Posted on 06/07/2007 8:18:50 AM PDT by TornadoAlley3
Democratic strategist Donna Brazile urged Rep. William Jefferson, D-La., to resign in an interview aired Wednesday on National Public Radio's News and Notes.
"I personally hope that he would do what’s best for his family and his constituents and put his legal case before everything else and allow someone else to step up and represent that district," Brazile told NPR.
Jefferson represents the still vulnerable city of New Orleans and Brazile continued, "If there’s one congressional district in America that needs a full time lawmaker focused and committed to the recovery of the Gulf Coast, it’s the second congressional district of Louisiana."
A federal grand jury delivered a 16-count indictment of Jefferson on Tuesday that includes charges of money laundering, racketeering, and obstruction of justice.
Brazile, who served as Vice President Al Gore's chief of staff during his 2000 presidential bid, said she's known Jefferson since she was an intern with the Louisiana state legislature.
"He's a hard worker, he's been a dedicated public servant, but this probe, these allegations are a distraction," Brazile said.
She said she believes the pressure on Jefferson to step down now will come from two sources: his colleagues on the Democratic side of Congress and also from the people back at home in New Orleans.
In the wake of the indictment, the House took initial steps that could lead to Jefferson's expulsion from Congress.
"I'm also pleading because of the residents of that great, wonderful city that needs his leadership, needs his attention. And right now he can not give them his full… I'm not playing this as a political game. I'm playing this personally because my own family and many other families in the Gulf Coast," Brazile said.
This is really something. Brazille is a dyed in the wool, yellow-dog Democrat and has been close to Dollar Bill for many years. Also, Landrieu said something in today’s T-P which was a wink short of a request for resignation. Its the begging of the end and death will come via a thousand cuts.
“Sounds to me like they just want to move his guilty ass out of the spotlight”
Donna Brazile is just part of the Democrat machine. She is reading the script the party has given her. She is high up enough in the party that the media will report her “opinion”. By having her chime in on this, Pelosi and Co. and free to say something like “we don’t feel it is appropriate to comment on this on-going investigation...blah. blah, blah”
Yep, with her saying this, it prevents 'whitey' from having to do it. It's all racial with African-American Democrats. Wait until Hillary finds that out when she says something desperate after Obama overtakes her in the polls...
This is garbage!
So what? This is nothing more than political kabuki. It's all political cover so the Dems can later say, "Yeah, we publicly called on our own - Jefferson - to resign". Where were all these Democrats a year ago when Jefferson was caught redhanded with cash in the freezer? Why didn't they call for his resignation then? Or where they secretly hoping Jefferson might somehow weather the storm?
It would have been sincere if Brazile had made this declaration a year ago, but now Brazile is actually trying to use this for all the political mileage they can get out of it. It's like a coward coming out from behind the family sofa and shooting an intruder who has already been shot dead by someone else in family and claiming he shot the intruder!
If I were Jefferson, I would hang in there until his party comes to drag me off! What a spectacle that would be!
Some people on the forum may not know that Representative Jefferson was the Democrat gubernatorial candidate in 1999 and polled about 35 percent of the ballots. There are some in LA who still admire him, but they may be afraid to speak up.
Don’t even begin to try to tell me that LA is more Corrupt than NJ. He!! Our corruption is systemic. We go all the way from the local politicians all the way up to our State Supreme Court. The Supreme Court has ruled in recent years that it was ok to ignore the constitution when it involved a Democratic candidate to appear on the ballot after the final date for changes had passed (Lautenberg). The Supreme Court has allowed for the State’s operating budget to be financed by bonds in direct violation of a Constitutional mandate forbidding just such a practice. (McGreevy). They made it sound better by saying that they would allow that for only one year.
We are #1 in corruption!
Well, this isn’t a pissing contest I want to take part in.
All I will say is that back in the very early 90’s the gubernatorial election featured a slogan that I will never forget— “Vote for the crook, it’s important!”
This came about because a notoriously corrupt former governor, Edwin Edwards, was running against a former grand wizard of the KKK, David Duke.
Since then, both have spent time in the federal pokey. Edwards is still doing time.
I like that! “Vote for the crook, it’s important.” That’s a refreshing bit of candor. The sad thing is that in NJ, being a crook is considered the normal way of doing business. Even our so called republicans are content with working the system since it also pays them well. The corruption knows no boundaries. Our Gov. says that him forgiving his girlfriend’s loans in none of our business. This even though she is the head of the State’s workers union and he has to negotiate the union contract this year. It is a very sad state of affairs. A beautiful state, but totally out of control.
Think again Brazile nutt. The allegations are more a little more than just a "distraction".
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