Lawmaker With Past Ties to Chávez tops U.S. Funeral Delegation

Newsmax ^ | Friday, 08 Mar 2013 09:01 AM | Sandy Fitzgerald

[Olog-hai]

Rep. Greg Meeks will head up a U.S. delegation attending the funeral Friday of Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez, a decision by President Barack Obama that is drawing attention because of the congressman’s previous ties to Chávez. …

Former Massachusetts Democratic Rep. Bill Delahunt is also part of the U.S. funeral delegation. Like Meeks, Delahunt drew criticism in 2005 for meeting the Venezuelan dictator to discuss a deal for discounted heating oil to help low-income residents of Massachusetts. …

[Monterrosa-24]

Protocol demands that the ambassador attend and that he send a nice letter to the family. Other than that nothing should be done for that zip wad. Are we not short of money?

[DoodleDawg]

I’d just as soon they send nobody at all. But a powerless Congressman and ex-Congressman are about as unimpressive a delegation as you can send.

[dfwgator]

Hey, Jesse Jackson is there, that sounds pretty impressive to me.

[Perdogg]

Has anyone ever stopped to think that, if reports from ex-ambassador from Panama Guillermo Cochez are true, Chavez died on December 30th but his death was made to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the death of Stalin?

[DPMD]

Will the usual gaggle of hollywood whores be accompanying him on a government plane, or will Penn, Spacey, Glover, Stone and the others each be traveling by private, carbon spewing jet?

[Verginius Rufus]

I have just heard that Jesse Jackson, Jr., plans to go, not his father.

Is Jimmy Carter staying away? Hard to see why he would.

[dfwgator]

Is Sean Penn already there?

[Beagle8U]

Yup, they pickled and stuffed the fat bastard and waited until 4:25 PM to say he died.

I’d be willing to bet that his commie hero died at that exact time too.

[VeniVidiVici]

Is Sean Penn already there?

Yup. He's there.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks Perdogg, sounds plausible.

[SunkenCiv]

Gregory Meeks | CREW's Most Corrupt Members of Congress

[SunkenCiv]

Pork Parade: Former Members Eat from Both Sides of the Trough
By CREW Staff
January 26, 2012
http://www.crewsmostcorrupt.org/blog/c/william-delahunt

The New York Times last week reported former Rep. William Delahunt (D-MA), now heading a lobbying firm, will be paid from an earmark he pushed through while still in Congress. The Times quoted experts in federal earmarking as saying “they could not recall a case in which a former lawmaker stood to benefit so directly from an earmark he had authorized.”