LOL, sure there isn’t Lurker, sure there isn’t.

Left by markg8 on June 4th, 2007

Enlighten me Dude, What evidence is there? They all serve at the Pleasure of the President.

“There is no evidence that Bush did anything illegally to politicize the DoJ.”

LOL, sure there isn’t Lurker, sure there isn’t.

All new prez’s fire the old US attorneys and put in their own party’s guys.
No other president has illegally politcized the DoJ like Bush has. None.

“Jefferson is an active and senior member of the powerful Ways and Means Committee and its subcommittee on Trade. He is also a member of the House Committee on the Budget.”
You’ll notice it doesn’t say he’s chairman of the Ways and Means Committee or the House Committee on the Budget. You know why that is? Because last year when the FBI raided hs office Pelosi stripped him of his leadership positions. The Democratic party did their best to oust him in the primary and general elections in Louisiana but the people of New Orleans don’t much trust outsiders telling them who to elect I guess.

Contrast that with Denny Hastert’s shrieking over the raid on Jefferson’s office and his years’ long cover up of Mark Foley’s scandals. And how about Boehner appointing Ken Calvert to the Appropriations’ Committee when John Doolittle had to step down pending his indictment? Turns out the FBI is delving into Calvert’s records too. Jerry Lewis, House Appropriations ranking member is not long for congress either.

If you’re keeping score at home here’s some info for you:

Congress.Org Jefferson’s Power Rank Standings
Power Ranking: 439 Power Score: -2.50
Rank in Chamber: 439 Rank in State: 7
Rank in Party: 237 Rank in Class of 1990: 19
Past Power Rankings
2005 Rankings: 412 2006 Rankings: 436

Man he’s last in the party and the entire chamber! This guy not only has less pull than any Democrat or Republican but with a -2.50 power rating he could probably cause your bill to burst into flames by glancing approvingly at it! .

Compare that to 4th ranking Repub Jerry Lewis

Power Rank Standings
Power Ranking: 118 Power Score: 19.53
Rank in Chamber: 118 Rank in State: 19
Rank in Party: 4 Rank in Class of 1978: 1

Lewis is probably going to retire next year unless of course he’s indicted first in the Duke Cunningham scandal. Like the disgraced traitor Duke – and that’s what people who bilk the national security apparatus of the US ought to be considered – Lewis is going to find out that resigning doesn’t make much difference to honest feds (but who knows how many of those are left in Gonzalez’s DOJ?) when it comes to felony charges.

And yet there sits Lewis as ranking minority member on the Appropriations Committee. 4th most powerful Repub and 118th most powerful member in the House. Why doesn’t Boehner force him to step down? LOL, have you seen the Republican House caucus? Replacing Jesse James with Billy the Kid isn’t going to curb crime in
Dodge City.

Hat tip: GRIBBIT:
Via AP:
Rep. William Jefferson, D-La., was indicted Monday on federal charges of racketeering, soliciting bribes and money-laundering in a long- running bribery investigation into business deals he tried to broker in Africa.
The indic…

The story is of course Jindal would have voted for it if his votes was needed.

Even in areas where trade is helpful people have to fight the anti-trde currents.

I think the unoffical story in NOLA from democrats is thank GOD. I was down there around the Nagin election and people were wondering when the Feds were going to indict so they could run for his office. lol