Ethics and space program issues as Dems try to unseat Feeney

Yeah, but he voted for every dollar Bush wanted him too.

No Turd World wrote:

I'm glad he voted against $50 Billion to fight AIDS in Turd World Countries. Let them pay for their own AIDS problems.

Diogenes wrote:

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Can you help some of us by filling in some details? I see where he took the golf trip and his explaination was that they checked the source for funding on this and it was okay. Later they found it wasn't and he offered (and I think he did) to pay for the trip out of his own funds.
I agree, this isn't as blatant as Democrat William Jefferson from Lousiana being filmed taking $100,000 in bribe money and hiding $90,000 in his freezer AND THEN BEING SUPPORTED BY PELOSI AND OTHER TOP DEMOCRATS BY THEM NOT ASKING HIM TO RESIGN.
So what else do you have on Feeney besides this trip because that isn't panning out very well.
And as far as him not doing his job because the Space Program is being cut back tells all of us that you don't have a clue as to how NASA works and how our government is run.

Jefferson was a piker. Now, REPUBLICAN VIETNAM WAR HERO DUKE CUNNINGHAM TAKING $ 2.4 MILLION IN BRIBES, THAT DESERVES TO PUT HIS NAME IN LIGHTS.

Also, his a$$ in the slammer, for a good, long while.

Hmmm. Republican Vietnam War Hero. Now, who else fits that description, and has a bank scandal to his credit....?

markdale25 wrote:

Mr. Feeney didn't pay for the Scotland trip until he was forced to do so because he got caught with his hand in the cookie jar. As for his claim that he did not know that the trip was improper, I don't believe him. However, it does not matter whether or not I believe him. As any law abiding citizen knows, ignorance of the law is no excuse. It seems to me that there was an incident a few years back concerning a lobbying letter that was sent from his office on his official "House Speaker" stationary. Illegal? Given the lack of ethics in Florida government, probably not. But, just because something isn't illegal doesn't mean it's the right thing to do. Mr. Feeney does not have the ability to recognize right from wrong. The appearance of impropriety is in itself improper. In Mr. Feeney's case I think his arrogance suggests a sense of entitlement regardless of perception. I think he is as he appears. Again, I'll be glad to see him go.

It appears you've gotten over into personal opinion. He's certainly not the first one to use government stationary on something that was for personal use. You mention that was a few years back so I take it he hasn't done it again?

As far as his trip, you say you believe he is not telling the truth. I can tell you right now that I BELIEVE that 75% of the Democrats are not telling the truth but that doesn't mean a hill of beans. Unless I have PROOF that they are not then all I have is opinion.

I believe (and again, this is my opinion) that you don't like Representative Feeney and you use this as an excuse. It's unfounded but it's still an excuse. You can think what you want since it's a free country and unless you're willing to work with a government that you've given the benefit of the doubt to (meaning accept what they say unless you have proof) then don't come around crying that our government is not doing what they're supposed to.

If you don't know the word synergy then look it up.

Mel Lanoma wrote:

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Jefferson was a piker. Now, REPUBLICAN VIETNAM WAR HERO DUKE CUNNINGHAM TAKING $ 2.4 MILLION IN BRIBES, THAT DESERVES TO PUT HIS NAME IN LIGHTS.
Also, his a$$ in the slammer, for a good, long while.
Hmmm. Republican Vietnam War Hero. Now, who else fits that description, and has a bank scandal to his credit....?

When you can recall let us know.