Rhymes With Right - Jefferson Reelected -- Dem Ethical Swamp Remains Undrained
Google
 
Web rhymeswithright.mu.nu

December 10, 2006

Jefferson Reelected -- Dem Ethical Swamp Remains Undrained

I guess that Nancy Pelosi forgot to send her ethics memo to the voters of New Orleans.

Brushing past months of unflattering headlines about a federal corruption investigation, Representative William J. Jefferson was elected to a ninth term on Saturday, with a decisive runoff victory that again emphasized this city’s sharp racial divisions.

Mr. Jefferson, a Democrat, was heavily favored in black precincts, and Saturday’s result suggested that his loyal constituents ignored the accusations of an F.B.I. investigation and rallied around him, as they had in the past and as the congressman had pleaded with them to do. He has not been charged with anything, and vigorously maintains his innocence.

A dominant figure in Louisiana politics for more than 20 years, Mr. Jefferson, 59, is at the center of a political organization that is influential at several levels of elected office in this city.

With slightly more than a third of the precincts reporting, Mr. Jefferson led his Democratic challenger, Karen Carter, 37, a lawyer and Louisiana state representative, with just more than 60 percent of the vote late Saturday. Mr. Jefferson ran especially strong in suburban Jefferson Parish, about a third of the district, where the sheriff had come out against Ms. Carter. She conceded around 10:15 p.m. Central time.

The election did not affect the Democrats’ new majority in Congress but was nonetheless being followed in Washington, where there was concern about the potential pall a Jefferson victory could cast on the party’s new emphasis on ethics. Democratic leaders kicked Mr. Jefferson off the House Ways and Means Committee last summer in response to the Federal Bureau of Investigation inquiry into his financial dealings. The state party refused to endorse him.

Let's see -- Murtha, Hastings Mollohan, and now Jefferson -- what will Pelosi do about these unethical/criminal members of her own caucus?

And by the way, I think that Jefferson's reelection shows the need to get Baker and Hamilton working on a "New Orleans Study Group" that will set a path for US withdrawal from that cesspool of corruption where success is impossible for those who seek to impose honest government.

Update: A Quandry for Democrats

More at Michele Malkin

Update 2: Looks like another unethical Dem in high places. What will Nancy do? H/t Michelle Malkin.





|| Greg, 08:13 AM || Permalink || Comments (4) || Comments || TrackBacks (0) ||

Trackback Information for Jefferson Reelected -- Dem Ethical Swamp Remains Undrained

TrackBack URL for this entry: http://blog2.mu.nu/cgi/trackback.cgi/196412
Listed below are links to weblogs that reference 'Jefferson Reelected -- Dem Ethical Swamp Remains Undrained'.

Comments on Jefferson Reelected -- Dem Ethical Swamp Remains Undrained

Were any of these 3 convicted in a court of law ?

|| Posted by John Ryan, December 11, 2006 11:08 AM ||

None convicted -- though one named an unindicted co-conspirator in ABSCAM and a second impeached and removed as a federal judge.

But convictions were never seen as necessary for the Democrats when the accused were Republicans -- the "appearance of impropriety" was sufficient to get the label of "corrupt". I'm just applying their standard.

|| Posted by Rhymes With Right, December 11, 2006 07:09 PM ||

John, I'll say what our host didn't.

Do you consider Tom DeLay to be unethical and/or criminal?  After all, he has been convicted of nothing.

|| Posted by Jacob, December 12, 2006 07:43 AM ||

3SEaJX yumuinmdttel, [url=http://oantjrjcsfxq.com/]oantjrjcsfxq[/url], [link=http://jmnmwmfezktp.com/]jmnmwmfezktp[/link], http://kqwlsebhejei.com/

|| Posted by hwilsrn, October 20, 2008 09:52 AM ||
Post a comment

Remember personal info?


 

 





AnotherMunublogSmall.jpg





Winner - 2010 Fabulous 50 Blog Awards

Posts by Category

Announcements (posts: 13)
Blogging (posts: 154)
Border Issues & Immigration (posts: 368)
deferred (posts: 4)
Education (posts: 583)
Entertainment & Sports (posts: 405)
History (posts: 301)
Humor (posts: 71)
Israel/Middle East (posts: 13)
Medical News (posts: 51)
Military (posts: 253)
News (posts: 1409)
Paid Advertising (posts: 138)
Personal (posts: 87)
Politics (posts: 3920)
Race & Racism (posts: 188)
Religion (posts: 702)
Terrorism (posts: 793)
The Courts (posts: 278)
Watcher's Council (posts: 318)
World Affairs (posts: 308)

Archives

November 2011
October 2011
September 2011
August 2011
July 2011
June 2011
May 2011
April 2011
March 2011
February 2011
January 2011
December 2010
November 2010
October 2010
September 2010
August 2010
July 2010
June 2010
May 2010
April 2010
March 2010
February 2010
January 2010
December 2009
November 2009
October 2009
September 2009
August 2009
July 2009
June 2009
May 2009
April 2009
March 2009
February 2009
January 2009
December 2008
November 2008
October 2008
September 2008
August 2008
July 2008
June 2008
May 2008
April 2008
March 2008
February 2008
January 2008
December 2007
November 2007
October 2007
September 2007
August 2007
July 2007
June 2007
May 2007
April 2007
March 2007
February 2007
January 2007
December 2006
November 2006
October 2006
September 2006
August 2006
July 2006
June 2006
May 2006
April 2006
March 2006
February 2006
January 2006
December 2005
November 2005
October 2005
September 2005
August 2005
July 2005
June 2005
May 2005
April 2005
March 2005
February 2005
January 2005
December 2004
November 2004
October 2004
September 2004
August 2004
July 2004
June 2004
December 0000



MuNuviana



Licensing

Creative Commons License
This weblog is licensed under a Creative Commons License.

Powered By

Powered by
Movable Type 2.64
AnotherMunublogSmall.jpg

Administrative Stuff

Email Me
Syndicate this site (XML)

Advertising Disclosure

adpolicy.gif

About Me

NAME: Greg
AGE: 40-Something
SEX: Male
MARITAL STATUS: Married
OCCUPATION: Social Studies Teacher
LOCATION: Seabrook, TX
DISCLAIMER: All posts reflect my views alone, and not the view of my wife, my dogs, my employer, or anyone else. All comments reflect the view of the commenter, and permitting a comment to remain on this site in no way indicates my support for the ideas expressed in the comment.

Search This Site


Support This Site



Recent Entries

But Do Originalism And Support For Amendment The Constitution Really Contradict?
Student Scolded For Tweet About Governor
Happy Thanksgiving 2011
Best Thanksgving Television Clip Ever
Human Rights Atrocities Constitute Obama Policy Success
Redefining "Victim"
The Definitive #OWS Photo
RIP Anne McCaffrey -- Science Fiction/Fantasy World Loses A Giant
The #Occupy Poster Child
Why The #OWS Movement Won't Work

Blogroll


Watchers Council
  • Bookroom Room
  • The Colossus of Rhodey
  • The Glittering Eye
  • GrEaT sAtAn"S gIrLfRiEnD
  • JoshuaPundit
  • The Mellow Jihadi
  • New Zeal
  • The Noisy Room
  • The Political Commentator
  • The Razor
  • Rhymes With Right
  • The Right Planet
  • Right Truth
  • Simply Jews
  • Virginia Right!
  • Watcher Of Weasels

  • Political & Religious Blogs