Posted on 11/24/2006 6:04:16 AM PST by PJ-Comix
As an "H" myself, I thought at first it might be Initial Discrimination: Harmon Hate, Hoyer Hate. But then why is there no Hastings Hate?
No, I think a more likely explanation is that Alcee Hastings fills a quota possesses a qualification that neither Jane Harmon nor Steny Hoyer can meet.
Even many Freepers have bought into the fact that America somehow voted for the Left this election. They didn't. They just fell for the Left's fake hawkishness and promises to clean up corruption.
Because he has a beard???? (/s)
There are at least some Democrats who are rational enough to know that, as Lawrence O'Donnell said, if they seat Hastings as chair of the committee, it will cost the Democrats the House next time. Fortunately, not enough.
Now what do we know about Pelosi's choice, Alcee Hastings? A little quick googling reveals the following:
In 1989, Hastings was impeached by the U.S. House of Representatives for bribery and perjury. The Democratic-controlled Senate convicted Judge Hastings of accepting a $150,000 bribe in 1981 in exchange for a lenient sentence and of perjury in his testimony about the case. He became only the sixth Judge in the history of United States to be removed from office by the United States Senate.
After his impeachment and removal from office for corruption and perjury, Hastings was elected to the House of Representatives in 1992.
So instead of calling him Alcee "Here comes the judge" Hastings, I will call him Alcee "Here comes the BRIBE" Hastings.
She was thinking about picking William "The Refrigerator" Jefferson, but he was busy defrosting his wallet.
"Harmon" is the Jamaican pronunciation.
DRAIN THE SWAMP!
Isn't that what Pelosi pledged?
It would be fitting, too. Because just like Pelosi herself--maybe even more so--Kookcinich is FLAT OUT NUTS!!!
Here he is, thinking he can fly around a room:
effin' crook. f*ck 'im.
Well, if you're gonna nitpick. . . .
Impeached AND removed by a democratic congress.
There you go again. . . . Don't you think it's time to STOP this politics of personal destruction? Let's just all take a deep breath and not rush to judgment. It's time to MOVE ON.
For The Children™, of course.
Here comes the bribe,
Alcee can't hide. . . .
Oh, why not? Nobody's perfect. 16 little, teensy-weensy counts of bribery, corruption, and perjury--big deal!
I hate to tell you this, but I'm afraid all that Botox has been seeping into her cerebrum.
DRAIN THE SWAMP!
Who's on first?
Geez, when the convoluted John Conyers is after impeaching a fellow Dem...
16 COUNTS.
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