Louisiana’s Daily Advertiser quotes Senator Mary Landrieu on governor Kathleen Blanco, “In a state that’s been tarred with a lot of corruption charges, she has served with a great deal of integrity.”
Meanwhile, as we’ve pointed out before, Landrieu is tarred with her own bribery scandal.
4 comments January 14th, 2008
Robert Stacy McCain posts his reaction to Raw Story’s ridiculous claim that former Alabama Governor Don Siegelman, who was last year convicted of corruption and is now serving a 7-year federal sentence, was the victim a GOP-plot orchestrated by Karl Rove.
I think we should also have Raw Story look into whether or not Karl Rove planted the $90,000 bribe money in William Jefferson’s freezer. Maybe they should also determine if Karl Rove was behind the shady land deal between Barack Obama and Tony Rezko.
15 comments December 18th, 2007
This morning it was reported that Rep. Alcee Hastings (D-FL), an impeached federal judge (and convicted by the Senate), resigned from the House Intelligence Committee.
One has to wonder why someone who was impeached, convicted and stripped of his position as a result of federal bribery charges was ever put on the sensitive committee in the first place, considering that those on the committee are given access to our country’s most secret intelligence information.
10 comments December 5th, 2007
This is bigger than the Abramoff scandal of 2006,
Norman Hsu, a purported clothing magnate who became a top Democratic donor, was indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of running a fraudulent investment scheme and using some of the proceeds to make political contributions.
The 15-count indictment formalized a case brought by the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York. The government alleges that Mr. Hsu conducted “a massive scheme that defrauded investors across the United States” of tens of millions of dollars. He also was charged with violating federal campaign-finance laws by making contributions to various political candidates in the names of others.
Suitably Flip has done a fantastic job chronicling this big scandal, which plagues many Democrats who have received Hsu-connected cash.
4 comments December 5th, 2007
Looks like it may be time to submit an addendum to our original FEC complaint…
17 comments November 20th, 2007
More trouble for indicted congressman William Jefferson…
Prosecutors have accused Representative William J. Jefferson, Democrat of Louisiana, of soliciting bribes in two suspected schemes that are separate from the bribery charges he already faces, according to a published report.
Prosecutors said no new charges would be filed because of the accusations revealed in the document, filed late Friday in Federal District Court in Alexandria and obtained by The Washington Post. But prosecutors planned to use the latest accusations during Mr. Jefferson’s trial as evidence of a pattern of wrongdoing.
The government says that in 2002, Mr. Jefferson asked a lobbyist for an American oil services company for payments of $10,000 a month for a family member. In exchange, Mr. Jefferson said he would help the company promote business in Africa. The lobbyist turned down the request, according to the document.
Mr. Jefferson later made a deal to urge the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to do business with an American rocket launching services and technology company, according to the filing. The company is accused of agreeing to pay Mr. Jefferson’s family business and a relative in exchange for his help.
A spokeswoman for Mr. Jefferson declined to comment.
And to think it wasn’t that long ago that Nancy Pelosi tried to put him on the Homeland Security Committee.
57 comments November 20th, 2007
So says ABC news:
While Clinton still leads on more personal attributes than any of her competitors, just half of Iowa Democrats in the latest ABC News/Washington Post poll believe she’s willing to say what she really thinks — far fewer than say so of either Obama or John Edwards. Obama beats her by 2-1 as the most honest and trustworthy candidate.
I guess that does make some sense - after all, Obama’s rather strange real estate deal with indicted wheeler-dealer Tony Rezko does make Obama honest as the day is long in comparison to Hillary who seems to only obey laws as long as it is convenient for her to do so. Obama is a relative babe in the woods compared to Hillary and thus hasn’t had the same opportunities to sell himself in the quest for money and power - of course, if Obama were to become President, it is expected that he would fast-track himself into Clinton levels of corruption and dishonesty. But, for now, he is the more honest and trustworthy Democrat…much as Al Capone was one of the more honest and trustworthy bootleggers of yore…
UPDATE: Our Obama File…
15 comments November 19th, 2007
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