RE ELECTED AFTER INDISCRETION

RE ELECTED AFTER INDISCRETION

 


To follow a list of politicians charged with various indescretions:
Number one, William Jefferson (D LA) served nine terms starting in 1991 and terminated 2008 when jailed shortley after being re-elected. He was charged for receiving a $100,000 bribe of which $95,000 was found in his regrigerator freezer.

Number two, Kwame Kilpatrick mayor of Detroit elected first term in 2001 until sent to federal prison on ten felony counts. He was re-elected November 2005 while being investigated for charging $210,000 for personal expenses and awarding a no-bid contract for a campaign worker.

Number three, Tom DeLay (R Tx) assigned House Majority Leader during 2002 and was charged with money laundering on October 3, 2005. He represented the state of Texas as a Republican from 1984 to 2006 and was never re-nominated by the Republican party for election.

Number four, Charles Rangel (D NY)represented the state of New York as a Democrat from 1971 until ?. Early in the year 2008 congress ethics committee .started to investigate Rangel for intentionaly failing payment of income tax and 11 counts of accepting illegal gifts. The tax issue was a sore point for several members of the ethics committee, who said it was especially egregious that a former chairman of the House's tax-writing committee failed for 17 years to pay taxes on the income from his island villa. With all this over his head he was nominated by the Democrat party and elected with nearly total support of the citizens of Harlam in the mid-term election of 2008. Now with a total of 23 congressmen to be censured in the past he has joined them with censure. I wanna bet $1,000,000 that he will not be convicted of tax evasion as would others be.

Number five, Ted Kennedy (D MA) served the state of Massacheusits as a Democrat for 8 terms starting in 1962. The incident on the Island of Chappaquick on July 18 1969 (but for the grace of God go I) had no effect on his subsequent re-elections.

Number six, Senator Larry Craig (R NV) served the state of Nevada in the Senate until 2007. During June 2007 he was charged with disordely conduct in a restroom of the Mpls/StPaul International Airport wth no damage to another person. He was asked by his Republican collegues to resign his Senate post but refused. Due to his bad behavior he surely was not nominated to run for the next term nor would the citizens of Nevada have supported his re-election.

Number seven, Rep Maxine Waters (D CA) served the state of California as a Democrat starting in 1993. On August 3 2010 the congress ethics committee started investigation of violations of rules. Waters is charged with improperly trying to obtain federal bailout money for a bank in which her husband owns stock and formerly was a director. She has vigorously denied the charges. With this known by all voters in her district she was elected by a wide margin.

Number eight,Mayor Marion Berry ,a leader in civil rights, served two terms as mayor of Washington DC 1979 - 1991 and 1995 - 1999. The reason for the time not in office was due to serving time in Federal Prison for smoking cocaine and accepting bribes. Even with all his lawbreaking he was again elected to office.

The point to be made with these facts is that those elected after their indiscretions were all Democrats and no