Ex-Congressman William Jefferson Sentenced To 13 Years In Prison

But that would spoil the surprise!

garry,

Good observation. I'm surprised they didn't put it in micro print.

Jefferson should have plenty of company when the scum in Congress all get nailed. There are a bunch of them being investigated right now.

What??? Like a Republican wouldn't sell his/her soul for half a Billion. They've ALL sold us down for a whole lot less. Get real!!!!

Let me guess, Garry; you didn't have a frigging clue what Jefferson's party affiliation was till it was mentioned in this article ? BTW: the whole article, which is divided into 5 sections, only has about 8 sentences in it; and the sentence denoting party occupies one whole division: point being, party affiliation has nothing to do with being dishonest, and if you want to argue that point a long list of criminal Republicans can be drug out to go along with a long list of criminal Democrats.

tyre, the point is that had Jefferson been a Republican, that information would have been front and center rather than an afterthought added at the very end of the article. That's because it's only begrudgingly acknowledged by most of the press that, indeed, corruption knows no particular party affiliation.

One down and how many more to go ??

I am a Republican and I will even say that neither party is clean, he just got caught. If all was known he wold be sharing the prison shower with a real bipartisan crowd. All the crooks in Washington should be busted and put in cages at the visitor center in DC.

I commend all of you for the great stands you make for your political persuasions, but most of US have bought into this two party farce at the extreme expense of WE, The People. While WE all bicker between OURselves, politicians in BOTH parties conspire to rob US with policies that funnel OUR money right up the food chain, right under our noses and into the pockets of the REAL enemy that WE, The People share.

The Big O is no different than the rest; huge deficits to fund huge conglomerates like Goldman Sachs and the entire financial industry, Organized labor, Organized Religion, Corporate America, Wall Street etc and now the government is working on enslaving millions more customers [many of them unwilling] and granting exponentially larger profit margins to Public Enemy #1 - The Insurance Industry; you know, the AIGs of the world that got billions from US and billions more outside the TARP fiasco from the Feds? Who do you think has to pay all that back? Not THEM, but WE ... The People!

To show how little Liberals care about WE, The People just look to the first thing The Big O signed as president - The extension of S-CHIP coverage to 4 million additional children. On the surface it looks good, right? Unfortunately, it relies on millions of average Americans continuing to kill themselves with a $0.68/pack tax on cigs which falls mostly on the middle class - you know, that group he told would not see their taxes go up one dime? It was indirect support of the Tobacco industry from a president [who coincidentally smokes].

Question: Splash, How is taxing tobacco products a support of the Tobacco industry? I'm glad you asked. If the government is going to count on tax on tobacco to enslave children at such an early age to government health care then they must insure the survival of the tobacco industry. THEY DON'T CARE IF YOU KILL YOURSELF BY SMOKING! In fact, the government hopes you do ... all the way to the bank! And when those children grow up, the government hopes that they smoke too.

And just look how much The Big O cares about WE, The People that he would wait until unemployment topped 10% with no sign of stopping in order to call a 'jobs summit': http://wp.me/pywxb-Mg

But let's not leave out the Republican Party. Put simply, the Rs are no longer true Conservatives like Goldwater and Reagan; They are spineless moderates infected by the Religious Right for no other reason than to get more votes; folks like W, and his daddy before him or John McCain. You don't really think they want to save babies so they can go on Liberal S-Chip and grow up to vote Democrat, do you?

Moderate Republicanism is the Price Is Right of politics -- as close to Liberal as one can get without going over. And thus, THEY ARE ALL THE SAME. Notice how they all lined up shoulder to shoulder from NAFTA to the recent $700 Billion Fail Out Plan. And there is a reason for it: Politicians don't work for WE, The People. WE have proven time and time again that WE will reward them with re-election no matter what they do. Incumbents enjoy a 90% reelection rate with one hand tied behind their backs. Thus OUR politicians work for the THEM [some of THEM you know, but most of THEM you don't]. THEY call the shots; the two party ruse is a play, a hoax a sham -- and THEY rely on that system as their cover, deliberately designed to convince WE, The People that WE must choose a side, that WE have something to stand for or that WE even matter at all!

Who Are THEY and what do THEY want? http://wp.me/pywxb-Kn

THEY are rich beyond OUR wildest imagination, they are ruthless and the only ones who can defeat them are WE, The People AND THEY KNOW IT!

So who powerful are WE, The People? http://wp.me/pywxb-JO

WE, The People showed how powerful WE can be last November when we took a nobody and made him president. WE showed it again this past August [actually starting back in March '08] when WE realized that that nobody was no different than any other seedy politician. Both times the power of WE, The People was divided against itself into 'sides'. To defeat our true common enemy, WE, The People will have to be UNITED! Divided WE will lose, but if WE unite then THEY don't have a chance in hell ... and THEY know it!!

We will be raising an army soon ... not an armed army ... it will be much better than that!

Maybe we should make a new party called the tea party, That's a mixture of conservitives, reps,dems, Independents

Jefferson will not spend very much time in lock up if he spends any at all. I lived In New Orleans for many years and crooked politicans are not new there. I believe Edwin Edwards is in prison now along with some of his family members. Jefferson has too much dirt on too many people to stay in prison long. He will be pardoned or released because of his health etc. When it comes to La. politics and New Orleans in particular, Edwards had it right when he said "hold your nose and vote".

the total amount over the years was $500,000. I don't care which party he is in, I am glad he got sentenced to send a message to other crooks in Congress, now for Rangel.

Guess this little episode can be best explained by saying ,....Typical

No matter what party they are from croos are crooks and should go to jail. Only thing worst are those that feel up children. Enough to go around in both parties. Do not point fingers, your congressman/women could be next !