Wasn’t one of Nancy Pelosi’s big plans to end the “culture of corruption” in Congress?
Dem tied to bribery probe gets homeland post
POSTED: 11:09 p.m. EST, February 27, 2007WASHINGTON (CNN) — Eight months after Louisiana Rep. William Jefferson was ousted from the powerful House Ways and Means Committee for allegedly chilling stacks of dubious cash in his freezer, his Democratic colleagues voted to give him a seat on the Homeland Security Committee.
Ol’ “Dollar Bill” Jefferson is in a position of authority in Homeland Security. I feel MUCH better now.
The House Democratic caucus approved Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s appointment Tuesday of Jefferson to the homeland security panel, a decision that has come under fire from Republicans.
After the meeting, Jefferson said the vote was “not contentious” and that there was “no dissent.”
Pelosi also said the homeland security panel “is an appropriate place for him to be,” given its jurisdiction over matters related to Hurricane Katrina, which devastated Jefferson’s New Orleans-area district.
Yes, I remember that in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, Dollar Bill commandeered a National Guard truck to evacuate mysterious files from his own home while his own constituents were clinging to their rooftops trying to survive the floods. But then that’s his leadership style, live like a Third-World dictator in luxury while you mete out dribs and drabs of favors to your peasantry to keep yourself in office.
New take on bullsh*t !!!
I read somewhere online that the Republicans are going to force a voice vote on Jefferson’s appointment. Could get interesting if some of the Democrats decide to buck Pelosi on this one.
Despite his seniority, Jefferson deserves a position no higher than emptying the trash cans. In public rooms. I wouldn’t let the SOB get behind another person’s office door for anything.
If he were in my office, I’d sure as hell leave the door open. As a Democrat this stuff makes me cringe. There are plenty of examples of corruption on both sides and both sides say they’re going to stop corruption
Parade magazine did a special issue recently on evil dictators. In one of the profiles, they lamented that this one country even had the death penalty for bribery. For bribery! how barbaric they said. But my 22-year-old son (whom it appears was raised correctly) thought about it a minute and said that was entirely fitting. He said; “Bribery f*’s over a country in so many ways. It undermines the government, the military, it means you can’t trust the police or the courts, and it makes it really dangerous to be poor. Bribery is treason.”
In the current partisan environment neither party can afford to clean house. Another good reason for bipartisanship and to never let any single party get full control again.
One of $Bill’s neighbors was home when he came rolling up with a convoy of Nat’l Guard a couple of days after Katrina. $Bill didn’t just commandeer a truck, it had a whole escort, with ‘copters for lookouts. Meanwhile, the neighbor had been wading around, taking care of his property, with no help. The truck that took $Bill up to his front porch got stuck and stayed on his front lawn for a week or so, before the Guard could get a heavy equipment wrecker to come get it out. Still, his corruption costs Louisiana, the south, and the whole nation more, even, than those abused, wasted resources. Come on, US Atty, take $BILL out!