoon Congressman William Jefferson (D-LA) vehemently denied that he has ever been bribed, citing that there is “two sides” to every issue. Jefferson, a long time congressman from the state of Louisana, is accused of taking at least $400,000 in bribes from an information technology company in return for government contracts. Jefferson’s congressional office was raided by the FBI yesterday. In a raid of his Louisana residence last month, the FBI found $90,000 in a freezer.
During Hurricane Katrina relief efforts Congressman Jefferson had two trucks, one helicopter, and several members of the national guard take a laptop, several suitcases, and a refridgerator type object out of his house.
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7:32 pm [ Quote ]
Has the race card been played yet?
7:37 pm [ Quote ]
......citing that there is “two sides” to every issue”. Not in John Murthas’ world
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8:14 pm [ Quote ]
Arrogant Power Mad Political Move o’ the Day…
What do you do after a weekend bad publicity involving a video catching you accepting $100 Grand in bribe money from an undercover FBI agent? Announce, with a smirk on your face, that you’re going to run for reelection. VIDEO…...
8:36 pm [ Quote ]
More proof that Dumbocrats are more corrupt than Republicans.
8:45 pm [ Quote ]
The Cooler King…
Sounds like Jefferson might soon come to appreciate a different kind of cooler – prison….
9:08 pm [ Quote ]
More proof that Dumbocrats are more corrupt than Republicans.
uh huh. We can count way more Republicans connected to Jack Abramhoff and other scandals than you can Democrats. Please stop posting innacurate information.
9:09 pm [ Quote ]
FBI Agents Search Louisiana Rep. William Jefferson’s Office…
FBI agents searched the congressional office of Rep. William Jefferson of Louisiana Saturday evening…
9:11 pm [ Quote ]
[...] Expose the Left has the video: Jefferson Speaks To The Press; Denies Wrong Doing (VIDEO) During Hurricane Katrina relief efforts Congressman Jefferson had two trucks, one helicopter, and several members of the national guard take a laptop, several suitcases, and a refridgerator type object out of his house. [...]
9:50 pm [ Quote ]
i think we should all hear his side of the story.
cheer up, it’ll be entertaining.
10:05 pm [ Quote ]
Lets see how Colmes spins this…
“we just dont know anything right now”
10:34 pm [ Quote ]
Frank,
No Republican congressman is connected to Plame. You Dumbocrat faggots are out of touch with reality.
Between Cynthia McKinney and this Jefferson crook, you have two congressmen who committed major crimes in the space of a few weeks.
11:51 pm [ Quote ]
firstly, who cares what colmes says? he’s irrelevant and i have a feeling liberals hate him more than conservatives anyway; seriously, a guy like him does his opponents a favour.
but i have to come to the dems’ defense in response to comments… mckinney punched someone in the chest and that’s severe? please. while jefferson is going to get a new one torn for him, in this case and mckinney’s, democrats are not standing behind them. the dems are already looking a new candidate to field in place of jefferson and pelosi actually called out mckinney. now contrast that with the republicans, who not only do the exact opposite, but have more documented cases of (alleged) corruption.
1:49 am [ Quote ]
Let me get this straight, the republicans passed an ethics law that forced Delay to forfeit his speakership, but, the democrats can’t bring themselves to do the same. Sounds like dems are afraid of their own culture of corruption.
1:50 am [ Quote ]
Frank, do your homework on the Dem/Repub. connections, You WILL find that your statement of, .. “We can count way more Republicans connected to Jack Abramhoff and other scandals than you can Democrats.” is way off. Shall I suggest, ” Please stop posting innacurate information.”...on your part, please?
2:01 am [ Quote ]
Well…lets just accept the fact that there are people on BOTH sides of the House & Senate who are NOT strong enough to hold to their oaths of office and demine themselves and their states. It’s best to just accept that fact and move on. Elect NEW people, people you respect, people who are successful in ANY business and have EARNed respect from their peres. Your tossing GARBAGE at each other helps NO ONE!
Swede1
3:06 am [ Quote ]
Is this the Dems Jack Abramoff??
Milberg Weiss gave top Democrats funding
Milberg Weiss Bershad & Schulman LLP, the securities class action law firm indicted last week on fraud charges stemming from corporate lawsuits it filed, made large political contributions almost exclusively to Democrats since 1999, records show.
The firm and individuals there made $2.78 million in campaign donations to Democrats since 1999 compared to about $22,000 to Republicans, according to the Center for Responsive Politics, which tracks money in politics.
Among the recipients were New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, who is a possible 2008 presidential candidate, senior New York Senator Charles Schumer and Sen.
John Kerry, the Democratic presidential candidate in 2004.
On top of the $2.78 million, lawyers in the firm made contributions to New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer, who is the Democratic candidate for governor. Spitzer’s office said on Monday that he plans to return $124,455 in contributions.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060522/pl_nm/crime_milbergweiss_politics_dc_2
4:06 am [ Quote ]
Sounds like all the other Dems Murtha, Reid – petulant, ignorant, unwilling to admit moral vacuousness…
7:42 am [ Quote ]
Let’s see… Here’s some of the sex criminals, the bribery list is just too long to post. I mean, the system wouldn’t accept a posting that long.
Republican County Constable Larry Dale Floyd was arrested on suspicion of soliciting sex with an 8-year old girl. Floyd has repeatedly won elections for Denton County, Texas, constable.
Republican judge Mark Pazuhanich pleaded no contest to fondling a 10-year old girl and was sentenced to 10 years probation.
Republican Party leader Bobby Stumbo was arrested for having sex with a 5-year old boy.
Republican teacher and former city councilman John Collins pleaded guilty to sexually molesting 13 and 14 year old girls.
Republican campaign worker Mark Seidensticker is a convicted child molester.
Republican Mayor Philip Giordano is serving a 37-year sentence in federal prison for sexually abusing 8- and 10-year old girls.
Republican Mayor John Gosek was arrested on charges of soliciting sex from two 15-year old girls.
Republican County Commissioner David Swartz pleaded guilty to molesting two girls under the age of 11 and was sentenced to 8 years in prison.
Republican legislator Edison Misla Aldarondo was sentenced to 10 years in prison for raping his daughter between the ages of 9 and 17.
Republican Committeeman John R. Curtain was charged with molesting a teenage boy and unlawful sexual contact with a minor.
Republican anti-abortion activist Howard Scott Heldreth is a convicted child rapist in Florida.
Republican zoning supervisor, Boy Scout leader and Lutheran church president Dennis L. Rader pleaded guilty to performing a sexual act on an 11-year old girl he murdered.
Republican anti-abortion activist Nicholas Morency pleaded guilty to possessing child pornography on his computer and offering a bounty to anybody who murders an abortion doctor.
Republican campaign consultant Tom Shortridge was sentenced to three years probation for taking nude photographs of a 15-year old girl.
Republican racist pedophile and United States Senator Strom Thurmond had sex with a 15-year old black girl which produced a child.
Republican pastor Mike Hintz, whom George W. Bush commended during the 2004 presidential campaign, surrendered to police after admitting to a sexual affair with a female juvenile.
Republican legislator Peter Dibble pleaded no contest to having an inappropriate relationship with a 13-year-old girl.
Republican advertising consultant Carey Lee Cramer was charged with molesting his 9-year old step-daughter after including her in an anti-Gore television commercial.
Republican activist Lawrence E. King, Jr. organized child sex parties at the White House during the 1980s.
Republican lobbyist Craig J. Spence organized child sex parties at the White House during the 1980s.
Republican Congressman Donald “Buz” Lukens was found guilty of having sex with a female minor and sentenced to one month in jail.
Republican fundraiser Richard A. Delgaudio was found guilty of child porn charges and paying two teenage girls to pose for sexual photos.
Republican activist Mark A. Grethen convicted on six counts of sex crimes involving children.
Republican activist Randal David Ankeney pleaded guilty to attempted sexual assault on a child.
Republican Congressman Dan Crane had sex with a female minor working as a congressional page.
Republican activist and Christian Coalition leader Beverly Russell admitted to an incestuous relationship with his step daughter.
Republican Judge Ronald C. Kline was placed under house arrest for child molestation and possession of child pornography.
Republican congressman and anti-gay activist Robert Bauman was charged with having sex with a 16-year-old boy he picked up at a gay bar.
Republican Committee Chairman Jeffrey Patti was arrested for distributing a video clip of a 5-year-old girl being raped.
Republican activist Marty Glickman (a.k.a. “Republican Marty”), was taken into custody by Florida police on four counts of unlawful sexual activity with an underage girl and one count of delivering the drug LSD.
Republican legislative aide Howard L. Brooks was charged with molesting a 12-year old boy and possession of child pornography.
Republican Senate candidate John Hathaway was accused of having sex with his 12-year old baby sitter and withdrew his candidacy after the allegations were reported in the media.
Republican preacher Stephen White, who demanded a return to traditional values, was sentenced to jail after offering $20 to a 14-year-old boy for permission to perform oral sex on him.
Republican talk show host Jon Matthews pleaded guilty to exposing his genitals to an 11 year old girl.
Republican anti-gay activist Earl “Butch” Kimmerling was sentenced to 40 years in prison for molesting an 8-year old girl after he attempted to stop a gay couple from adopting her.
Republican Party leader Paul Ingram pleaded guilty to six counts of raping his daughters and served 14 years in federal prison.
Republican election board official Kevin Coan was sentenced to two years probation for soliciting sex over the internet from a 14-year old girl.
Republican politician Andrew Buhr was charged with two counts of first degree sodomy with a 13-year old boy.
Republican politician Keith Westmoreland was arrested on seven felony counts of lewd and lascivious exhibition to girls under the age of 16 (i.e. exposing himself to children).
Republican anti-abortion activist John Allen Burt was found guilty of molesting a 15-year old girl.
Republican County Councilman Keola Childs pleaded guilty to molesting a male child.
Republican activist John Butler was charged with criminal sexual assault on a teenage girl.
Republican candidate Richard Gardner admitted to molesting his two daughters.
Republican Councilman and former Marine Jack W. Gardner was convicted of molesting a 13-year old girl.
Republican County Commissioner Merrill Robert Barter pleaded guilty to unlawful sexual contact and assault on a teenage boy.
Republican City Councilman Fred C. Smeltzer, Jr. pleaded no contest to raping a 15 year-old girl and served 6-months in prison.
Republican activist Parker J. Bena pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography on his home computer and was sentenced to 30 months in federal prison and fined $18,000.
Republican parole board officer and former Colorado state representative, Larry Jack Schwarz, was fired after child pornography was found in his possession.
Republican strategist and Citadel Military College graduate Robin Vanderwall was convicted in Virginia on five counts of soliciting sex from boys and girls over the internet.
Republican city councilman Mark Harris, who is described as a “good military man” and “church goer,” was convicted of repeatedly having sex with an 11-year-old girl and sentenced to 12 years in prison.
Republican businessman Jon Grunseth withdrew his candidacy for Minnesota governor after allegations surfaced that he went swimming in the nude with four underage girls, including his daughter.
Republican director of the “Young Republican Federation” Nicholas Elizondo molested his 6-year old daughter and was sentenced to six years in prison.
Republican president of the New York City Housing Development Corp. Russell Harding pleaded guilty to possessing child pornography on his computer.
Republican benefactor of conservative Christian groups, Richard A. Dasen Sr., was found guilty of raping a 15-year old girl. Dasen, 62, who is married with grown children and several grandchildren, has allegedly told police that over the past decade he paid more than $1 million to have sex with a large number of young women.
Republican Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld authorized the rape of children in Iraqi prisons in order to humiliate their parents into providing information about the anti-American insurgency.
7:44 am [ Quote ]
Study of Bush’s psyche touches a nerve
Julian Borger in Washington
Wednesday August 13, 2003
The Guardian
A study funded by the US government has concluded that conservatism can be explained psychologically as a set of neuroses rooted in “fear and aggression, dogmatism and the intolerance of ambiguity”.
As if that was not enough to get Republican blood boiling, the report’s four authors linked Hitler, Mussolini, Ronald Reagan and the rightwing talkshow host, Rush Limbaugh, arguing they all suffered from the same affliction.
All of them “preached a return to an idealised past and condoned inequality”.
7:49 am [ Quote ]
Where is the ETL thread on this story? Oh yeah, he’s a Republican. You give them a pass.
May 11, 2006
Kentucky Governor Indicted
A grand jury indicted Kentucky Gov. Ernie Fletcher® “on three misdemeanors for conspiracy, official misconduct and political discrimination,” the Lexington Herald Leader reports.
The indictments “cover crimes that may have occurred before Aug. 29, 2005, when Fletcher pardoned all administration officials except himself.”
10:37 am [ Quote ]
Dallas,
Dude… calm down. Your fingers gotta be tired after typing all that. I’ll do some fact checking, and if all that is true I say lock ‘em up… throw away the key. But you come across as extremely defensive. A crook is a crook… a pedophile is a pedophile. I don’t care what political party their in. This W. Jefferson is obviously a slimeball. There is much more compelling evidence against him than there was on DeLay. I just don’t see the point in defending one slimeball by pointing out other slimeballs.
11:17 am [ Quote ]
Culture of Corruption — Rep. William Jefferson…
Because that’s where and how most honest people would safe guard $100K in legally-earned cash. In the freezer. In a bag of frozen peas.
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1:20 pm [ Quote ]
[...] Of course the good Congressman claims he’s innocent, and that there are “two sides to every issue”. [...]
1:20 pm [ Quote ]
I encourage faggots like Dallas. We should actually encourage them to speak loudly and often. It will do more to get conservatives elected than anything else ever would.
tee hee..
1:39 pm [ Quote ]
Well…lets just accept the fact that there are people on BOTH sides of the House & Senate who are NOT strong enough to hold to their oaths of office and demine themselves and their states. It’s best to just accept that fact and move on. Elect NEW people, people you respect, people who are successful in ANY business and have EARNed respect from their peres. Your tossing GARBAGE at each other helps NO ONE!
Swede1
Spot on Swede!
2:09 pm [ Quote ]
Republican Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld authorized the rape of children in Iraqi prisons in order to humiliate their parents into providing information about the anti-American insurgency.
Please tell me that when you posted this you were under the influence of some sort of narcotic? Have you been to Mexico within the last 24 hours?