Posted on 10/14/2006 12:32:42 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
BATON ROUGE, La. - The Louisiana Democratic Party turned down eight-term U.S. Rep. William Jefferson (news, bio, voting record) on Saturday and endorsed state Rep. Karen Carter, one of a dozen challengers who emerged after Jefferson became the target of a federal bribery investigation.
The State Central Committee's 69-53 vote, at a special meeting to decide whom to endorse in Louisiana's open primaries Nov. 7, was the first time in recent memory that an incumbent had failed to win the state party's endorsement.
All seven of the state's congressional seats are open.
Jefferson denies the bribery allegations and has not been charged. A former Jefferson aide and a Kentucky businessman have pleaded guilty in an alleged scheme to get kickbacks for helping the businessman get contracts in Africa.
U.S. Rep. William Jefferson listens as the Rev. Zebedee Bridges endorses him for re-election at his campaign headquarters in New Orleans Monday Oct. 2, 2006. Jefferson, an eight-term congressman, has endorsements including more than a dozen political groups, including the Democratic Executive Committees of both Orleans and Jefferson parishes; 18 ministers, and 19 labor organizations, including the state AFL-CIO. (AP Photo/Bill Haber)
What next?
Jaws theme music playing...
43% of the Louisiana's Democrat leadership has no problem whatsoever with supporting a corrupt criminal for high office.
He was against global warming...keep things frozen..
especially ..hard cash. how can thes politicans..
who have broken the laws (moral and otherwise)..even
show their faces...I mean Dems. and Repubs...for
starters..Clinton and his perverted sex, Jefferson
above, Cunningham, Ney, Foley, etc...ordinary people
have a sense of conscience and fair play..not these
people...moveon..is a bunch of Bull$$$$..just like the
web site...Jake
Pardon me, but if this doesn't take him off the ballot, it doesn't mean anything.
how can thes politicans..
who have broken the laws (moral and otherwise)..even
show their faces...
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tarring and feathering is no longer PC and running folks out of town on rails is so old fashioned. ?
beats me.. I feel for all the good politicians that in one or another also must now face much closer scrutiny.. well, republicans will anyway if you're the MSM and one of their proponents..
Yeah, what are the chances that all the congressional elections would happen to fall on the same day?!
44% of Americans had no problems voting for a sex offender in 1996....
Sad state of affairs, no?
Louisana has open primaries on Nov. 7th? When do they hold their general elections?
LOLOL..
It's a family run 'business', "servicing" the community for years.
I wonder if the Rev. is any relation to Tapanzee Bridge?
First Saturday in december I believe.
Jefferson still will probably win though. New Orleans has clan voting. Jefferson's clan is huge and the state DNC has little say in it.
If anything this will hurt Blanco worse next year because without Jefferson and Nagin's clan, Blanco has only her Lafayette dems left.
So I can't wait till we get Governor Jindal in next term.
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