Jeffersonian Democracy
December 10, 2006 at 4:57 pm
Rep. William Jefferson (D-LA) has won re-election. That’s wonderful news. With Tom Delay, Bob Ney, Mark Foley, Curt Weldon and many other scandal-plagued members of Congress absent from the new Congress, I was beginning to worry that Americans no longer ignore or reward political corruption. Good to see that we got that ethical temper tantrum out of our system. With Jefferson’s win, we’re back on track with good old honest bribery, graft, and wrongdoing — and maybe some sloth, gluttony, lust, and pride throwin in, too.
Brian Mann said,
December 10, 2006 @ 7:03 pm
How in the hell does something like that happen? Enough people just don’t give a sh*t, I guess? Very depressing.
richarda said,
December 10, 2006 @ 7:32 pm
I note that he and the OTHER Democrat under scrutiny (some guy from WVA, formerly Ranking Member on the ETHICS Committee) were BOTH re-elected. Sauce? Goose? Gander? Apparently, NOT!
Vivian J. Paige said,
December 10, 2006 @ 9:39 pm
Just further proof that unethical behavior is not partisan. And that there should be some kind of test before allowing people to vote.
Elliott Cahan said,
December 11, 2006 @ 4:01 am
Could this be the same crazy Howard Mortman that I used to work with many years ago? Wow. You’ve hit the big time! I knew you would. Give me a holler.