After losing his re-election bid in Louisiana’s 2nd district with a 50-47 percent result, indicted Democrat William (dollar bill) Jefferson did not concede his loss to the Republican challenger Anh “Joseph” Cao, the first Vietnamese-American in Congress. Instead, he blamed the voters for not turning out. ‘I think people just ran out of gas a … Continue reading Rep. William Jefferson (D-LA) Ousted
Two more allegations of bribery find their way to William Jefferson (D-La) according to Jefferson’s prosecutors. These two charges are separate from and not connected to the bribery charges that Jefferson already faces. But he won’t, at least not yet anyway, be charged with them. Instead, prosecutors intend to use them to show a pattern … Continue reading William Jefferson (D-La) Gets Two More
It’s not the $90,000 of marked bribe money in your freezer in your Washington D.C. home, it’s where you were caught. Rep. William Jefferson accused the Justice Department of bringing corruption charges against him in Virginia to reduce the chance of drawing black jurors. “If Jefferson objects to the alleged practice of attempting to influence … Continue reading Race Card For William Jefferson (D-LA)
He gets a total pass involving the bribery investigation that he has been involved in. In that regard, an FBI raid in his New Orleans and Washington D.C. homes discovered $90,000 in cold cash, packed, wrapped, and in his freezer. The cash was marked as the bribe money. But the news today is not about … Continue reading Rep. William Jefferson (D-La) Gets Pass
In a bribery and racketeering investigation that began before Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans, Rep. William ‘Dollar Bill’ Jefferson (D-La) and his wife were originally implicated. His trial has not yet begun. Now, his brother, his sister, and his niece have been charged with fraud. Apparently not related to the U.S. Representative’s legal troubles, these … Continue reading More Jeffersons Charged With Fraud
Well, whatever it was that cause The Lunch Counter to not load for the last 24 hours has gone. My apologies to those who tried and got a 500 error. Sometimes I think that Network Solutions has issues with WordPress. At any rate, things seem to be back to normal now. Catch up now and … Continue reading It's Over
Here’s a story in today’s Washington Post that actually represents a fine tutorial on how illegal campaign contributions get to the Clinton campaign. But it could be to any-one’s campaign. The only thing missing in this article is how these ‘contributors’ who don’t have two nickels to rub together get their money back from Alonzo … Continue reading Mocking McCain-Feingold Campaign Finance Reform
Who believes that the McCain-Feingold Campaign Finance Reform Bill worked, that is, did it accomplish what it was intended to accomplish? Of course not, and right from the start. Now, how effective do you think the ethics legislation just passed is? More importantly, how can Nancy Pelosi claim this as historic legislation? Because she’s Nancy … Continue reading Way More Than The Lincoln Bedroom
Wazup? Well, there’s the war on terror. That’s a big ticket item. “Social Security” is another year closer to insolvency. Another big ticket item. We have 698 miles of border to secure from terrorists and illegals. Another big ticket item. There are 12-20 million illegals in this country already. War time or not, it too … Continue reading The Party Comes Before Country
Democrats stall, lose traction. Traction? A full week has gone by since Rep. William Jefferson (D-La) was indicted for bribery and racketeering charges and the majority, democrats, can not agree on how to do its own ethics investigation of Jefferson, parallel but not connected to the criminal investigation. Moving with all the deliberate speed of … Continue reading Democrats “Lose Traction” On Ethics Reforms