- Alcee Hastings from Wiki: In 1981 Judge Hastings was charged with accepting a $150,000 bribe in exchange for a lenient sentence and a return of seized assets for 21 counts of racketeering by Frank and Thomas Romano, and of perjury in his testimony about the case. He was acquitted by a jury after his alleged co-conspirator, William Borders, refused to testify in court (resulting in a jail sentence for Borders). In 1989 he was impeached in the House by a vote of 413-3, and convicted in 1989 by the Senate and removed from the bench. Nancy Pelosi, who voted for impeachment in 1988, then wanted to appoint him as head of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence in 2006. I guess he’s been rehabilitated.
- John Murtha, Jr. – Democrat – U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania. Implicated in the Abscam sting, in which FBI agents impersonating Arab businessmen offered bribes to political figures; Murtha was cited as an unindicted co-conspirator. Nothing to see here, folks, move along.
- Marion Barry: Re-elected Mayor of Washington D.C. after spending 6 months in prison for cocaine possession and being caught on video of smoking crack. (Yet they despise Giuliani because his marriage didn’t work out).
- William Jefferson (D-LA): $90,000 found in his freezer and an ongoing investigation of bribery charges involving African businesses. Still serving, and still under investigation.
- Gerry Studds: Censured by the House for having sex with a teenaged House page. Censured, not removed.
- Sandy Berger.
- Gary Condit
- Barney Frank
The list goes on, and there are many who have spent time in prison, as well. But Democrats continue to defend them anyway. If you’d like to see the whole list you can find it here. Finally, let’s just take one last look at Hillary Clinton. Granted, she has miraculously evaded indictment and arrest, but the sheer magnitude of impropriety on a plethora of isses should be enough to make the most rabid leftist drool. Not to mention her husband, whatsisname.
Joan Swirsky has an article that cites the Progressive Review, a liberal website. There is quite a list of record-breaking items for an Administration there. Let’s take a peek:
Under the listing of “Records Set’” by the Clinton administration (read: co-presidency), Progressive Review cites the following, of which I will only list a sampling:
▪ Most number of convictions and guilty pleas by friends and associates.
▪ Most number of cabinet officials to come under criminal investigation.
▪ Most number of witnesses to flee country or refuse to testify.
▪ Most number of witnesses to die suddenly.
▪ First president sued for sexual harassment.
▪ First president accused of rape.
▪ First president to be held in contempt of court.
Hypocrisy, Thy Name Is Democrat.
-Woody
