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I take a conservative, evangelical, economistical look at things. I will be posting intermittently, for reference rather than daily reading. My Wordpress site from before 30 September 2007 is at
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Wednesday, January 21, 2009
A List of Prominent Democrats in Trouble
Senator Dodd, Chairman of Senate Finance Committee, (preferential mortgage treatment)
Tom Daschle, nominee for Secy. of HHS, tax evasion.
Rep. Rangel, Chairman of House Ways and Means Committee, Taxes.
Blagojevich,Governor of Illinois, selling a Senate seat.
Richardson, Governor of New Mexico, Obama Cabinet pick, grand jury investigation.
Spitzer, Mayor of New York, hiring a prostitute.
Larry Langford, Mayor of Birmingham (2008). Indicted for bribery.
Marion Barry, former Mayor of Washington (2009)(current City Councilor). Failure to file income taxes (his cocaine conviction was a long time ago).
Sam Adams, Mayor of Portland, Oregon (2009). Homosexual relations with a teenager.
Kwame Kilpatrick, Detroit Mayor (2008). Charged with perjury, obstruction of justice and official misconduct stemming from a sex scandal and a whistle-blower lawsuit
Sheila Dixon, Mayor of Baltimore (2009) indicted for perjury, theft, misconduct in office.
Bernie Madoff (2008).
William Jefferson (D-La). Racketeering, soliciting bribes, money laundering
Attorney-General nominee Eric Holder (2008). (Marc Rich pardon, Puerto Rican terrorist pardon, testimony under oath that he'd not heard of Rich when in fact his office had litigated against a Rich company in 1995, while Rich was on the 10 Most Wanted list)
Treasury nominee: Geithner (2008). Cheating on taxes.