Monday, June 4th, 2007
Ending The Culture Of Corruption
Well, that's what the Democrats claimed they were going to do, at any rate.
WASHINGTON (AP) — William Jefferson, D-La., was indicted Monday on federal charges of racketeering, money-laundering and soliciting more than $400,000 in bribes in connection with years of trying to broker business deals in Africa. He is the first sitting congressman to face charges under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, which prohibits corporate bribery overseas. Jefferson is to be arraigned Friday in U.S. District Court in Alexandria. To say nothing of the $90,000 found stuffed in his freezer. This is truly amazing stuff. But Hillary will make it all better.
Then, on the local front, we have an Oregon Democrat making big news all on her own: that'd be Senator Betsy Johnson, out of Scappoose. Perhaps we should call it SCAMpoose. As NWRepublican notes, and giving credit when due to The O, she's had a rather huge ethical lapse start swirling around, stinking up the place like a CSO spill during Rose Festival. And questions are being directed toward others in the Democrat sector as well.
