""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.
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.
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.
Doesn't make him any less of a sleeze-ball. Hope they throw the book at him.
> 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 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.
One of the benefits of distancing ourselves from our whackos is that we don't end up with Howard Dean running our party.
Lucky for us, he as a REPUBLICAN, otherwise we would not have heard it on the news.
We shall see. The Abramoff stuff hasn't hit the fan, yet.
No, his mistake ( crime) was taking a bribe. We don't need him.
Sounds a lot like Murtha, IMO.
What planet do you reside on?
What a disgraceful position to take! Makes me sick at heart to even read such skewed thinking, sir!
One currupt congressman down, 434 to go.
it's the congressional lifers who are probably most corrupt.
I'm pretty cynical, but even I don't think that "many congressmen" manage to take $2.4 MILLION in bribes.
Nothing common at all about this crook.