CREW Releases 4th Annual 20 Most Corrupt Members of Congress Report

danarhea · 09-11-08, 04:19 PM

Democrats, Republicans, and crooks - Oh my!

Here it is folks. Now you Democrats go ahead and bash the Republicans on the list, and likewise, you Republicans bash the Dems on the list, and lets make this a thread about bashing, and not about members of Congress that truly need to be kicked to the curb.

Article is here.

Summerwind · 09-11-08, 05:42 PM

I'm pleased to notice that at 7:17 Dem:Rep ration does show that republican is more likely to be corrupt according to this "article". The explanation of how it choses these individuals is a bit vague though. I'd sure like to find a detailed explanation of their criteria.

Middleground · 09-16-08, 03:33 PM

Corruption does not have a party. All on this list should be reprimanded, but I guess people have to care first.

RightinNYC · 09-17-08, 07:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Summerwind

I'm pleased to notice that at 7:17 Dem:Rep ration does show that republican is more likely to be corrupt according to this "article". The explanation of how it choses these individuals is a bit vague though. I'd sure like to find a detailed explanation of their criteria.

This should help explain the reason for that:

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"We are progressive," said Naomi Seligman, the group's deputy director and communications director. "We do work within a larger progressive infrastructure." Seligman suggested her group is the progressive counterweight to Judicial Watch.

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Melanie Sloan serves as CREW's Executive Director. Prior to starting CREW in 2003, she served as an Assistant United States Attorney in the District of Columbia. Before becoming a prosecutor, Ms. Sloan served as Minority Counsel for the House Judiciary Committee, working on criminal justice issues for then-Ranking Member John Conyers (D-MI). Ms. Sloan also served as Counsel for the Crime Subcommittee of the House Judiciary Committee, chaired by then-Representative Charles Schumer (D-NY).

Edit: I think it's particularly amusing to note that she worked for John Conyers, who is an incredibly corrupt bastard himself.

missypea · 09-21-08, 02:29 PM

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Originally Posted by RightinNYC

Edit: I think it's particularly amusing to note that she worked for John Conyers, who is an incredibly corrupt bastard himself.

Do you have links?

RightinNYC · 09-21-08, 03:22 PM

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Originally Posted by missypea

Do you have links?

billingsgazette.com

CREW Crew | Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington

missypea · 09-21-08, 03:30 PM

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Originally Posted by RightinNYC

BillingsGazette.com ::

CREW Crew | Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington

The article is about Conrad Burns......and appears to be from 2005.

Is there anything about Conyers you can link me to......and a little more recent?

RightinNYC · 09-21-08, 03:36 PM

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Originally Posted by missypea

The article is about Conrad Burns......and appears to be from 2005.

Is there anything about Conyers you can link me to......and a little more recent?

Those links were for the quotes I included above. You want links about Conyers?

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Congressman accused of using staff to baby-sit

Two former staff members of U.S. Rep. John Conyers Jr., D-Michigan, say the longtime Detroit congressman made them baby-sit his children, run errands and work on political campaigns while they were on his congressional payroll.

CNN.com - Congressman*accused of using staff to baby-sit - Apr 12, 2006

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But Conyers' credibility as the Democrats' moral watchdog was shredded by the dubious deal he just struck with the House Ethics Committee - which was made public late last Friday in a holiday-weekend bid to avoid publicity.

After a probe lasting more than three years, the committee declared that Conyers has "accepted responsibility" for a series of House rules violations involving the use - and abuse - of his staffers.

According to published reports, Conyers used several staffers as his personal servants - requiring them to babysit and tutor his children, chauffeur him to personal events, help his wife with her law-school classes, work on his campaigns and pay restaurant and motel bills.

One staffer was even ordered to move into Conyers' home for six weeks and serve as a live-in nanny to his kids.

IMPERIAL JOHN CONYERS- New York Post

At least Conyers has good taste in picking his spouses:

YouTube - Monica Conyers, Ken Cockrel Outburst

missypea · 09-21-08, 03:48 PM

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Originally Posted by RightinNYC

Those links were for the quotes I included above. You want links about Conyers?

CNN.com - Congressman*accused of using staff to baby-sit - Apr 12, 2006

IMPERIAL JOHN CONYERS- New York Post

RNYC,
Would you take my two year old links seriously if I were to post them?

Would you accept an article from me that I found on the Daily Kos?

Since 1993, The New York Post has been owned by Australian-born billionaire Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation.

I don't think you would but I could be wrong.

dirtpoorchris · 09-21-08, 04:15 PM

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Originally Posted by danarhea

Democrats, Republicans, and crooks - Oh my!

Here it is folks. Now you Democrats go ahead and bash the Republicans on the list, and likewise, you Republicans bash the Dems on the list, and lets make this a thread about bashing, and not about members of Congress that truly need to be kicked to the curb.

Article is here.

Where are the Boondock Saints when you need um?

*edit: Woah... That picture pointing at my sig is creepy... Note to Bushstappo. Non-intentional.