Posted on 08/29/2010 11:08:00 AM PDT by Free in Texas
Longtime Dallas congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson has awarded thousands of dollars in college scholarships to four relatives and a top aide's two children since 2005, using foundation funds set aside for black lawmakers' causes. '
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Those are the butt-ugliest cross-dressers I ever saw.
I, of course, have never been that drunk and conscious at the same time. Mercy always prevailed and I passed out first.
Am I just slow on the uptake or is a trend developing here? Perhaps I’ve been asleep for a few decades?
And Rep. Johnson's claim that she didn't personally benefit from the distributions is bull s**t... if her grandkids benefited so did Johnson. And this deal about the scholarships not being publicized to her constituents ... sounds like a personal slush fund to take care of family and friends with the U.S. tax payers as the bank.
These Congress members are slime.
It’s getting worse.
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/stories/083110dntexebjfolo.a5140066.html
Thanks for the link. It is indeed getting worse. So that’s a day in the life of the above the law set.
She was on KRLD radio today saying she did not know it was inappropriate to use her influence to give scholarships to her children’s kids. Riiiiiiiggghhhht.
She said she has given all the money back ($25,0000).
She said she has been “working like the devil” for her district.
At last she got that part right.
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