Wilder dubs FBI sting 'wrong'

AP ^ | 5/28/5 | MATT GOURAS

[SmithL]

How dare them expect elected officials to be able to resist criminal temptations.

[John Jorsett]

I suspect the FBI is too smart to commit entrapment and blow their case. If there was money involved, the legislators would have had to ask for it.

[King Prout]

pffft!

one baits flies with dung, gators with putrid chicken, and democrats with money.

it is the way to snare the beast.

[OldFriend]

Because they're CROOKS

[Abcdefg]

What is the point of being a politician if you can't take bribes?

[beltfed308]

"I'm hurt because John is where he is, and Roscoe is where he is and Kathryn is where she is," Wilder said. "It's rough. We're family. Three members of our family are in hell. Why? Because they're legislators."

Quite a telling statement from the "leader" of the state. I have a feeling this is bigger than just the 4 main ring leaders.

[GailA]

Praise the LORD, john ford has resigned effective today! He is NO LONGER my senator!

[joshhiggins]

"It's rough. We're family. Three members of our family are in hell. Why? Because they're legislators."

Why? Because their your typical Corrupt Democrat legislators, who got caught doing what Democrats do.

[GailA]

Wait they will be hollering that the pittance they are paid is the cause of former sen john ford (love that thought) took bribes.

[Alright_on_the_LeftCoast]

bwaaaaahhhhh....cry me a flipping river....quite telling that nowhere does he say it was wrong for his "dear friends" to take the money....bwaaaahhh...how could they resist that dirty old fbi bribe...bwaaaaahhh...my friends were bamboozled and got caught....bwahhhhhh...stupid democrat...go home.

[GailA]

The Feds didn't offer these crooks money, the crooks DEMANDED specified sums from the Feds.

[eno_]

Political corruption, bureaucratic corruption, and law enforcement corruption are all FAR more commonplace than the average sheeple might think.

We need a LOT more stings like this.

[SwinneySwitch]

Are they all demonrats?

[B4Ranch]

Basically he's saying that being tempted by dirty money is more than any man or woman should have to bear.

I guess when you have never earned a days wages out in the dirt, dirty money has special attractions. We won't get into discussing morals or integrity here because JR would need another gagillion bytes of hard drive space. Let's suffice with the fact that politicians are a different class of people than the rest of hardworking America.

[Tacis]

I don't know about you, but this just tells me that Wilder is also dirty and just waiting for a knock on his door.

[B4Ranch]

No, there's one Republican.

[beltfed308]

I totally agree. The part that gets me the most is the whining of politicians being targeted when all they do is pass laws all day long affecting us minions.

[Venerable Bede]

Wilder is an idiot. I can't believe the GOP-controlled Legislature elected him as Lt. Governor. We have 2 turncoats of our own, namely Tim Burchett and Mike Williams.

Incidentally, Ford is still under investigation by the Legislature's Ethics Committee for some of his TennCare dealings, ie. pocketing money as an advisor to a managed care group that recieved TennCare funds.

[SmithL]

Cross Link: "Tenn. State Senator Resigns After Arrest"
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1412368/posts?page=1

[vetvetdoug]

There is something really wrong with a Democrat invoking the name of Ray Blanton to justify criminal wrongdoing. Blanton was infamous for corruption and kickbacks. Being from McNairy County, most everyone knew Blanton's ties and under the table wrongdoings.