Posted on 11/28/2005 12:30:57 PM PST by RWR8189
""He did the worst thing an elected official can do _ he enriched himself through his position and violated the trust of those who put him there," U.S. Attorney Carol Lam said. The statement did not identify the conspirators."
duh- his mistake was getting caught. I wonder how many congressman could stand up to the scutiny he was eventually put under.
And the Clintons still walk free...
Shame Shame Shame Shame.
Holy crap. I hope he gets all ten years but I doubt it. He was my congressman for awhile also and really liked the guy but I have no respect for him now.
What's the emoticon for me spitting in his face.
Yeah, I can't wait for the Republicans to take control of Congress so we can put some dems away.
And one of the most corrupt people in American politics was just elected Governor of New Jersey.
yet another good reason to be a lefty. :)
There was no "mistake" in this. He's a crook and I hope they throw the book at him. When are political officials, like Catholic priests, going to get it that their sins/crimes affect the entire body. This crap has got to be seriously punished and stopped. As a strong Catholic watching the priests' scandals and a Republican watching this kind of crap, it saddens me a lot. I expect this of democrats... not republicans. We are supposed to raise the bar of ethics.
I hope your not calling me a lefty. Holding fire until written and easily misinterpreted words are clarified.
very true. yet Corzine is a "hero" to the left and the media.
Doesn't make him any less of a sleeze-ball. Hope they throw the book at him.
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Standards do apply to Republicans, and they should. However, the same standards do not apply to Democrats!
> duh- his mistake was getting caught. I wonder how many congressman could stand up to the scutiny he was eventually put under.
I really hope you aren't saying that his crimes were no big deal and shouldn't be prosecuted.
I know it's our guy, but our guy broke the law and he deserves all the punishment he's going to get. If you believe different you're no different than the felonious Clintoons.
If the "it's ok if you get away with it" mentality has infested the GOP the way it infested the Dims, I weep for our country.
This last paragraph plays right into the stated Democratic strategy for 2006 of painting all Republicans as corrupt. The media (and, apparently some Republicans) are all too willing to assist the Dems in their strategy.
Good Grief! "We" are supposed to be the good guys. I hope they punish him to the fullest extent of the law.
This is a heartbreaking betrayal. Cunningham was my rep for a while before districts changed. I was proud to have him as my rep then. Vietnam Ace, Top Gun instructor. What went wrong? How stupid to do these things and think that its ok. It is beyond my understanding. Term limits maybe the only real answer. Sickening to give the democrats ammo like this.
The F-4 Phantom in the San Diego Aerospace museum is painted as his warbird from Vietnam . I used to visit the museum and feel proud that it was there, next to aircraft my father worked on in WWII. I dont know what to feel now. Two different men I guess. The one who served the country in good ways, and the one who betrayed it. How did that journey happen? Where was the point of no return?
Who else is doing this?
This felon is my congressman and his former residence is less than a mile from me. I felt punched in the gut when I first heard of his bogus sale earlier this year. How dare he besmirch the country, his office and the GOP with his crimes? Where did his wife think all the booty was coming from? He belongs in jail.
You are exactly correct. This is a world apart from asinine campaign finance garbage or Iran Contra - where the heart was in the right place. This is the crap of the House Postal scandal - even worse - and is rotten.
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