Feinstein’s Cardinal shenanigans [caught in huge financial corruption scam]

The Hill ^ | Keene

[pabianice]

Anyone who knows much about real power in Congress knows that almost every member of the House and Senate lusts after a seat on the Appropriations Committee and hopes one day to achieve the status of Cardinal. The Cardinals, of course, are the folks who chair the various Appropriations Committee subcommittees and literally control the billions of dollars that pass through their hands.

California Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D) chairs the Senate Rules Committee, but she’s also a Cardinal. She is currently chairwoman of the Interior, Environment and Related Agencies subcommittee, but until last year was for six years the top Democrat on the Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies (or “Milcon”) sub-committee, where she may have directed more than $1 billion to companies controlled by her husband.

If the inferences finally coming out about what she did while on Milcon prove true, she may be on the way to morphing from a respected senior Democrat into another poster child for congressional corruption.

[BlessedBeGod]

Some other links from january and March:

Feinstein Caught in Conflict of Interest on Military Contracts

Feinstein quits committee under war-profiteer cloud

[IamConservative]

I’m no Brad Pitt myself, but I would have to quit shaving if that mug was looking back at me every morning. Something you would expect to see at the State Fair..

[chimera]

Fineswine is a ‘Rat and so will skate away from this one pretty much unharmed. Being from Ratland (i.e., CA) also helps since the voters there don’t seem to care about anything other than the ‘D’ after the name. Look for the MSM to ignore this or somehow spin it away. In the end, you’ll have editorial writers saying things like “this is old news”, or “they all do it” (remember that one?), even though stuff like this got Randy Cunningham a term in the slammer (but that’s okay, he’s a Republican and as such “deserved” it). If all else fails, the MSM will blame it on Bush and those “mean-spirited Republicans”.

[Fresh Wind]

Aw, c’mon. That’s gotta be a Photoshop job. Nobody really looks like that, do they?

[traditional1]

"Something you would expect to see at the State Fair.."

AHA ! That's IT!

I knew I'd seen that grotesque-looking face before, and now I remember it was at a Carnival.....

[Grizzled Bear]

Something you would expect to see at the State Fair..

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For two bits a gander?