Posted on 07/12/2008 11:42:03 PM PDT by newbie2008
Those ever-vigilant, ever-principled, non-partisan politicos known as Democrats were caught with their hands in the cookie jar in Pennsylvania. Twelve of them, to be exact.
Philly Daily News:
A SORDID TANGLE of corruption, cash and sex rocked the Statehouse yesterday in a political scandal that left one current and one former legislator and 10 current and former staff members facing criminal charges.
Among the accusations leveled by two state grand juries: Former top legislative staffer Mike Manzo got his lover, a twenty-something former rural beauty queen, a $29,000 job and $7,000 bonus mostly for doing her schoolwork.
State Attorney General Tom Corbett announced the charges against the 12, all Democrats, in a news conference in Harrisburg.
And what is the cry from the accused? It's what you'd expect, because we hear the same things from Washington every time a Democrat is caught in a scandal:
The charges could harm Democrats in legislative battles this fall, and some have accused Republican Corbett of a partisan focus in the investigation.
I see. It's "partisan" and "political" to prosecute Democrats for blatant violations of the law and abuses of the public trust. When Republicans are prosecuted (or are the targets of partisan political witchhunts - ie, US Attorney "scandal") everything's gravy and the Democrats are just doing their constitutional duty to provide oversight.
Here's a glimpse into the real culture of corruption - big, unaccountable, Democrat-controlled government:
* Former House whip Mike Veon and Manzo directed more than $1 million in taxpayer-funded bonuses to legislative employees for working on political campaigns, often on state time.
“Culture of corruption...........”
Only a Million? Come on this is penny change, nothing to see here, move along....
This doesn’t include Vince Fumo.. D State senator...also indicted and half the Philly City Council one who went to Jail This Year with Like 6 more being investigated..
Democrat culture of corruption BUMP!
Pennsylvania? Corruption? Isn’t this the domain of Ed Rendell, Clintonista to the max? Ignorer of the beating of Don Adams at the hands of the union boss thug Democrats in Philadelphia all those years ago? How could this happen? /sarcasm
The Demonrat Party IS corrupt, period.
That any part of it is NOT corrupt - now THAT would be news.
“These are not the 12 democrats I know”...
Next up for investigation, the Illinois/Chicago corruption. Then CA, WA, CO, D.C., MD, NC, VA, etc...
The Blue States first.
Nothing to see here. Move along.
Tom was solidly re-elected in 2006 when Democrats were sweeping just about everything else.
Michigan has a Republican attorney general Mike Cox. Perhaps AG Corbett could send us a finger-nail clipping to replace our AG.
Democrat Crime Syndicate names and methods BUMP!
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