Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson: 'I broke no rules' in scholarship flap

Dallas Morning News ^ | 07:13 AM CDT on Tuesday, September 28, 2010 | By GROMER JEFFERS Jr. / The Dallas Morning News gjeffers@dallasnews.com

[Free in Texas]

Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson said Monday that she should have been more diligent in overseeing the allocation of scholarship money that ultimately went to her relatives and the children of an aide. But she refused to apologize or acknowledge that she did anything wrong.

[Free in Texas]

So the other shoe has now dropped. She knew her actions were unethical and detrimental to deserving (if a requirement of a 2.5 GPA can called deserving but I guess you go with what you have) students in her own district, and as usual, she'll get a free pass. I don't see how Pastor Broden has a chance against her. One can only hope.

[paul51]

no one really expects a politician to be able to distinguish right from wrong nor the constituents that voted for them to know any better, do they

[irishtenor]

We get three quarter the way through the article before it is evident she is a DEMOCRAT.

[Deagle]

So very true... My guess, she will be reelected just because she is black in a black district. They just don’t give a damn... It’s all about money coming back to them, hell with America.

[GeronL]

If this were a Republican this wouldn’t be a friendly column inside the Metro section, it would be a front page attack.

[SgtHooper]

We have been learning over the last 24 months that these fools know no difference and could care less of they did.

[GeronL]

She owns that district, is anyone even running against her? It’s probably not worth it.

[lonestar]

She has been known to be a lying idiot for years...and is safe because she represents a majority of idiots.

[Deagle]

Yes, real problem for Democracy when people vote race instead of what is best for America.

[Saltmeat]

The people that elected Eddie Bernice Johnson are similar thereunto to the people that continue to reelect Charlie Rangel. In their view it is totally a racial thing. It is them against us. They are getting exactly what the deserve.

[hal ogen]

What was it that the loser, algore, said when caught taking illegal campaign contributions in a Buddhist temple: There is no (?) legal authority.

[NonValueAdded]

“I took full responsibility for it because it happened in my office,” she said.

No clue as to what that means, has she?

[Venturer]

Why would anyone think that a member of a racist organisation like the Congressional Black caucus would have any idea what the word Ethics means?

It is The Klan with a tan.

[class8601_nuke]

Now you know, you absolutely know, that it wasn’t wrong....until she got caught

[HushTX]

In their view it is totally a racial thing. It is them against us. They are getting exactly what the deserve

With Pastor Broden running against her, they can no longer address it as a racial issue. How will they play it now?