Posted on 07/01/2005 4:23:27 PM PDT by TheOtherOne
Looks like Duke seriously stepped in it. Too bad. I like the guy, but when someone offers me about twice what my house is worth, I'm going to think about it for a while.
Especially when I know with whom the offerer does business with.
Also, he had to know that that boat cost about a million dollars. Does paying dock fees and maintenance cover the mortgage on the boat? Give me a break.
Only his cron... er ... friends call him "Duke".
Roll him up.
Duke is about to get a congressional sized ZOT!
What are our elected politicians doing with yachts?
Thank God his district is safe.
Guy shot down 3 Migs in one day over Vietnam, was an ace; wish it was some loser congressman insted. Maybe that's why he thought he could get away with it, though.
Duke, I've supported you for years but it's time to pay the piper - resign and fight like hell - but unless this is a fabrication you must step aside.
Read the story. It wasn't his Yacht.
Actually the root of these problems (donning flame-resistant suit) is the low pay of Congressmen. You can't give someone the power over hundreds of millions of dollars worth of contracts and pay them less than an orthodonist and then be shocked when stuff like this happens.
Cunningham is a member of the House Appropriations Defense Subcommittee and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, both of which oversee the kind of classified intelligence work MZM does for the military.
Cunningham has also lived part-time on Wade's boat, docked on the Potomac River. He has said he agreed to pay dock fees and service and maintenance costs to Wade in lieu of rent to stay there. Living on Wade's boat without paying would violate congressional ethics rules.
He sells his house to a government contractor, who's business has tripled, and he's staying on this guys yacht?
Incredible.
No, it wasn't. And we know who's yacht it was.
A contributers and someone that does government contract work, who's business has nearly tripled.
Nice arrangement.
Reading this, you have to assume Duke is a Dem?
"Reading this, you have to assume Duke is a Dem?"
Sadly, he is an R.
OOOK.
Believe it or not, I disagree.
The real problem is, is time. These people, both Dems and Reps are spending their entire lives in politics, making very lucrative careers. How many rookie cops ever got bagged for corruption, as opposed to seasoned veterans?
It's no secret, the longer these people are on the public payroll, their chances of becoming corrupted go straight up.
I am not saying this guy is guilty. Lets just say it could look a lot better for him.
Just the links and circumstance alone, reek.
Over and over, on threads about Dem corruption, I read that "If so-and-so had been a Republican, they'd have trumpeted this in the headline!" Well, it doesn't seem to be so...
We need to throw away the keys to the cells of corrupt politicians. Of whatever party.
Nah, they're actually investigating his transgressions. That doesn't sound like something that happens to a Dem.
Either way, if he's on the take, boot his ass out. We can do better.
The article says he took a loss of $700,000 on the house. Where do you come up with the idea that he sold it for twice what it was worth?
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