May 22, 2006
Democrats: Contributing to the Culture of Corruption
If Nancy Pelosi thought that coining the little phrase "culture of corruption" when referring to the Republicans was a good idea, she might want to think again.
A congressman under investigation for bribery was caught on videotape accepting $100,000 in $100 bills from an FBI informant whose conversations with the lawmaker also were recorded, according to a court document released Sunday. Agents later found the cash hidden in his freezer.
At one audiotaped meeting, Rep. William Jefferson, D-La., chuckles about writing in code to keep secret what the government contends was his corrupt role in getting his children a cut of a communications company's deal for work in Africa.
As Jefferson and the informant passed notes about what percentage the lawmaker's family might receive, the congressman "began laughing and said, 'All these damn notes we're writing to each other as if we're talking, as if the FBI is watching,'" according to the affidavit.
Jefferson, who represents New Orleans, has not been charged and denies any wrongdoing.
Read the whole article here.
Here's the problem: No party is more privy to corruption than the other. Human beings of any political persuasion can be afflicted with greed and be tempted to do favors in return for money or goods they are not entitled to.
Republicans do it. Democrats do it.
What it boils down to is personal integrity. Either you have it or you don't.
The question remains: will Pelosi and other high-ranking Dems consider this part of a trend toward "culture of corruption," or will they try to brush it under the rug as an anomaly?
I leave you to guess the answer.
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hat tip: PCD
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What the "news" doesn't say about William Jefferson is that this is the person who commandeered a National Guard 2 1/2 ton, 6 wheel drive truck and a squad of National Guardsman to evacuate his personal belongings from his personal home during Katrina and the flooding.
Posted by: PCD at May 22, 2006 01:12 PM
