Posted on 12/09/2006 8:16:52 PM PST by LdSentinal
Congressman William Jefferson has been re-elected to Congress, according to WWL-TV election analyst Greg Rigamer.
With two-thirds of the vote counted, Jefferson had a 6,000-vote lead over challenger Karen Carter.
"I'm a little worried about what this is going to say to the nation," said City Councilwoman Cynthia Hedge-Morrell, a Carter supporter.
Jefferson was forced into the runoff against a fellow Democrat when he failed to win 50 percent of the vote in a crowded open multiparty primary. His opponent, state Rep. Karen Carter, is seeking to become the first black woman from Louisiana elected to Congress.
Jefferson, 59, has been handicapped by a wide-ranging investigation into allegations that he took bribes including $90,000 allegedly found in his freezer during an FBI raid -- from a company seeking lucrative contracts in the Nigerian telecommunications market. He has not been charged with any crime and denies any wrongdoing.
The scandal turned the race into a debate largely divided along racial lines, an age-old dynamic in this city that has intensified since Hurricane Katrina displaced large numbers of blacks and upended their demographic and political dominance.
Whites, who overwhelmingly voted for Carter in the primary and have been her most enthusiastic financial backers, believe a Jefferson win would confirm this city's image as corrupt and untrustworthy as it asks the nation to fund its recovery from Katrina.
He may be a crook, but he won by campaigning on traditional values. For whatever it is worth:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1748569/posts
# In his latest ad, Jefferson is turning to social issues to motivate the churchgoing African-American community. He accuses Carter of supporting same-sex marriage, late-term abortions and cloning. He's running as a cultural conservative in an overwhelmingly Dem district.
Full script: ANNCR: Karen Carter says there's a big difference between her and Congressman Jefferson. Especially when it comes to family values. Karen Carter voted for same-sex marriage. (on screen: picture of two women holding hands) Congressman Jefferson voted against it. Karen Carter voted for late-term abortions.
Congressman Jefferson voted to stop late-term abortions altogether. Congressman Jefferson voted to make it illegal to clone a human being. But Karen Carter was the only member of the Louisiana House to vote against making human cloning a crime. Big difference? You bet there is
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Two syllables, crime pays.
So it's true to it's trashy image. Big surprise.
ROFLMAO
It just never stops, does it?
I love beating liberals over the head with this crap;
God, I hope the national GOP gets on this immediately.
We need to hang this a-hole around Pelosi's neck.
He ran on the traditional values crook platform.
Have we become that disengaged or that callused that electing crooks is OK?
This bill's cold as ice...my boss says it won't suffice, no sir
This isn't very nice...he'll make me pay the price, no sir
I've not had a hundred that would ever snap
So Congressman Jefferson what is this crap
I bring pizza hot...right here to your door
I live off my tips...what are you doing this for?
This bill's cold as ice...my boss says it won't suffice, no sir
This isn't very nice...he'll make me pay the price, no sir
I don't understand dishonest Democrats
We search for corruption...that is where you're always at
One day a rich drunk drives off of a bridge
Now you hide your bribe money right there in your fridge
Cold as ice...it's freezing my hand
Cold as ice
This hundred is cold as ice
This hundred is cold as ice
This hundred is cod as ice
Yippee! His indictment will be a lot more entertaining.
That would be completely out of character for the national GOP.
They did the same thing here in New York..
Just look at Hevesi and the rest of them.
The O.J. congressman.
Good one DFU, hadn't seen that ditty.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.
I am not slightly surprised. Dems excoriate GOP crooks and reelect their own! Foley makes gay email suggestions and resigns. Studs has gay sex with an intern does not resign, is defiant, and is actually cheered on the house floor.
The GOP is stupid not to point this out every chance they get and the electorate that elected these animals deserves everything bad they get. It is too bad that good people live in those districts with them.
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