Republicans once again the party of hatred, fear

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John McCain has repeated this notion that I am prepared to negotiate with terrorists. I have never said that. I am adamant about not negotiating with Hamas, a terrorist organization that has vowed to destroy Israel and won’t recognize them. In fact, the irony is that just as John McCain was making these attacks, a story broke that he was actually guilty of the exact same thing that he was accusing me of, and in fact was saying that maybe we need to deal with Hamas.

That’s the kind of hypocrisy we’ve been seeing in our foreign policy. The kind of fear-peddling, fear-mongering that has prevented us from actually making us safer. They’re trying to fool you. They’re trying to scare you. And they’re not telling the truth. And the reason is that they can’t win a foreign policy debate on the merits. But it’s not going to work. It’s not going to work this time. It’s not going to work this year.

Go read the whole thing. Its an old fashioned stemwinder. And there are a lot of good quotes in there for message boards.

Also, check this out:

Bush committed political treason today

...When the president speaks to a foreign parliament on behalf of our country, his message needs to be clear and unambiguous. Our democracy may look messy to outsiders, and we may have our disagreements with some sharp elbows thrown around, but at the end of the day we are not Republicans or Democrats or liberals or conservatives.

We are Americans.

And you, Mr. Bush, are the leader of us all. To use a diplomatic setting on foreign soil to score a cheap political point at home is way beneath your office, way beneath your country, and way beneath the people you serve. You have been handed an office once uplifted to great heights by fellow countrymen from Washington to Lincoln to Roosevelt to Eisenhower, and have plunged it so deeply into the Karl-Rove-and-Rush-Limbaugh-fu eled world of political destruction and survival of all costs that have lost all perspective -- and all sense of decency. To travel to Israel and to associate a sitting American senator and your possible successor in the Oval Office with those who at one time gave comfort to an enemy of the United States is, in and of itself, an act of political treason.

In another irony, this comes from an administration that has already committed such grave abuses that its former officials are becoming fearful of traveling overseas, lest they be arrested for war crimes. Despite the alleged crimes and misdemeanors of the Bush administration, the Democrats who control the House have until now been restrained in their use of the impeachment process, hoping that the final eight months of our American nightmare can pass by quickly. Indeed, one has to wonder how much of Bush's outrageous statement this morning arose from fear -- fear that a President Obama will go after his wrongdoing in 2009.

Today, it's a whole new ballgame. I believe this treacherous statement by a U.S. president in Israel is a signal to the Democrats in the House in Washington, that it's time to play its Constitutional role in ending this trauma, before even greater acts against the interest of America are wrongly committed in our name....

http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/attytood/P...

FINALLY, my Democratic party is emerging from the shadows.

American Voter wrote:

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John McCain has repeated this notion that I am prepared to negotiate with terrorists. I have never said that. I am adamant about not negotiating with Hamas, a terrorist organization that has vowed to destroy Israel and won’t recognize them. In fact, the irony is that just as John McCain was making these attacks, a story broke that he was actually guilty of the exact same thing that he was accusing me of, and in fact was saying that maybe we need to deal with Hamas.
That’s the kind of hypocrisy we’ve been seeing in our foreign policy. The kind of fear-peddling, fear-mongering that has prevented us from actually making us safer. They’re trying to fool you. They’re trying to scare you. And they’re not telling the truth. And the reason is that they can’t win a foreign policy debate on the merits. But it’s not going to work. It’s not going to work this time. It’s not going to work this year.
Go read the whole thing. Its an old fashioned stemwinder. And there are a lot of good quotes in there for message boards.
Also, check this out:
Bush committed political treason today
...When the president speaks to a foreign parliament on behalf of our country, his message needs to be clear and unambiguous. Our democracy may look messy to outsiders, and we may have our disagreements with some sharp elbows thrown around, but at the end of the day we are not Republicans or Democrats or liberals or conservatives.
We are Americans.
And you, Mr. Bush, are the leader of us all. To use a diplomatic setting on foreign soil to score a cheap political point at home is way beneath your office, way beneath your country, and way beneath the people you serve. You have been handed an office once uplifted to great heights by fellow countrymen from Washington to Lincoln to Roosevelt to Eisenhower, and have plunged it so deeply into the Karl-Rove-and-Rush-Limbaugh-fu eled world of political destruction and survival of all costs that have lost all perspective -- and all sense of decency. To travel to Israel and to associate a sitting American senator and your possible successor in the Oval Office with those who at one time gave comfort to an enemy of the United States is, in and of itself, an act of political treason.
In another irony, this comes from an administration that has already committed such grave abuses that its former officials are becoming fearful of traveling overseas, lest they be arrested for war crimes. Despite the alleged crimes and misdemeanors of the Bush administration, the Democrats who control the House have until now been restrained in their use of the impeachment process, hoping that the final eight months of our American nightmare can pass by quickly. Indeed, one has to wonder how much of Bush's outrageous statement this morning arose from fear -- fear that a President Obama will go after his wrongdoing in 2009.
Today, it's a whole new ballgame. I believe this treacherous statement by a U.S. president in Israel is a signal to the Democrats in the House in Washington, that it's time to play its Constitutional role in ending this trauma, before even greater acts against the interest of America are wrongly committed in our name....
http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/attytood/P...
FINALLY, my Democratic party is emerging from the shadows.

....hear, here!

Gerry wrote:

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I am not a liberal but just what did Iraq have to do with 9/11. And if we are going to fight those that did 9/11 then let's do it. But now the neo-cons wanted to go to Iraq. Sorry to say that Osama Bin Laden and Al Qaeda is alive and well by the blunder of our commander in chief. And it his responsibility not to put soldiers in to harms way. But Bush lied and I will never forgive him on that. 4000 soldiers died on that lie.
http://www.youtube.com/watch...
http://www.youtube.com/watch...
http://www.cbc.ca/fifth/lies/

Your question about 9/11 reads as if 9/11 were the sole rationale for the invasion of Iraq. Why?

9/11 was mentioned in only TWO of the 22 "whereas" of the Congressional authorization to invade.

Otherwise, if you compare the case made against Iraq by the UN, Congress and the Clinton administration PRE-9/11 with the case made by the UN, Congress and the Bush administration POST 9/11, the arguments are basically the same. ALL concluded that Iraq was in "material breach" of its "international obligations" and had not fully complied with the conditions of the cease-fire and those conditions were multiple: disarmament, support for terrorism, repression of the Iraqi people and obligations to Kuwait.

McCain McBush wrote:

Hatred and fear are their BEST qualities!
Republicans aren’t doing so well lately. Gosh, what could it be? Besides:
They aren't treating our RETURNING TROOPS like human beings, the economy has gone in to the toilet... ALMOST NO ACTION on illegal immigration...$3.70 for gasoline... TWO BOTCHED WARS... turning the U.S. in to the country that’s known around the world for TORTURING PRISONERS, then lying about it, spying on emails, tapping phone calls, crumbling bridges and roads, airline industry in chaos... gosh, what could it be?
Maybe preaching to us about morals???
Note: Some of the cases below involve allegations but not convictions. All suspects are to be considered innocent until proven guilty.
.......... RECENT (2007 and 2008 only) Republican Sex Scandals (partial listing).........
-- More Info is Easy to Find On the Internet --
2008:
Bruce Barclay (REPUBLICAN)- accused of using hidden cameras to secretly tape hundreds of sexual encounters, many with MALE “ESCORTS”
Matthew Joseph Elliott (REPUBLICAN)- convicted of Sexual Exploitation of a Child
Robert McKee (REPUBLICAN)- charged with Burglary After Alleged Unauthorized Videotaping
2007:
Robert "Bob" Allen (REPUBLICAN)- arrested for solicitation of prostitution from a male officer inside a restroom
John David Roy Atchison (REPUBLICAN)- arrested for soliciting sex from a 5-YEAR-OLD GIRL
John Bryan (REPUBLICAN)- allegations that he had molested three girls, two were 12 – 15
Larry Craig (REPUBLICAN SENATOR)- arrested after complaints of lewd behavior in an airport men's room
John R. Curtin (REPUBLICAN)- convicted of molesting an UNDERAGE TEENAGE BOY
Richard Curtis (REPUBLICAN)- resigned from the House after reports of his sexual encounter with a male escort became public
Donald Fleischman (REPUBLICAN)- charged with two counts of child enticement, two counts of contributing to the delinquency of a child and a single charge of EXPOSING HIMSELF TO A CHILD
Larry Dale Floyd (REPUBLICAN)- arrested for allegedly crossing state lines to have sex with an 8-year old child and seven related offenses
Ted Klaudt (REPUBLICAN)- found guilty of four counts of second-degree rape of two teenage foster daughters
Ronald C. Kline (REPUBLICAN)- pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography. In 2002, charged with child molestation and under house arrest on federal charges of possessing child pornography
Joseph M. McDade (REPUBLICAN)- was issued a summons on a charge of exposure of sexual organs, also accused of exposing his private parts to two women at a beach resort
Patrick Lee McGuire (REPUBLICAN)- surrendered to police after allegedly molesting girls between the ages of 8 and 13
Jon Matthews (REPUBLICAN)- talk show host in Houston, was indicted for indecency with a child, including exposing his genitals to a girl under the age of 17
Joseph Monteleone Jr.(REPUBLICAN)- city councilman, was found guilty of fondling underage girls and asking them, to have sex with him
Armando Tebano (REPUBLICAN)- pleaded guilty to fondling a 14-year-old girl
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OK, Now where is that list of Democrats? You forgot tp list them.

hypocrite HANNITY wrote:

To ALL BUSHIES:
They charge the costs of the Bush war to China for our children and grandchildren to pay back, at the same time we can't even provide healthcare to them because they are more concerned with corporate greed and wall street bailouts. Your tax dollars are paying for all that, along with the $600 checks in the mail; isn't that how Bush started out his wonderful presidency? With stimulus rebate checks? It's working out great isn't it? Great for the oil exec.'s and the rich in this country. Remember; your tax dollars and our countries debt is contributing to their wealth!
If you have to pay taxes; shouldn't those tax dollars be spent to contribute to our own country, not Iraq's? Our own people? Fixing our own streets and infrastructure? Our own water supplies? Our own schools and education system? Our own police and fire departments? Our own medical? AMERICA FIRST!
If your complaint is about the size of our government; your wonderful republican Bush is failing in that department also! He has INCREASED the size of our government, created more government programs (some religious), and increased government spending.
THIS COUNTRY NEEDS TO WAKE UP!

If not for President GW Bush and The United States Military the above snot-nosed twit would have sat back and denied Operation Iraqi Freedom and passed his fight with terrorists and Saddam & Sons to today's little American kids so they could grow up and fight his fight for him...Typical despeciable self-serving democRat claiming to be all concerned about kids...pervert.

McCain McBush wrote:

Hatred and fear are their BEST qualities!
Republicans aren’t doing so well lately. Gosh, what could it be? Besides:
They aren't treating our RETURNING TROOPS like human beings, the economy has gone in to the toilet... ALMOST NO ACTION on illegal immigration...$3.70 for gasoline... TWO BOTCHED WARS... turning the U.S. in to the country that’s known around the world for TORTURING PRISONERS, then lying about it, spying on emails, tapping phone calls, crumbling bridges and roads, airline industry in chaos... gosh, what could it be?
Maybe preaching to us about morals???
Note: Some of the cases below involve allegations but not convictions. All suspects are to be considered innocent until proven guilty.
.......... RECENT (2007 and 2008 only) Republican Sex Scandals (partial listing).........
-- More Info is Easy to Find On the Internet --
2008:
Bruce Barclay (REPUBLICAN)- accused of using hidden cameras to secretly tape hundreds of sexual encounters, many with MALE “ESCORTS”
Matthew Joseph Elliott (REPUBLICAN)- convicted of Sexual Exploitation of a Child
Robert McKee (REPUBLICAN)- charged with Burglary After Alleged Unauthorized Videotaping
2007:
Robert "Bob" Allen (REPUBLICAN)- arrested for solicitation of prostitution from a male officer inside a restroom
John David Roy Atchison (REPUBLICAN)- arrested for soliciting sex from a 5-YEAR-OLD GIRL
John Bryan (REPUBLICAN)- allegations that he had molested three girls, two were 12 – 15
Larry Craig (REPUBLICAN SENATOR)- arrested after complaints of lewd behavior in an airport men's room
John R. Curtin (REPUBLICAN)- convicted of molesting an UNDERAGE TEENAGE BOY
Richard Curtis (REPUBLICAN)- resigned from the House after reports of his sexual encounter with a male escort became public
Donald Fleischman (REPUBLICAN)- charged with two counts of child enticement, two counts of contributing to the delinquency of a child and a single charge of EXPOSING HIMSELF TO A CHILD
Larry Dale Floyd (REPUBLICAN)- arrested for allegedly crossing state lines to have sex with an 8-year old child and seven related offenses
Ted Klaudt (REPUBLICAN)- found guilty of four counts of second-degree rape of two teenage foster daughters
Ronald C. Kline (REPUBLICAN)- pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography. In 2002, charged with child molestation and under house arrest on federal charges of possessing child pornography
Joseph M. McDade (REPUBLICAN)- was issued a summons on a charge of exposure of sexual organs, also accused of exposing his private parts to two women at a beach resort
Patrick Lee McGuire (REPUBLICAN)- surrendered to police after allegedly molesting girls between the ages of 8 and 13
Jon Matthews (REPUBLICAN)- talk show host in Houston, was indicted for indecency with a child, including exposing his genitals to a girl under the age of 17
Joseph Monteleone Jr.(REPUBLICAN)- city councilman, was found guilty of fondling underage girls and asking them, to have sex with him
Armando Tebano (REPUBLICAN)- pleaded guilty to fondling a 14-year-old girl
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Perhaps someone should inform the above McDumbass that NAMBLA is based in the democRat Party as is the ACLU who protects them...you inept McPervert.

hypocrite HANNITY wrote:

To ALL BUSHIES:
They charge the costs of the Bush war to China for our children and grandchildren to pay back, at the same time we can't even provide healthcare to them because they are more concerned with corporate greed and wall street bailouts. Your tax dollars are paying for all that, along with the $600 checks in the mail; isn't that how Bush started out his wonderful presidency? With stimulus rebate checks? It's working out great isn't it? Great for the oil exec.'s and the rich in this country. Remember; your tax dollars and our countries debt is contributing to their wealth!
If you have to pay taxes; shouldn't those tax dollars be spent to contribute to our own country, not Iraq's? Our own people? Fixing our own streets and infrastructure? Our own water supplies? Our own schools and education system? Our own police and fire departments? Our own medical? AMERICA FIRST!
If your complaint is about the size of our government; your wonderful republican Bush is failing in that department also! He has INCREASED the size of our government, created more government programs (some religious), and increased government spending.
THIS COUNTRY NEEDS TO WAKE UP!

no his presidency started and ended with 911 as clinton was being clinton turning his back on all the signs that something bad happened[the 1st trade center attack]was happening[embassys being blown up]and will happen if we didnt respond thanks bill then before bush could clean the semen stained furniture that the trailer park president left boom we are under attack hillary was the 1st one screaming 'whats he waiting for when are we going to respond,she dosnt have a clue she couldnt tell what was happening in her own bed shes gonna tell us whats happening anywhere else?history tells us over and over again the democrats start the fight the rebublicans finish them.McCAIN WILL

BuncCyBapt wrote:

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May I suggest Thorazine suppositories? That Mellaril doesn't seem to be working for ya.

The above anal democRat sure knows his butt bullets...makes you wonder what else or who else he's shoving up his ignorant behind.

Abraham Lincoln is rolling in his grave.

But I'm not the least bit surprised.

When a party is built on hate and fear for 30 years, it becomes a hateful and fearful party.

The following democRat filth is for the mealy mouth democRat turd whose unregistered moniker is "McCain McBush."

Thomas M. Finneran (b. 1950)— Former speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives - 1996-2004. Pleased guilty in 2007 of obstruction of justice in return for the dismissal of perjury charges and possible jail time. Finneran was charged with misrepresenting his role in a state redistricting plan that discriminated against black voters.
Alcee Lamar Hastings (b. 1936)— U.S. Representative from Florida. Impeached and removed from office as federal judge in 1989 over bribery charges. Hastings accepted a $150,000 bribe in 1981 in exchange for a lenient sentence and a return of seized assets for 21 counts of racketeering by Frank and Thomas Romano, and of perjury in his testimony about the case.
11-15-06: Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi considers Hastings for the post of Chairman of the House Intelligence Committee in "a decision pregnant with personal animus," according to the Washington Times.
Alan G, Hevesi (b. 1940)— New York State Comptroller who had a state employee chauffeur his ailing wife around. Hevesi claimed she required security, but a state police threat assessment found no grounds for providing security for Hevesi’s wife. No records were apparently kept for the state employee who drove Nevesi’s wife around. Nevesi and the driver came up with a reimbursement figure of over $82,000 which Nevesi paid back to the state. In November 2006, the New York State Attorney General’s Office ordered Nevesi to pay an additional $90,000 to cover the unauthorized use of a state driver. In November 2006 a former U.S. Attorney appointed by the New York Governor reported (.pdf) there was a “preponderance of evidence” that Nevesi knowingly violated the law when he had a staffer drive his wife from 2003 to 2006.(Added 11-5-06)
Webster Hubbell - Democrat - Chief Justice of Arkansas State Supreme Court in 1983. Pleaded guilty to federal mail fraud and tax evasion charges - sentenced to 21 months in prison.
William J. Clinton (b. 1946)— Impeached by the House of Representatives over allegations of perjury and obstruction of justice, but acquitted by the Senate.
William McCuen - Democrat - Secretary of State of Arkansas from1985 to 1995. Admitted accepting kickbacks from two supporters he gave jobs, and not paying taxes on the money. Admitted to conspiring with a political consultant to split $53,560 embezzled from the state in a sham transaction. He was indicted on corruption charges. Pleaded guilty to felony counts tax evasion and accepting a kickback. Sentenced to 17 years in prison.
James McGreevey - Democrat - New Jersey Governor . Admitted to having a gay affair. Resigned after allegations of sexual harassment, rumors of being blackmailed on top of fund raising investigations and indictments.
Edward Mezvinsky - Democrat - U.S. Representative from Iowa from 1973 to 1977. Indicted on 56 federal fraud charges.
Alan Bowlby Mollohan (b. 1943)— U.S. Representative from West Virginia from 1983 to the present. In April 2006, Mollohan stepped down temporarily from his post as ranking Democrat on the House ethics committee, amid accusations that he used his congressional position to funnel money to his own home-state foundations, possibly enriching himself in the process.(Added 10-3-2006)
John Michael Murphy - Democrat - U.S. Representative from New York from 1963 to 1981. Implicated in the Abscam sting. Convicted of conspiracy, conflict of interest, and accepting an illegal gratuity. Sentenced to three years in prison and fined $20,000.

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Michael Joseph Myers - Democrat - U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania from 1976 to 1980. Implicated in the Abscam sting - convicted of bribery and conspiracy; sentenced to three years in prison and fined $20,000; expelled from the House of Representatives on October 2, 1980.
Mary Rose Oakar - Democrat - U.S. Representative from Ohio from 1977 to 1993. Pleaded guilty to two misdemeanor charges of funneling $16,000 through fake donors.
Hazel O'Leary - Democrat - Secretary of Energy during the Clinton Administration - O'Leary took trips all over the world as Secretary with as many 50 staff members and at times, rented a plane, which was used by Madonna during her concert tours.
Sowande Ajumoke Omokunde - Democrat - the son of newly elected U.S. Rep. Gwen Moore, was booked on charges of criminal damage to property for allegedly slashing tires on 20 vans and cars rented by the Republican Party for use in Election Day voter turnout efforts.
Carl Christopher Perkins - Democrat - Kentucky State House of Representatives from 1981 to 1984 and U.S. Representative from Kentucky from 1985 to 1993. Pleaded guilty to bank fraud in connection with the House banking scandal. Perkins wrote overdrafts totaling about $300,000. Pleaded guilty to charges of filing false statements with the Federal Election Commission and false financial disclosure reports. Sentenced to 21 months in prison.
Edward Fretwell Prichard, Jr.- Democrat - Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky. Convicted of vote fraud in federal court in connection with ballot-box stuffing. Served five months in prison.
Harry Mason Reid (b.1939)— Senator from Nevada and Senate Minority Leader. In October, 2006, it was disclosed that Reid has been using campaign donations instead of his personal money to pay Christmas bonuses for the support staff at the Ritz-Carlton where he lives in an upscale condominium.
Federal election law prohibits candidates from using political donations for personal use. Reid has stated that he will amend his ethics report to Congress and pay back $3,300 that he gave to his Ritz-Carlton staff.(Added 10-17-06)
Melvin Jay Reynolds (b. 1952)- U.S. Representative from Illinois from 1993 to 1995. In August 1994, he was indicted for having sex with a 16-year-old campaign volunteer. Despite the charges, he continued his campaign and was re-elected in November 1994. Reynolds initially denied the charges, which he claimed were racially motivated. On August 22, 1995 he was convicted on 12 counts of sexual assault, obstruction of justice and solicitation of child pornography.
Reynolds was sentenced to five years in prison and expected to be released in 1998. However, in April 1997, he was convicted on 15 unrelated counts of bank fraud and lying to SEC investigators. These charges resulted in an additional sentence of 78 months in federal prison. Reynolds served all of his first sentence and served forty-two months in prison for the later charges. At that point, U.S. President Bill Clinton commuted the sentence for bank fraud. As a result, Reynolds was released from prison and served the remaining time in a half way house.(Revised: 10-04-06)
Bill Richardson - Democrat - Governor of New Mexico. For about four decades, Richardson, often mentioned as a possible Democratic presidential candidate, has maintained that he was drafted by the A's. But an investigation by the Albuquerque Journal found no record of Richardson being drafted by the A's or any other team. Informed by the newspaper of its findings, the governor acknowledged the error in a story in Thursday's editions. "After being notified of the situation and after researching the matter … I came to the conclusion that I was not drafted by the A's," Richardson said. He said he had believed it was true based on an old program from an amateur team he had played for.

todd delamuca wrote:

<quoted text>history tells us over and over again the democrats start the fight the rebublicans finish them.McCAIN WILL

True. Eisenhower ended the Korean War by conceding the North. Nixon ended the Vietnam War by conceding the whole enchilada. I wonder what 'finish' McCain will be forced to concede when his folly collapses...

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Frederick Richmond - Democrat - U.S. Representative from New York from 1975 to 1982. Arrested in Washington, D.C., in 1978 for soliciting sex from a minor and from an undercover police officer - pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor. Also - charged with tax evasion, marijuana possession, and improper payments to a federal employee - pleaded guilty.
George Rogers - Democrat - Massachusetts State House of Representatives from 1965 to 1970. Member of Massachusetts State Senate from 1975 to 1978. Convicted of bribery in 1978 and sentenced to two years in prison
Daniel David Rostenkowski - Democrat - U.S. Representative from Illinois from 1959 to 1995. Indicted on 17 felony charges- pleaded guilty to two counts of misuse of public funds and sentenced to seventeen months in federal prison.
Bobby Lee Rush - Democrat - U.S. Representative from Illinois. As a Black Panther, spent six months in prison on a weapons charge.
Schoenburg, Stuart Milton (b. 7/20/32)— Pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor count of conspiracy in July 2006 involving Abdul Relman Jennah’s violation of campaign finance laws. Schoenburg found straw donors for Jinnah’s HillPac.. Jinnah subsequently reimbursed the some of the donors.(Source)
Richard Silberman (b.c. 1946)— Governor’s Jerry Brown’s Chief of Staff, California Director of Finance, Secretary of Business, Secretary of Transportation and Housing. Silberman was instrumental in getting Jerry Brown elected. In 1991, he was convicted of money laundering after being caught in an FBI sting operation where he thought he was laundering $300,000 of Columbian drug money. Silberman was later indicted for stock fraud in a gold mining scam Sentenced to 46 months in prison. Divorced the Mayor of San Diego when in prison.(Added 11-5-06)
Don Eugene Siegelman (b. 1941)- Governor Alabama - indicted in a bid-rigging scheme involving a maternity-care program. The charges accused Siegelman and his former chief of staff of helping Tuscaloosa physician Phillip Bobo rig bids. Siegelman was accused of moving $550,000 from the state education budget to the State Fire College in Tuscaloosa so Bobo could use the money to pay off a competitor for a state contract for maternity care.
On June 28, 2007 Siegelman was sentenced to seven years and four months in prison, three years of probation, restitution of $181,325, a $50,000 fine, and 500 hours of community service for bribery, conspiracy and mail fraud.
Gary Siplin (b. 1954)— Florida State Senator Siplin was found guilty by a jury in August
2006 of third-degree felony grand theft of $5,000 or more and misdemeanor using services of employees for his candidacy.(Added 10-19-06)
Lawrence Jack Smith (b. 1941)- U.S. Representative from Florida from 1983 to 1993. Sentenced to three months in federal prison for tax evasion.
Jerry Springer ( b. 1944 )— Springer was elected to the Cincinnati city council in 1971. He was forced to resign in 1974 after admitting to hiring a prostitute. The episode was uncovered when a police raid on a Fort Wright, Kentucky "massage parlor" unearthed a check Jerry Springer had written for its "services". Jerry Springer came clean at a press conference. His honesty helped him win back his seat in 1975. In 1977, he was chosen to serve one year as mayor by the City Council.(Revised:10-5-06)
Gerry Eastman Studds (1937-2006)- Democrat - U.S. Representative from Massachusetts from 1973 to 1997. The first openly gay member of Congress. Censured by the House of Representatives for having sexual relations with a teenage House page.(Revised: 10-17-06)(by the way, unlike Foley who just sent nasty emails, this was actual sexual relations...notice how you can cut the media silence with a knife...)

And more...
Lena Swanson - Democrat - Member of Washington State Senate in 1997. Pleaded guilty to charges of soliciting unlawful payments from veterans and former prisoners of war.
Lafayette Thomas - Democrat - Candidate for Tennessee State House of Representatives in 1954. Sheriff of Davidson County, from 1972 to 1990. Indicted in federal court on 54 counts of abusing his power as sheriff. Pleaded guilty to theft and mail fraud; sentenced to five years in prison.
Frank Thompson, Jr.- Democrat - U.S. Representative from New Jersey from 1955 to 1980. Implicated in the Abscam sting, convicted on bribery and conspiracy charges. Sentenced to three years in prison. Robert Torricelli - Democrat - Withdrew from the 2002 Senate race with less than 30 days before the election because of controversy over personal gifts he took from a major campaign donor and questions about campaign donations from 1996.
James A. Traficant Jr.- Member of House of Representatives from Ohio. Expelled from Congress after being convicted of corruption charges.. Sentenced to eight years in prison for accepting bribes and kickbacks and wearing a really bad rug.
James Guy Tucker, Jr.- Democrat - Governor of Arkansas from 1992 to 1996. Resigned in July 1996 after conviction on federal fraud charges as part of the Whitewater investigation.
Walter Rayford Tucker - Democrat - Mayor of Compton, California from 1991 to 1992; U.S. Representative from California from 1993 to 1995. Sentenced to 27 months in prison for extortion and tax evasion.
Joseph Waggonner Jr.- Democrat - U.S. Representative from Louisiana from 1961 to 19 79. Arrested in Washington, D.C. for soliciting a policewoman posing as a prostitute.
David Lee Walters - Democrat - Governor of Oklahoma from 1991 to 1995. Pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor election law violation.
Maxine Waters - Democrat - U.S. Representative from California since 1991. A December 2004 Los Angeles Times investigation disclosed how members of the congresswoman's family have made more than $1 million in the past eight years by doing business with companies, candidates and causes that Waters has helped.
Harrison Arlington Williams, Jr.- Democrat - U.S. Senator from New Jersey from 1959 to 1970. Implicated in the Abscam sting. Allegedly accepted an 18% interest in a titanium mine. Convicted of nine counts of bribery, conspiracy, receiving an unlawful gratuity, conflict of interest, and interstate travel in aid of racketeering. Sentenced to three years in prison and fined $50,000.
Paul Ziffren (1913-1991)— Democratic National Committeeman (1953-60). Connected to the Al Capone and other Chicago organized crime figures though partnerships and other business enterprises. Ziffren’s penetration of California’s Democratic Party and the Los Angeles economic community was phenomenal.
Gary Condit - US Democratic Congressman from California. Condit had an affair with an intern. Condit, covered up the affair and lied to police after she went missing. No charges were ever filed against Condit. Her remains were discovered in a Washington DC park.
Jerry Cosentino - Democrat - Illinois State Treasurer. Pleaded guilty to bank fraud - fined $5,000 and sentenced to nine months home confinement.
George Crockett, Jr.- Democrat - U.S. Representative from Michigan. Served four months in federal prison for contempt of court following his defense of a Communist leader on trial for advocating the overthrow of the government.
William Jefferson - Democrat - U.S. Representative from Louisiana is under investigation for bribery in 2006. A search of Jefferson's house turned up $90,000 stashed in various frozen food containers in his freezer. FBI agents told a judge that the money was part of a $100,000 payment that had been delivered by an informant in the bribery case.

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Gloria Davis - Bronx assemblywoman. Pleaded guilty to second-degree bribe-taking.
Jesse Jackson - Democrat - Democratic candidate for President Admitted to having an extramarital affair and fathering a illegitimate child.
Ed Jew (b. 1960)— Fourth District San Francisco Supervisor accused of extracting a $40,000 bribe from a tapioca shop owner who was having some difficulties getting past the permitting process in San Francisco. In addition, it appears that Ed Jew actually lives in Burlingame, not San Francisco. He seems to have falsified his residency to run for San Francisco Supervisor. Jew was previously a Republican, but changed parties (went over to the dark side) to run in predominantly Democratic San Francisco.
John Fitzgerald Kennedy (1917-1963)— President 1961-1963. According to the US Senate Church Committee, Kennedy carried on an affair with Judith Campbell Exner, who was simultaneously having an affair with Sam Giancana, the boss of the Chicago Mafia, while Giancana was conspiring with the CIA to assassinate Fidel Castro. In June, 1963, Kennedy also was present at a Los Angeles fund-raiser that was attended by Sidney Korshak, Al Hart, and Eugene Wyman, all organized crime figures. His Democratic presidential campaign collected millions from "The Boys" on the Las Vegas strip. Often hung with Frank Sinatra and the Rat Pack in the steam room at the Sands Hotel. His "Pack" nickname was "Chicky Baby." Used the presidential helicopter to fly in and out of Hollywood to date Marilyn Monroe.
Otto Kerner, Jr - Democrat - Governor of Illinois from 1961 to 1968. While serving as Governor, he and another official made a gain of over $300,000 in a stock deal. Convicted on 17 counts of bribery, conspiracy, perjury, and related charges. Sentenced to three years in federal prison and fined $50,000.
Joseph Kolter - Democrat - member of Pennsylvania State House of Representatives from 1969 to 1982 and U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania from 1983 to 1993. Indicted by a Federal grand jury on five felony charges of embezzlement at the U.S. House post office. Pleaded guilty.
Raymond Lederer - Democrat - U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania from 1977 to 1981. Implicated in the Abscam sting - convicted of bribery and sentenced to three years in prison and fined $20,000.
Abdul Rehman Jinnah (b. 1951)— Indicted in for violation of campaign finance laws. Jinnah appears to have attempted to circumvent election laws by reimbursing friends, business contacts and their family members for contributions made to numerous California Democrats in their names, according to court records. Sources believe he has fled to Pakistan.
Roland V. Libonati (1900-1991)— Representative from Chicago 1957-1965. Chicago attorney who was considered to the “mob’s congressman.” Quoted as saying that Al Capone henchmen such as Tony Accardo and Paul “theWaiter” Ricca are really “charitable” and “patriotic” fellows. Opposed legislation urged by the Chicago Crime Commission and backed bills that the gamblers liked.
Nicholas Mavroules - Democrat - U.S. Representative from Massachusetts from 1979 to 1993. Pleaded guilty to charges of tax fraud and accepting gratuities while in office.
Charles Coles Diggs, Jr.- Democrat - U.S. Representative from Michigan from 1955 to 1980. Convicted on eleven counts of mail fraud and filing false payroll forms- sentenced to three years in prison.
DNC - The Federal Election Commission imposed $719,000 in fines against participants in the 1996 Democratic Party fund raising scandals involving contributions from China, Korea and other foreign sources. The Federal Election Commission said it decided to drop cases against contributors of more than $3 million in illegal DNC contributions because the respondents left the country or the corporations are defunct.

And more...
Thomas Joseph Dodd - U.S. Senator from Connecticut. Censured by the Senate for financial improprieties, having diverted $116,000 in campaign and testimonial funds to his own use.
Angelo Errichetti - Democrat - New Jersey State Senator was sentenced to six years in prison and fined $40,000 for his involvement in Abscam.
Lee Alexander - Democrat - Mayor of Syracuse, N.Y. from 1970 to 1985. Was indicted over a $1.5 million kickback scandal. Pleaded guilty to racketeering and tax evasion charges. Served six years in prison.
Frank Ballance - Democrat - Congressman North Carolina. Pleaded guilty to one charge of conspiracy to commit mail fraud and money laundering related to mishandling of money by his charitable foundation.

Marion Barry - Democrat - mayor of Washington, D.C., from 1979 to 1991 and again from 1995 to 1999. Convicted of cocaine possession after being caught on videotape smoking crack cocaine. Sentenced to six months in prison.
Sandy Berger - Democrat - National Security Adviser during the Clinton Administration. On September 8, 2005, Berger was sentenced to two years probation, 100 hours of community service, and a fine of $50,000 for unlawfully stuffing classified documents from the National Archives into his pants and intentionally destroying some of them.
Mario Biaggi - Democrat - U.S. Representative from New York from 1969 to 1988. Indicted on federal charges that he had accepted bribes in return for influence on federal contracts. Convicted of obstructing justice and accepting illegal gratuities. Tried in 1988 on federal racketeering charges and convicted on 15 felony counts.
Daniel Baugh Brewster - Democrat - U.S. Senator from Maryland. Indicted on charges of accepting illegal gratuity while in Senate.
Aaron Burr (1756-1836)— Democrat of New York, New York County, Colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; lawyer; member of New York state assembly from New York County, 1784-85; New York state attorney general, 1789-91; appointed 1789; U.S. Senator from New York, 1791-97; Vice President of the United States, 1801-05. Presbyterian. Killed Alexander Hamilton in a duel, July 11, 1804. Tried for treason in 1807 and acquitted.
Albert G. Bustamante - Democrat - U.S. Representative from Texas from 1985 to 1993. Convicted in 1993 on racketeering and bribery charges and sentenced to prison.
Bill Campbell - Democrat - Mayor of Atlanta. Indicted and charged with fraud over claims he accepted improper payments from contractors seeking city contracts.
John A. Celona - Democrat - A former state senator was charged with the three counts of mail fraud. Federal prosecutors accused him of defrauding the state and collecting hundreds of thousands of dollars from CVS Corp. and others while serving in the legislature. Celona has agreed to plead guilty to taking money from the CVS pharmacy chain and other companies that had interest in legislation. Under the deal, Celona agreed to cooperate with investigators. He faces up to five years in federal prison on each of the three counts and a $250,000 fine.
Henry J. Cianfrani (1923-2002)—Pennsylvania State Senate from 1967 to 1976. Convicted on federal charges of racketeering and mail fraud for padding his Senate payroll. Sentenced to five years in federal prison.
Henry Cisneros - U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development from 1993 to 1997. Pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of lying to the FBI. I believe this was about $250,000 in alleged "hush money" he paid to a former mistress. This investigation cost the taxpayers about $9 million dollars.
William Lacy Clay, Sr.(b. 1931)— Representative from Missouri. Clay faced ethic charges in the 1970's for billing the government for auto trips while flying on airlines. He was discovered to have had 328 overdrafts during the investigation of the House banking scandal.

bushwacker canton wrote:

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Historic lows,what was it when w took office?

It was historicly low then also and has been for a good while.

Your point ??

hanger4 wrote:

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It was historicly low then also and has been for a good while.
Your point ??

At least you answered it but as usual you were wrong.Unemployment rate jan-93 after first bush-7.3
rate on jan-2001 when w took office-4.2.rate now-5.0
My point Rate went down under Clinton and up under w.As far as historicly low it was 3.8 and 3.9 under Clinton in 2000.Now that's what you call historicly low.Maybe Yona and gh will read this and learn something.

bushwacker canton wrote:

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At least you answered it but as usual you were wrong.Unemployment rate jan-93 after first bush-7.3
rate on jan-2001 when w took office-4.2.rate now-5.0
My point Rate went down under Clinton and up under w.As far as historicly low it was 3.8 and 3.9 under Clinton in 2000.Now that's what you call historicly low.Maybe Yona and gh will read this and learn something.

Take away the terrorists attacks of Sept 11, 2001 and hurricane Katrina August 29 2005 and you might have a point, as is not so much.

Take away the Tech bubble during the Clinton administration and you have no point at all.

BTW unemployment at or below 6% is considered ful-employment.

JohnInLa wrote:

<quoted text>If not for President GW Bush and The United States Military the above snot-nosed twit would have sat back and denied Operation Iraqi Freedom and passed his fight with terrorists and Saddam & Sons to today's little American kids so they could grow up and fight his fight for him...Typical despeciable self-serving democRat claiming to be all concerned about kids...pervert.

"Despeciable," huh? Like these chickenhawk Repug leaders of tomorrow?-->>> <uproarious laughter> --->>>

http://www.youtube.com/watch...

Don't you Loozianner gits ever get tired of yer dead last rating in the country in literacy?