Corbett mounts war against 'culture of corruption' (Pennsylvania AG)

TRIBUNE-REVIEW (exurban Pittsburgh) ^ | 13 July 2008 | Brad Bumsted

[Vigilanteman]

HARRISBURG -- If the grand jury is correct, the 12 people indicted in a sprawling political corruption case aren't just the center of a court battle. They're the opening shots of a cultural conflict.

The grand jury empanelled by state Attorney General Tom Corbett portrayed Suite 626 in the state Capitol as the center of a taxpayer-financed political machine aimed at helping former Rep. Mike Veon and other House Democrats get re-elected.

Allegations in the 90-page report, anticipated for more than a year by state lawmakers and their employees, are "a symbolic event of a much larger picture," said Christopher Borick, political science professor at Muhlenberg College in Allentown.

[Vigilanteman]

Our Attoney General Tom Corbett deserves congratulations for keeping this story going by simply doing his job. Tom, one of the few Republicans left in statewide office, won solid re-election in 2006, when the Donks were winning just about everything else.

McCain could do a hell of a lot worse than picking this gutsy man as VP, even though he isn't well known outside the state. I predict that he soon will be.

[Shanty Shaker]

I have this feeling that the only time these people will spend in jail is the time it took for the perp walk and to go through booking.

[Tribune7]

ping

[Vigilanteman]

Even if you are right, and you may be with the large number of jackass judges embedded into the system, the mere fact that these crooks are tainted and publicly humiliated is cause for celebration. I'm very impressed that Corbett chooses to do the right thing when the course of least resistance would be to go along to get along.

Corbett, along with Pat Toomey, gives us hope that maybe, just maybe, conservatives have hope for the future in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

[Rudder]

...keeping this story going...

What story? Who did what, when?

[Vigilanteman]

Go to the original source and follow the links. This has been on the front pages of most newspapers in Pennsylvania since the indictments were handed down last week.

I wish to make a factual correction: Tom Corbett was not re-elected in 2006. He was elected narrowly in 2004.

His first term as AG was a 1995-1997 appointment to fill out the term of former Attorney General Ernie Preate, who was kicked out of office for corruption. Corbett pledged not to run for re-election then as part of the confirmation process.

[Dr. Bogus Pachysandra]

“the mere fact that these crooks are tainted and publicly humiliated is cause for celebration. “
Well,,,,, for us maybe. But every dimwit that I know won’t care at all. Because, well. Republicans are worse. That’s the way they think. Republicans are nasty, racist, gun-toting religious nuts, and in the pocket of Bushco.

[AGreatPer]

My good reporter friends at the Capitol told me Friday they are getting little co-op on getting info to nail individuals.
They also stated, "what you see and hear now is only the surface, it is going to get nasty". Let's hope.

[penowa]

""Too much power rests with individuals based on seniority," said Sen. Jim Ferlo, D-Highland Park. He has sponsored a bill that would authorize a limited constitutional convention to curtail things such as leaders' power, salaries and the size of legislative staffs."

Typical Democrat response to corruption - Let's have a constitutional convention and change the rules! Is there anyone who believes that a con-con would mean less power for the crooks? Unfortunately, yes. PA is bursting at the seams with moron sheeple who will buy any s--t shoveled to them by the crooks.

[Tribune7]

Does it lead to Eddie? I would be SHOCKED if it does!!! SHOCKED I tell you!!!

[Shanty Shaker]

I was pleased watching Corbett do his press conference. Not pleased that this has been gotten away with for so long, but pleased that he chose not to be a Spitzer. His humility qualifies him as having remarkable character.

[Vigilanteman]

Corbett used to be DA in SW Pennsylvania. While this area is overwhelmingly Democrat, it is the lunch pail Democrats more than the moonbats. They actually respect a man who does his job, even if he happens to be a Republican.