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Eight term GOP Congressman Randy "Duke" Cunningham pled guilty to conspiracy charges related to securing defense contracts for bribes. He also Pled guilty to tax evasion. Cunningham admitted to accepting $2.4 million in bribes to steer defense contracts to his fellow conspirators. Cunningham has resigned from his post.
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When GOP Kentucky Governor Ernie Fletcher was running for governor he made the following "pledge";
A Fletcher/Pence Administration will not treat state government as a "make-work for friends" opportunity. I will find ways to reduce the bureaucracy, particularly in areas like principal assistants.
In spite of this pledge, it has now been discovered that he appointed a man named Jimmy Holiday to the state transportation cabinet. But apparently he's been pulling a salary in excess of 42K to answer phones. Apparently that was too much work for Mr. Holiday, as he refused to work, which prompted this email between Transportation Deputy Dick Murgotroyd and another transportation cabinet policy advisor.
"So do we have another place to put him where he will work?" [then-Deputy Transportation Dick] Murgatroyd asked in an e-mail to a policy adviser in the Transportation Cabinet… "Otherwise, put him in a corner and we’ll ignore him."
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And in what could potentially be the biggest corruption scandal in years;
A Justice Department investigation into possible influence-peddling by prominent Republican lobbyist Jack Abramoff is examining his dealings with four lawmakers, more than a dozen current and former congressional aides and two former Bush administration officials, according to lawyers and others involved in the case.
Prosecutors in the department's public integrity and fraud divisions -- separate units that report to the assistant attorney general for the criminal division -- are looking into Mr. Abramoff's interactions with former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay of Texas, Rep. Bob Ney (R., Ohio), Rep. John Doolittle (R., Calif.) and Sen. Conrad Burns (R., Mont.), according to several people close to the investigation. Messrs. DeLay and Ney have retained criminal defense lawyers. Spokespeople for Messrs. Doolittle and Burns said they haven't hired lawyers.
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Georgia Rep. Sue Burmeister (R-Augusta) had this to say in a Justice Dept. memo related to Georgia's voter ID law;
The chief sponsor of Georgia's voter identification law told the Justice Department that if black people in her district "are not paid to vote, they don't go to the polls," and that if fewer blacks vote as a result of the new law, it is only because it would end such voting fraud.
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It truly is a great time to be a Democrat.
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When GOP Kentucky Governor Ernie Fletcher was running for governor he made the following "pledge";
A Fletcher/Pence Administration will not treat state government as a "make-work for friends" opportunity. I will find ways to reduce the bureaucracy, particularly in areas like principal assistants.
In spite of this pledge, it has now been discovered that he appointed a man named Jimmy Holiday to the state transportation cabinet. But apparently he's been pulling a salary in excess of 42K to answer phones. Apparently that was too much work for Mr. Holiday, as he refused to work, which prompted this email between Transportation Deputy Dick Murgotroyd and another transportation cabinet policy advisor.
"So do we have another place to put him where he will work?" [then-Deputy Transportation Dick] Murgatroyd asked in an e-mail to a policy adviser in the Transportation Cabinet… "Otherwise, put him in a corner and we’ll ignore him."
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And in what could potentially be the biggest corruption scandal in years;
A Justice Department investigation into possible influence-peddling by prominent Republican lobbyist Jack Abramoff is examining his dealings with four lawmakers, more than a dozen current and former congressional aides and two former Bush administration officials, according to lawyers and others involved in the case.
Prosecutors in the department's public integrity and fraud divisions -- separate units that report to the assistant attorney general for the criminal division -- are looking into Mr. Abramoff's interactions with former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay of Texas, Rep. Bob Ney (R., Ohio), Rep. John Doolittle (R., Calif.) and Sen. Conrad Burns (R., Mont.), according to several people close to the investigation. Messrs. DeLay and Ney have retained criminal defense lawyers. Spokespeople for Messrs. Doolittle and Burns said they haven't hired lawyers.
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Georgia Rep. Sue Burmeister (R-Augusta) had this to say in a Justice Dept. memo related to Georgia's voter ID law;
The chief sponsor of Georgia's voter identification law told the Justice Department that if black people in her district "are not paid to vote, they don't go to the polls," and that if fewer blacks vote as a result of the new law, it is only because it would end such voting fraud.
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It truly is a great time to be a Democrat.
