chocolate man they best hope that they dont get struck again
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Remember the NOLA's Congressman's cash in the freezer?
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 today. 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.
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... it is possible the investigation will drag on past then or he may be indicted. He's sworn not to resign. Wonder if he'll be reelected?
Evie 
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"As for the $100,000, the government says Jefferson got the money in a leather briefcase last July 30 at the Ritz-Carlton hotel in Arlington. The plan was for the lawmaker to use the cash to bribe a high-ranking Nigerian official ? the name is blacked out in the court document ? to ensure the success of a business deal in that country, the affidavit said."
Sounds like it probably all started with an innocent email describing a widow's desire to move money out of the country...
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$100,000 looks like loose change when stacked up against the takings of Randy Cunningham whose downfall I still mourn because of the great height from which he fell. Being an aircraft junkie I've probably heard most of the interviews he gave, and he came across as a pretty impressive guy.
Sadly there's a poem about this sort of person by one of the 18th Century British poets who's name will come to me as soon as I post this. "A gallant ally in adversity, but for a peace unfit."
Even John Glenn got caught with his hand in the S&L cookie jar.
So far McCain looks okay, but he's been misled by the insurance lobby on health care.
Rob
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He was the only Republican named as part of the so-called "Keating 5," who are said to have assisted in some manner in the 1989 collapse of Irvine, CA-based Lincoln Savings and Loan. The theory was advanced at the time that as the only Republican involved, that McCain was not immediately absolved and continued to be investigated for partisan political purposes; I for my part am unconvinced that was the case.
Two references for you:
http://www.captainsquartersblog.com/mt/archives/004016.php
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keating_Five
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