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Mass. senator resigns after bribery charges { Dianne Wilkerson }
AP via SFGate ^ | 11/19/8 | STEVE LeBLANC, Associated Press Writer

Posted on 11/19/2008 1:09:06 PM PST by SmithL

BOSTON, (AP) -- A Massachusetts state senator photographed while allegedly stuffing thousands of dollars in bribe money into her sweater has resigned.

Dianne Wilkerson's resignation was announced Wednesday by state Senate President Therese Murray. Wilkerson was indicted a day before on eight counts of attempted extortion.

(Excerpt) Read more at sfgate.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Front Page News; Government; US: Massachusetts
KEYWORDS: corruptdems; corruption; cultureofcorruption; diannewilkerson; ma2008; rat; ratcrime; resignation; whiteykeepmedown
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1 posted on 11/19/2008 1:09:06 PM PST by SmithL
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To: SmithL

Party affiliation not in the headline or first sentence, so I know it was a dem.


2 posted on 11/19/2008 1:09:59 PM PST by domenad (In all things, in all ways, at all times, let honor guide me.)
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To: SmithL

3 posted on 11/19/2008 1:10:01 PM PST by SmithL (Drill Dammit!)
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To: SmithL

Insert Pamela Anderson joke here-—————


4 posted on 11/19/2008 1:10:03 PM PST by nufsed
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To: SmithL
Whuda thunk it...corruption in MA...

And I'm sure NONE was going on under the Mittster...it just appeared when the other magical negro was elected governor.

5 posted on 11/19/2008 1:12:28 PM PST by realdifferent1 ("If you saw Atlas,...what would you tell him to do?"... "To shrug.")
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To: SmithL

AND THE JOKES JUST WRITE THEMSELVES...


6 posted on 11/19/2008 1:13:13 PM PST by Old Sarge (For the first time in my life, I am ashamed to be an American)
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To: SmithL

No need to worry...the Obama team will be giving her a call and I am sure that she’ll be appointed to oversee the US Mint.


7 posted on 11/19/2008 1:13:32 PM PST by veritas2002
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To: domenad

As she resigned, she was heard muttering..”if Barney Frank can do it, why couldn’t I?”


8 posted on 11/19/2008 1:16:12 PM PST by Commander X (Liberalism: Spurring the decay of the USA)
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To: SmithL

"I don't know what they are talking about? I don't even own an extortion. "
9 posted on 11/19/2008 1:16:16 PM PST by AppyPappy (If you aren't part of the solution, there is good money to be made prolonging the problem.)
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To: SmithL

A Massachusetts state senator photographed while allegedly stuffing thousands of dollars in bribe money into her sweater has resigned.
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Silly woman...

Everyuone knows you are suppose to shove the ill-gotten stuff down your pants...


10 posted on 11/19/2008 1:19:04 PM PST by Tennessee Nana
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To: SmithL

WILKERSON, DIANNE
DORCHESTER,MA 02121 COMM. OF MASSACHUSETTS/STATE SENATO 6/30/08 $300 Obama, Barack (D)

WILKERSON, DIANNE
DORCHESTER,MA 02121 COMM. OF MASSACHUSETTS/STATE SENATO 7/8/08 $250 Obama, Barack (D)


11 posted on 11/19/2008 1:21:21 PM PST by Mojave (http://www.americanbacklash.com/)
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To: Tennessee Nana

In your freezer...


12 posted on 11/19/2008 1:22:34 PM PST by Toddsterpatriot (Do you remember when blue was a feeling, gray was a word and one was a number...)
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To: SmithL

Yep, if there is no (D) in a crime story headline or even in the article, you can be sure the perp is a Democrat.

Repubican is always in a headline if they are in trouble.

The bias is so obvious to everyone except the dims and MSM.


13 posted on 11/19/2008 1:26:43 PM PST by TheConservativeParty ("Those guys are jerks!" Saracuda)
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To: SmithL

This is at least the third time the fair Diane has been convicted of a felony while in office, but her seat has been held by various felons for quite some time. Her constituents are used to it.


14 posted on 11/19/2008 1:27:45 PM PST by hershey
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To: veritas2002

“Wilkerson had been waging a write-in campaign after losing to Sonia Chang-Díaz in the Democratic primary in September. She had hoped that an expected flood of black voters supporting Obama would vault her to victory on Tuesday.”

http://www.thepoliticalcesspool.org/jamesedwards/2008/11/01/dianne-wilkerson/


15 posted on 11/19/2008 1:31:42 PM PST by Mojave (http://www.americanbacklash.com/)
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To: SmithL

So that’s Dianne with a D since there’s no party affiliation mentioned.


16 posted on 11/19/2008 1:34:48 PM PST by Rockitz (NObama 2008- Strange we ain't believin')
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To: Mojave

Nope. A comment for this one is just too easy.


17 posted on 11/19/2008 1:35:18 PM PST by Oldpuppymax (AGENDA OF THE LEFT EXPOSED)
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To: ProCivitas; MassachusettsGOP; GOPsterinMA

This doesn’t mean much, as she’d already been defeated in the Republican primary.


18 posted on 11/19/2008 1:36:35 PM PST by Clintonfatigued (If Islam conquers the world, the Earth will be at peace because the human race will be killed off.)
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To: Toddsterpatriot

Yes, but first to get it out of the building...


19 posted on 11/19/2008 1:45:43 PM PST by Tennessee Nana
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To: SmithL

And still this Jefferson thief in Louisiana?


20 posted on 11/19/2008 1:45:50 PM PST by Joe Boucher (An enemy of Islam)
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