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Congressman Admits Taking Bribes, Resigns From House (Cunningham)
Fox News ^ | 11/28/05 | AP

Posted on 11/28/2005 11:50:36 AM PST by standingfirm

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To: FineYoungGOPgal
He had already has announced he was.

Howard Kaloogian for Congress

281 posted on 11/29/2005 10:21:31 AM PST by CounterCounterCulture
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To: Bernard Marx

It is the Bush Administration's Justice Department that is prosecuting Congressman Cunningham. It is the Bush administratration's appointed Special Prosecutor who is prosecuting Scotter Libby and perhaps Carl Rove. It is the Bush administration's Justice Department that has assigned 45 investigators to go after Republican lobbyists Michael Scanlon and Jack Abramoff plus possibly Republican Congressmen Ney and DeLay.
It is the Bush administration's appointed head of the Securities Exchange Commission who is investigating Senator Bill Frist.
I am certain that if Congressional Democrats are currently involved in federal criminal acts, the Bush Administration's Justice Department will prosecute them with equal or even superior vigor. The media have no say over who is indicted, they can only cover the indictments and investigations.


282 posted on 11/29/2005 11:18:00 AM PST by jamese777
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To: jamese777

I agree with everything you say. What does it have to do with what I posted?


283 posted on 11/29/2005 11:28:44 AM PST by Bernard Marx (Don't make the mistake of interpreting my Civility as Servility)
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To: ncountylee

"A sad day, he was a good man."

No, he was corrupt.


284 posted on 11/29/2005 11:47:02 AM PST by EQAndyBuzz (Liberal Talking Point - Bush = Hitler ... Republican Talking Point - Let the Liberals Talk)
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To: EQAndyBuzz

No, he is (and became)corrupt.


When he became an air ace, even shooting down three planes in a single day, in defense of our country, he was a good man (hero).

Shame that you missed the grade school lessons on verb tenses. Facts help too.

Why do liberals either seem to be unaware of or shy away from facts? You don't happen to be...no I guess not.


285 posted on 11/29/2005 11:51:10 AM PST by ncountylee (Dead terrorists smell like victory)
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To: standingfirm

Contrast this with a president porking an intern in the white house, then NOT resigning...


286 posted on 11/29/2005 12:11:44 PM PST by Mr. K (Some days even my lucky rocket ship underpants don't help...)
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To: ncountylee

Ah.. he "was a good man."

Sorry, my tense was off. So he became corrupt. Well, I really don't care if he was an air ace or Mother Teresa. He did something wrong, he admitted to it and he resigned.

As a public official that makes him corrupt and whether he is a RAT or Republican is irrelevant.


287 posted on 11/29/2005 12:17:07 PM PST by EQAndyBuzz (Liberal Talking Point - Bush = Hitler ... Republican Talking Point - Let the Liberals Talk)
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To: EQAndyBuzz

Randy was and is a great man! No matter what he did. Besides, he didn't really do anything. This was all set up as a liberal plot just to make him look bad. It was really the liberals who took the bribes and did the special favors. It was really the liberals that abused this position and stole from the taxpayers. Cunningham rocks and always will! The media and the liberals are making this all up just because they hate us because we won the last election and we're kicking there asses. The country is in great shape and Iraq is going beautifully but the liberals won't let you know that.

I hope Randy Cunningham comes back and kicks the liberals asses when he wins for Senate in a landslide!!!! Conservatives Rule!!! Liberals Suck!!!


288 posted on 11/29/2005 12:29:19 PM PST by ProUSA (Cunningham was innocent: The liberals framed him!!!)
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To: Crowcreek

"You seem to be happy to assume that he put people at risk with his actions, and you don't know ANYTHING about it!"

Being a former navy officer, I know about crimes against the nation and I'm not assuming anything pal. I asked a question, and instead of responding rationally, you lather out a sneering, take-your-football-go-home answer. You need to step outside of your unbelief and breathe some fresh air. You are obviously too close to this either personally, or emotionally. What did he do, sign your ballcap at an airshow when you were six years old? Grow up. There is a country to run.


289 posted on 11/29/2005 12:58:00 PM PST by Tulsa Ramjet ("So far, so good. But this is only phase one."-- Captain America)
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To: kittymyrib
I went to USC with Duke and was in the NROTC with him. Even as a college kid, every one knew that he was something special. He gave a speech once on how important HONOR is for a military officer that I still remember. No one that knew him was suprised with what he did in Vietnam and later in Congress. I was so proud of him. He is the last person I would have ever thought to be so stupid and corrupt. Sad
290 posted on 11/29/2005 1:48:54 PM PST by bybybill (GOD help us if the Rats win)
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To: ken5050

before my time, but i do remember reading about it.

fake shiek offering money to democrats?


291 posted on 11/29/2005 2:33:41 PM PST by buckeye2159
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To: grobdriver

He only admitted mistakes after he was caught. He didn't have much choice.


292 posted on 11/29/2005 2:36:42 PM PST by luckystarmom
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To: pleikumud
"The Demorats are allies of the terrorists, and the Republicans are confused morons. Anyone disagree?"

Not me. Pols mostly care about getting reelected.

293 posted on 11/29/2005 2:38:00 PM PST by subterfuge (Obama, mo mama...er Osama-La bamba, uh, Bama...Banana Rama...URP!---Ted Kennedy)
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To: tessalu

He only admitted it after he was blatantly caught, and he was going to lose in court. I don't see anything honest about that.


294 posted on 11/29/2005 2:50:13 PM PST by luckystarmom
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To: highball
If he valued service to his country so highly, he wouldn't have sold his office.

Bingo!

295 posted on 11/29/2005 3:38:26 PM PST by annie laurie (All that is gold does not glitter, not all those who wander are lost)
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To: bybybill
I went to USC with Duke and was in the NROTC with him.

USC? When was that?

Duke Cunningham timeline

Dec 8, 1941: Randy "Duke" Cunningham is born in Los Angeles and grows up in Shelbina, Mo. 1964: B.A., University of Missouri.

1965: M.A. in education, University of Missouri.

1966: Joins the U.S. Navy.


296 posted on 11/29/2005 3:43:45 PM PST by calcowgirl
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To: calcowgirl

"USC? When was that?"

1962. He was thrown out of NROTC because someone paid him to take a test.

REEEEEEEEEEEELAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAX. Just a little comedic interjection to lighten the mood.


297 posted on 11/29/2005 4:01:03 PM PST by Tulsa Ramjet ("So far, so good. But this is only phase one."-- Captain America)
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To: calcowgirl

I was with him at USC in 1963, I haven`t a clue where this is from. I was at his commitioning into the Navy in the spring of 1964. His family lived in San Diego.
May be there is two of them


298 posted on 11/29/2005 4:19:06 PM PST by bybybill (GOD help us if the Rats win)
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To: bybybill

>>I haven`t a clue where this is from.

The link would take you to his biographical timeline, from the San Diego Union-Tribune. That information is consistent with his Congressional biography which says he went to the Univ of Missouri (no mention of USC).
http://cunningham.house.gov/Biography/

>>I was with him at USC in 1963... I was at his commitioning into the Navy in the spring of 1964. His family lived in San Diego... May be there is two of them

It would seem so. Perhaps you were with the other one.


299 posted on 11/29/2005 4:35:41 PM PST by calcowgirl
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To: eddie65
many deposits on real estate are kept by the seller if the buyer can't meet the terms of the contract. It is a common practice.

But $100K seems a bit much to me, especially from a Saudi to a Democrat - holier than thou person who claims to be rooting for the little guy. It's almost like $100K from "cattle futures" for Hillary.

300 posted on 11/29/2005 5:17:55 PM PST by SteamShovel
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