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Old 12-29-2009, 12:41 PM
 
Location: Chicagoland
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No surprises here. Can anyone refute the charges?

Judicial Watch Announces List of Washington’s “Ten Most Wanted Corrupt Politicians” for 2009 | Judicial Watch (http://www.judicialwatch.org/news/2009/dec/judicial-watch-announces-list-washington-s-ten-most-wanted-corrupt-politicians-2009 - broken link)

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Judicial Watch, the public interest group that investigates and prosecutes government corruption, today released its 2009 list of Washington’s “Ten Most Wanted Corrupt Politicians.” The list, in alphabetical order, includes:
Great list - how can anyone reading the reasons why condone such behavior?
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Old 12-29-2009, 12:48 PM
 
Location: Pasadena
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Quite simply: all Republicans!
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Old 12-29-2009, 12:49 PM
 
Location: Long Island (chief in S Farmingdale)
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Hmm a conservative organization......
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Old 12-29-2009, 12:53 PM
 
Location: On Top
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Hmm a conservative organization......
From the page: "Judicial Watch, Inc., a conservative, non-partisan educational foundation, promotes transparency, accountability and integrity in government, politics and the law."
...I'm sorry, but that's just a stupid contradiction in terms.

About Us | Judicial Watch (http://www.judicialwatch.org/about-us - broken link)
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Old 12-29-2009, 12:56 PM
 
Location: NC
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I would say this is a better list.

Home | CREW's Most Corrupt Members of Congress
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Old 12-29-2009, 12:58 PM
 
Location: On the Chesapeake
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Quite simply: all Republicans!


?????
Murtha is a dead lock on that list. William Jefferson should have been, too.


What's funny is that if Judicial Watch had the name Bush in the citation for the FOIA requests, etc. a bunch of people would be on here saying, "see, see, we told you".
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Old 12-29-2009, 01:01 PM
 
Location: NC
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Murtha is a dead lock on that list. William Jefferson should have been, too.


What's funny is that if Judicial Watch had the name Bush in the citation for the FOIA requests, etc. a bunch of people would be on here saying, "see, see, we told you".
William Jefferson? Why? He is not in congress anymore and to the best of my knowledge has not been involved with anything major in DC after he lost his bid for re-election in 2008.
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Old 12-29-2009, 01:22 PM
 
Location: On the Chesapeake
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William Jefferson? Why? He is not in congress anymore and to the best of my knowledge has not been involved with anything major in DC after he lost his bid for re-election in 2008.
Conviction was 2009.
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Old 12-29-2009, 01:34 PM
 
Location: Sacramento, Ca
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Quite simply: all Republicans!
Yes, corruption is a partisan issue, cause all Democrats are angels, all Republicans, the devil! Did you even read the article, or were you merely trying to be cute in your partisanship?


We have a horribly corrupt system at all levels of government, fostering the "our side is good, your side is bad" argument merely furthers the corruption because people cannot seem to look past the (D) or (R) next to someones name and elect people based only on that, regardless of their history and the trends it may show.
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Old 12-29-2009, 01:35 PM
 
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This is a partisan list. I love how there is only one Republican and President Obama is on there.

Oh, poor man. He has not even been in office for a year and they already call him corrupt.

Were they saying this when Bush was in office? Somehow, I doubt it.

What a joke.
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