Democrat Culture of Corruption in Congre ss

“hows your war going mallwalker?


got any good cartoons for this one?

Zogby Poll: 51% of Americans Want Congress to Probe Bush/Cheney Regarding 9/11 Attacks; Over 30% Seek Immediate Impeachment

http://www.zogby.com/news/ReadNews.dbm?ID=1354”

“Isn't it funny how the same guys who could not seem to understand why people might hate one George W. Bush have so much hatred for Hillary Clinton that they use her name as a pejorative, and then talk about hypocrites?

They should change the name of this forum to SOS-DD. It just goes on and on and on and on.”

“Yep, it do.


Ya Know..... If Larry beats the rap, maybe he can be recruited to do the Probe?”

“Disgraced Dem Donor Arrested in Colorado


Sep 7, 3:19 AM (ET)

By PAUL ELIAS

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Disgraced Democratic fundraiser Norman Hsu was arrested in Colorado late Thursday after he failed to show up for a court appearance related to a felony theft conviction.

FBI agents took Hsu into custody at St. Mary's Hospital in Grand Junction, Colo., said FBI spokesman Joseph Schadler.

Hsu had been scheduled to appear in court Wednesday to turn over his passport and ask a judge to cut in half the $2 million bail he posted last week when he turned himself in after spending 15 years on the lam from a felony theft conviction.

Instead, Hsu failed to show up at the bail reduction hearing and a judge issued a new arrest warrant for him.

California Attorney General spokesman Gareth Lacy said Hsu's lawyers told prosecutors Hsu arrived by charter jet at the Oakland airport about 5:30 a.m. Wednesday local time and then wasn't heard from again.

When it became apparent that Hsu had fled the state, California authorities sought the assistance of the FBI, whose agents arrested him Thursday night on charges of unlawful flight to avoid prosecution, Schadler said.

Once he is returned to state custody, the federal charges will be dismissed, Schadler said.

Meanwhile, Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell became the latest of many Democratic politicians to return or donate to charity Hsu's election contributions.

Rendell had said last week he planned to keep nearly $40,000 of Hsu's money even though he was wanted for failing to appear for sentencing after pleading no contest to a felony charge of bilking investors out of $1 million.

"Though Norman is my friend, and remains so, his failure to appear casts a new light on his assertions regarding the original case," Rendell said in a statement before Hsu's arrest Thursday. "As a result, I will follow other elected officials and donate the money he contributed to me to charity."

New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton has said she plans to give to charity the $23,000 in donations she received from Hsu for her presidential and senatorial campaigns and to her political action committee, HillPac.

The growing flap over Hsu's contributions prompted Democratic presidential candidate Chris Dodd to release a statement Thursday vowing "to refuse to accept or possess campaign contributions raised, solicited, or delivered by fugitives from justice."

Hsu has said he believed he had resolved his legal issues, but that he would halt his work raising political money.


http://apnews.myway.com/article/20070907/D8RGFO302.html
last edited: 9/07/07 6:57:49 AM”

“Sure is quiet from the 'crime fighting' libbies.
LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL”

“LOL...some Republican will be caught Jaywalking and they will be demanding the DEATH PENALTY in no time...(LOL)

See Hillary is talking compromise...LOL....”

“Good show!!

Maybe Normie will pull a Ken Lay and croak before they get a chance to put his sorry ass away.

Quiet??
You never listen anyway, SSLOL.”

“Sure is quiet from the 'crime fighting' libbies.
LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL”

“L-A-W B-R-E-A-K-E-R”

“No schit, Private.”

“Where's the outcry, recruit?”

“Shouldn't you be going off on Hillary about now?”

“Did Ken get Layed or did he get Hsued???again I'm confused by the startling brilliance of you WOG wanking wingers.”

“Outcry??

I'm not a cry-baby. And who could possibly be heard above the wailing and gnashing of teeth and wringing of hands by you neo-con wingnuts?

Y'all can fetch up a lynch mob if ya care to.

The law enforcement folks will deal with it, I'm sure.”

“Outcry?? I'm not a cry-baby.

Yeah, you don't participate on the republican corruption type threads. My bad.”

“I make fun of Republicans when ever I can.............no crying, mostly laughing.”

“well ... outcry is not the same as crying - but you're a librarian so you know that, right?”

“He's a clerk, Sarge.”

“oops - Sorry ... I promoted him.”

“which reminds me ... don't you hate it when you're scanning the barcodes on the self-checkout at the grocery store and the barcode is not flat? I wonder if that happens with books and vinyl records? MarkO?”

“LOL...Sarge is on a roll today....”

““He's a clerk, Sarge.”
StoveStomper
11:17:41 AM
9/07/07

One thing you can't hide, is when you're crippled inside.”

“*** The Hsu Keeps Dropping: When the Clinton campaign announced on Monday night that it was returning the $850,000 Norman Hsu had raised, it appeared that the story was over, right? Well, not quite… The New York Times reports today that the Clinton campaign, per an adviser, will try to get most of the money back -- if it came from the donors’ own bank accounts, and not from Hsu or another source. So is it really returning the money when the campaign seeks to get it back? Also, the Politico notes that bulldog Rep. Henry Waxman “has promised to ask the National Archives for documents relating to President Bill Clinton’s Office of Political Affairs… [That] could mean fresh scrutiny and publicity for long-forgotten meetings and presentations during the Clinton administration” -- which could be another headache for the Clinton campaign.

*** A Lot Of Finger-Pointing Going On: One can only imagine the finger-pointing going on inside the Clinton fundraising machine. It's never been a happy team of folks as there was some infighting over control and strategy early on. Nothing has been easy on the Clinton fundraising front. While they've raised impressive money, they've only found themselves "keeping up" with Obama, which of course is not how it was supposed to be. And now with the Hsu fiasco, don't be surprised if some who felt as if they weren't being listened to will push to get their way. With just 18 days to go before the end of the third fundraising quarter, this controversy couldn't be coming at a worse time.

http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/09/12/356807.aspx

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In other words, she will only return the money that hasn’t been properly laundered.”

“And in the "but we support the Troops" BS line...there is

Rep. Dennis Kucinich Stands Alone Opposed to Sept. 11 Commemoration Resolution
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,296430,00.html

The Ohio Democrat's statement mirrored remarks he's made along the campaign trail, as well as those in a recent interview on Syrian television. The interview followed a meeting with Syrian President Bashar Assad during a Middle East tour.

"The fact of the matter is we are all being weakened by continuing a war that's based on a lie. This war was based on lies. Iraq didn't have the weapons of mass destruction. It wasn't connected to 9/11. It had nothing to do with Al Qaeda's role in 9/11," Kucinich said.”

“Did little Dennis say something that made the sheep stampede?”

“HOLY CR@P...


http://online.wsj.com/article/SB118956680238724783.html?mod=hpp_us_whats_news

That has been one of the big questions hanging over the prominent Democratic fund-raiser, as reports have surfaced about hundreds of thousands of dollars he made in political donations, plus lavish parties, fancy apartments and a $2 million bond he posted to get out of jail earlier this month.

New documents reviewed by The Wall Street Journal may help point to an answer: A company controlled by Mr. Hsu recently received $40 million from a Madison Avenue investment fund run by Joel Rosenman, who was one of the creators of the Woodstock rock festival in 1969. That money, Mr. Rosenman told investors this week, is missing.


WHAAAA?

Source Financing's arrangement with Mr. Hsu's company, according to court documents and investor accounts, echoes an older matter that came to light in recent weeks. In 1991, California officials charged Mr. Hsu with grand theft for failing to repay investors for money he raised to import latex gloves from China.


NOTE 1991...but he was a HUGE donor to the Administration in office from 1993 to now???WHAAAAA?????


The contributions are now haunting the Democratic party. Mrs. Clinton's campaign said on Monday it would refund all of the donations made or raised by Mr. Hsu. More Democrats announced yesterday that they would dispose of funds that Mr. Hsu gave or raised, including Rep. Kirsten Gillibrand of New York ($25,000), Sen. Edward Kennedy of Massachusetts ($35,000), Louisiana Sen. Mary Landrieu ($11,700), Montana Sen. Jon Tester ($4,750), Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill ($20,700) and Pennsylvania Rep. Joseph Sestak ($2,500). Others have given their money to charity, including Manhattan District Attorney Robert Morgenthau, whose campaign received $2,000 in March from Mr. Hsu.


Joel Rosenman, who gained fame as one of the creators of the Woodstock festival, now runs an investment fund that put money into one of Norman Hsu's companies.
More Democrats are expected to follow. A Wall Street Journal analysis of campaign finance reform records has linked Mr. Hsu with at least $1.8 million in donations to Democrats since 2004


I think this is equal if not WORSE than the Abramoff scandal...where are you big arrest dems?

According to his communication with investors, Mr. Rosenman became suspicious after press reports over the past three weeks examined Mr. Hsu's political fund raising and his business past. The first was a Wall Street Journal story in late August that called attention to similar donations by Mr. Hsu and a California family who shared one of his many addresses.

The family lives in a modest home and one member, William Paw, is a mailman. Campaign-finance records show the $55,000 in donations the family members have made to Mrs. Clinton since 2004 place them among her leading financial supporters. The family has donated about $225,000 to Democrats since 2005. The U.S. Justice Department is investigating possible campaign-finance violations.
Well the Dems do work for the common guy.”

“Both parties should be in jail and let all the poor drug dealers out to straighten this country out. EEEEEEHHAAAHHHCabazon!!!!”

“LOL...now that would be a hoot. Nah I say get the Fair Tax which would cut the K street Lobbyists off at the knees.

Second make it mandatory that ALL donations over $50.00 be listed as to name, address, occupation. A violation of such a type (either Republican or Democrat) will carry , upon conviction, a life time BAN from participating in politics. Additionally it will remove your ability to claim or request any Government funding of any sort. Social Security, Welfare...all gone.”

“That could put the Republicans right out of business.

Nice idea!”

“Joel Rosenman is a Hillary supporter from way back. May be that she had him CLAIM the money to hide the true source. More deep digging must be done.
last edited: 9/12/07 12:34:32 PM”

“Hillary, the Oft Duped and Forgetful, is already playing the victim card here. How many times can this woman be the victim of other peoples shenanigans? The Smartest Woman in the World is forever more to be known by me as The Most Victimized Woman in the World.
LOLOLOLOL”

“Marky mark...I am willing to support it if you are.”

“Bob Exxon-$49.99
Bill Exxon-$49.99
Bobby Bill Exxon-$49.99
Billy Bob Exxon-$49.99
Bobby Bill Bob exxon -$49.98...”

“I heard another of Bob Ney's assistants got sentenced today.  He drew probation (2 years) because he cooperated with the prosecutor and wore a wire in meetings with Ney (all part of the investigations into the criminal activity of Your Old Buddy Jack Abromoff).

You remember him, I'm sure.  He's one of the reasons the Republicans no longer control the U.S. House of Representatives.

Corruption.  Criminality.  Covering for pedophiles like Mark Foley so he could continue to prey on pages....


I really hate to have to remind you of all this, but you seem to have problems with Selective Memory.”

“Look at the thread title, tiltypoo.
What part of it can you not understand?
*snicker*”

“Tilty, for once I think you may be right. I think the republicans lost because they were acting like democrats, and their voters revolted. Crime and corruption used to be the sole domain of the democrats. At least the republicans found out it isn't a resume enhancer unless they are going to change parties.

Tilt finally got something right.”

“"You've heard the term "culture of corruption" floating around out there, especially as it applies to Republicans? Culture of corruption. Clinton fundraising is not the culture of corruption. It's the definition of corruption. That's how you have to look at Norman Hsu and all this."
last edited: 9/12/07 5:21:26 PM”

“Unindicted 'co-conspirators' named

Jefferson's brother, wife are among 11
Wednesday, September 12, 2007
By Bruce Alpert

WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Justice Department has named 11 unindicted "co-conspirators" in the case against Rep. William Jefferson, D-New Orleans, including the congressman's wife and brother and the former vice president of Nigeria.

The information is contained in a letter from prosecutor Mark Lytle to Jefferson's attorney, Robert Trout. The letter was made public last week when attorneys for Jefferson included the letter as one of the exhibits attached to motions asking Virginia federal Judge T.S. Ellis III to drop 14 of the 16 criminal charges now pending against the congressman.

Being listed as a co-conspirator doesn't mean that a criminal indictment will follow, but does indicate that the government believes the designated individuals were participants in what it considers an illegal transaction. Sometimes the government doesn't have enough proof to bring an indictment, in others it might choose not to file charges because the "co-conspirators" are cooperating with the investigation.

The people named as co-conspirators either declined to comment, had their lawyers decline to comment, or could not be reached for comment.

According to the Lytle letter, which was mailed Aug. 8, the government considers former Nigerian Vice President Atiku Abubakar and his wife, Jennifer Douglas Abubakar, among seven co-conspirators involved in a conspiracy to commit bribery and wire fraud and to deprive citizens of the honest services of a member of Congress and violate the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.

Investigators say Jefferson was videotaped accepting $100,000 from a government informant, Lori Mody, to bribe Abubakar, who at the time in the summer of 2005 was Nigeria's vice president. All but $10,000 was found by FBI agents in the freezer of Jefferson's Washington, D.C., home, which the congressman's attorneys say should invalidate the charge that he bribed the vice president and violated the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.

Abubakar has denied taking or soliciting bribes from Jefferson.

Andrea Jefferson named

The Lytle letter also names Andrea Jefferson, the congressman's wife, and two Nigerian business officials, Dumebi Kachikwu and Suleiman YahYah.

In a conversation secretly recorded by the FBI, and revealed in court documents, Jefferson said that YahYah had "a lot of folks to pay off" to get iGate's telecommunications project operational in Nigeria. His attorney last year denied that YahYah had bribed anybody.

A second conspiracy charge against Jefferson, involving six alleged schemes in Western Africa, lists six co-conspirators: Mose Jefferson, Jefferson's brother; Noreen Wilson, a Florida businesswoman; James Creaghan, a Louisiana lobbyist; George Knost, president of Arkel Sugar of Baton Rouge; and John Melton and Raymon Jarrell of TDC Overseas. Both Arkel and TDC Overseas are Louisiana businesses that pursued projects in Western Africa and which, according to the Justice Department, Jefferson agreed to assist in return for payments to family-controlled businesses.

Vernon Jackson, CEO of iGate Inc., and former Jefferson aide Brett Pfeffer also are on the list. Both have pleaded guilty to bribery-related charges involving Jefferson.

William Leone, the former U.S. attorney for Colorado who is one of eight federal prosecutors forced out of office by the Bush administration last year, said sometimes the government will list someone as a co-conspirator in order to justify getting their statements or evidence accepted at trial. Listing someone as a co-conspirator, he said, doesn't require the same "preponderance of evidence" needed to bring a criminal case, he said.

Listing someone as a co-conspirator also can be used to pressure people to cooperate with an investigation, knowing that they could end up facing charges themselves, said Carl Tobias, a law professor at the University of Richmond. That obviously wouldn't apply for Andrea Jefferson, who under established jurisprudence cannot be compelled to testify against her husband.

Some of those listed are already cooperating with the Justice Department probe, which began in March 2005.

Jackson and Pfeffer, as part of their plea arrangements last year, agreed to cooperate with the investigation and testify at a trial against the congressman.

Wilson, an investor in two companies that were seeking to develop oil reserves off the small African island nation of Sao Tome and Principe, testified at least five times before the Virginia grand jury that oversaw the Jefferson probe, according to documents filed by her lawyer. And Creaghan, the lobbyist who worked for Wilson, said in a statement issued by his attorney that he is cooperating with officials investigating Jefferson.

Documents in the case filed by Jefferson's attorneys reveal that Creaghan, like cooperating witness Lori Mody, wore a wire to assist with the probe.

Venue change sought

In their motion before Judge Ellis, who is scheduled to preside over the Jefferson trial in Alexandria, Va., beginning Jan. 16, Jefferson's attorneys said the two conspiracy charges against the congressman seem intended to help the Justice Department overcome a lack of evidence, statute of limitations problems and a failure to establish venue.

The attorneys called on Ellis to throw out 14 of the 16 counts in the indictment brought June 4 by the grand jury, including soliciting bribes and racketeering.

The attorneys also asked that the case be moved from Virginia to Washington, D.C., alleging that the government contrived to schedule events in the case in Virginia so that it could try a case with a jury pool made up of fewer African-Americans than in the nation's capital. Jefferson is African-American.

The Justice Department has until Sept. 29 to respond to Jefferson's motions.

http://www.businessreport.com/news/2007/sep/12/unindicted-co-conspirators-jefferson-govt/frame/”

“Bizarre details of lawmaker DUI arrest

Date created: 9/12/2007 5:38:33 PM
Last updated: 9/12/2007 5:40:57 PM



A video of the arrest of House Judiciary Chairman Rob Briley over the weekend shows the Nashville Democrat alternately berating police and breaking down in sobs.

At one point a profane Briley asked officers to take him out to the woods and shoot him in the head.

Police arrested Briley after they said the lawmaker led them on a high-speed chase and then failed roadside sobriety tests. Briley told officers he was dizzy from anti-depression medications.

The patrol car video released by the Watertown Police Department shows Briley collapsing on the ground after being placed in handcuffs.

Briley called the officer a Nazi and a brownshirt, then sang the first line of "Springtime For Hitler" from the Mel Brooks movie and musical "The Producers."

Meanwhile, Jay Leno joked about the arrest on his "Tonight" show monologue last night.

http://www.wbir.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=49027
last edited: 9/12/07 6:38:38 PM”

“I hear the libbies are distributing these to the kiddies so they will be ready for the big MELT DOWN!!!”

“RushLibbyRushRush!!!”

“http://www.examiner.com/a-932721~Hsu_Case_Takes_Strange_Turn.html

Hsu Case Takes Strange Turn
By PAT MILTON, The Associated Press
2007-09-13 17:00:45.0

NEW YORK -
The saga of the scandal-plagued Democratic fundraiser with ties to Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton took another strange twist after he mailed a suicide note last week to a legal organization.

A person who saw the letter said Thursday that the note from Norman Hsu explicitly stated that he "intended to commit suicide." The person declined to reveal the exact phrasing, but said it was not rambling in nature.

The individual spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak publicly about it.

The letter arrived at the New York offices of the Innocence Project as Hsu was in the midst of a bizarre legal odyssey stemming from a 1991 grand theft case. Hsu has been wanted as a fugitive for missing his sentencing in the case. He failed to show up for a bail hearing last week in California and was arrested at a Colorado hospital after being taken off an Amtrak train.

Hsu was a leading money "bundler" for Clinton, earning the title of HillRaiser for his efforts. Her campaign is returning $850,000 in contributions linked to Hsu.

Innocence Project officials would not provide the specific details of the letter, but spokesman Eric Ferrero said a FedEx package arrived at the group's Manhattan office last Thursday. A receptionist gave the letter to the executive director, Madeline DeLone.

"We were all concerned for his safety. We knew we needed to try to reach him right away. We wanted to make sure he was safe," said Ferrero.

They tried Hsu's cell phone, but there was no answer and the voicemail was full.

Innocence Project officials then tried to reach Hsu's attorney and faxed a copy of the letter to the California attorney general's office, which is handling the case.

"We sent the letter to law enforcement in California in the event they could help him in time and also because they were handling an active case there involving him," said Ferrero.

The letter was one page, typewritten and signed by Hsu. It was sent overnight delivery.

Details of the letter were first reported Thursday by The Wall Street Journal.

Hsu has been a benefactor of the Innocence Project, a legal group that helps prove prisoners' innocence through DNA testing.

"Norman Hsu has been a strong, committed supporter of ours for years. I believe he saw a report about our work and thought it was good work and worthy of supporting," Ferrero said.

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Thank God police were able to get to him before he shot himself in the head three or four times.”

“This whole thing will be thoroughly examined on CBS nightly news, I'm sure of it.”

“And then there is this

AFP compiled the earmarks scattered throughout the Senate Appropriations Committee Report 110-107 into a convenient, searchable Microsoft Excel format. Earmarks can be sorted by member, state, or amount. Download the chart here.

Highlights of the earmark list include:

$1 million for the Museum at Bethel Woods, which is dedicated to recreating the 1969 Woodstock Music Festival experience and will feature “An interpretation of the 1969 Woodstock Music & Arts Fair” exhibit in 2008, according to the museum’s website. The earmark is at the request of New York Senators Hillary Clinton and Charles Schumer.

http://www.americansforprosperity.org/index.php?id=3477

Wait wait....Wasn't the guy Joel Rosemand who whats his name stole 40 mil from....the Woodstock guy?

QUICK can anyone say "Peddling infulence"? Didn't we have a decorated MEDAL OF HONOR Winner go to Prison over this???? and I am thinking for MUCH less than what we are seeing here...

Come on Libbies...HARUMPH...HARUMPH....”

“RushlibbyRushRush!!HARUMPH”

“Did you guys see how relentless Katie was against Hillary last night?

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neither did I.”

“LOL>..Katie is the CAPTAIN of the Titanic right before it takes that big slide to the bottom”

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“OH STOVIE...sorry dude...but I am going to have to petition the Owners to have you banned for the visual you just put out (LOL)”