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From Cold Hard Cash To Cold Hard Time

by Big Dog on Jun 4, 2007 at 20:15 Political

When the Republicans were in the majority in the House they instituted a rule that any member indicted would have to resign from any leadership position. When Tom Delay was indicted he resigned as the House Majority Leader* to comply with that rule. Democrats were very happy to see him go because he was a tough leader and he led with an iron fist. That is the reason a Democrat in Texas convened Grand Jury after Grand Jury until he browbeat one into indicting Delay on charges that were bogus and to this day have not been pursued further. That of course, is because the left got rid of him and that was their end game. They trumpeted the Republican Culture of Corruption mantra so often that the sheeple among us actually believe the Democrats walk on water and do not get their feet wet.

I have often stated that corruption runs across both aisles and is not specific to one party or the other. I believe in term limits (an area in which Delay and I disagree) and believe they would keep this from happening. When was the last time we read about a relatively new member of Congress being involved in corruption? Most of the ones involved have been there for years and have allowed their power to corrupt them (…corrupts absolutely). In any event, Harry Reid has been involved in ethical issues and potentially illegal activities, Dianne Feinstein has used her position to push billion of dollars worth of contracts to her husband’s business, Nancy Pelosi exempts constituents from legislation that affects the rest of us, Jack Murtha was caught trying to take a bribe, and Ted Kennedy killed a woman and it was dismissed. The reason there is only a culture of corruption on the Republican side is because the Democrats and their minions in the media look at everything a Republican does wrong as a death penalty offense and ignores those indiscretions from the left. I am not dismissing any wrong doing because I am glad Ney and Cunningham are in prison and that Foley resigned. I expect all members of Congress to act ethically and if they do not I expect them to be punished.

Today, Representative William Jefferson, Democrat Louisiana, was indicted on bribery, racketeering, and money laundering. He is a criminal and has been for quite some time. The feds have been investigating him and while people were fighting to stay alive during Hurricane Katrina, he was busy removing $90,000 from his freezer**, money that was paid by the FBI in their sting and matched up to their serial numbers. Sounds pretty convincing and it is time for everyone to just proclaim that he is guilty. That is the standard laid down by Democrats and it is one they should be forced to live by. I understand due process but considering how the Kos kids and the rest of the left wing zealots, including all the Democrats in Congress, treated Delay and talk about him to this day, despite there never having been a trial, it is only fair to apply these judicial methods of “fairness” to Dollar Bill Jefferson.

Since Jefferson is a Democrat I would expect that he would get a letter of commendation and elevated to a higher position but that will not quite happen because House Minority Leader John Boehner, a Republican from Ohio, is pushing to have Jefferson expelled from Congress. Boehner is forcing the Democrats to live up to all their ethical talk during the last election. Democrats will be forced to choose between looking out for this guy and looking good on their word about having the most ethical Congress in history (they can thank Pelosi for that one). If the Democrats save this guy, as they did Jack Murtha recently, they will be exposed for the hypocrites that they are. This will not be easy because the Congressional Black Caucus, the NAACP, Al Sharpton, Jessie Jackson, and any other black advocate or advocacy group will come out of the woodwork to defend this guy and scream racism. There will be claims that his rights were violated when the FBI searched his office, not true. The Constitution’s Speech and Debate Clause protects members from prosecution and searches of their work in connection with their official duties per their elected office. The Supreme Court has ruled in previous cases that criminal activity is not a regular duty (though many would argue business as usual) of a member of Congress and therefore not protected (however, if that isn’t good enough for the naysayers, I am a taxpayer and that room is paid for with taxes so I authorize the search). That will not stop the charges of racism, it will not keep the Democrats from attempting to delay or kill Boehner’s motion but as I stated, Jefferson meets the Democrat’s standard for guilt as applied to Republicans. In all honesty, he more than meets it because he is as guilty as sin. The mountain of evidence will have him breaking rocks for a very long time.

The motion might come as early as Tuesday and I eagerly await the outcome so I can see how “ethical” the Democrats really are. I would also be interested in hearing what Hillary Rodham and B. Hussein Obama have to say. Even though they are in the Senate, I would be interested to hear what they have to say about their fellow Democrat. Of course, the only difference between Jefferson and Hillary is that she has not yet been caught (she hid her files better).

The culture of corruption is alive and well in DC and it sickens me to see it. We need to vote all of them out and replace them with young, fresh minds who want to do the work of the people and not that of the special interest groups. I would not even care about the make-up of the Congress if they could work together and solve some of the issues facing us without spending billions of dollars on foolish ventures.

Thank you William Jefferson for getting caught and thank you voters of his district in Louisiana for putting him back in office. It is much more damaging to the high and mighty Democrats this way.

The Politico has a link to the indictment along with the story about Boehner and Breitbart details the indictment.

*This was corrected. I mistakenly called Delay the Speaker of the House. This is what happens when long days are endured without coffee. Thanks to Gribbit for pointing this out. Hell Grib, I just read his book. You would think I would have caught that mistake.
**To clarify, the news reports he had the money in his DC residence and it was removed by the FBI executing a search warrant. Other sources say it was in his LA home. The indictment leads me to believe it was in DC.

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