Posted on 08/05/2007 12:15:07 AM PDT by gpapa
Thursday in Iowa, GOP presidential hopeful and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney said he wants to strip government officials convicted for corruption of their pensions. He noted his disappointment with ethically lapsed Republicans, in particular: "I expect more of people in my own party. We speak about high ethical standards, and we should be an example of those high ethical standards."
It turns out, Romney was the rare Massachusetts pol to act correctly in one of the state's worst political scandals. The story starts with James "Whitey" Bulger, a convicted bank robber who did time in Alcatraz in 1959 and the brother of Billy Bulger, Democratic head of the Massachusetts Senate from 1978 to 1996.
After a long stint in federal prisons, Whitey found the key to success in a life of crime: He became an FBI informant, while reputedly operating as a hit man and crime boss. Today, Bulger is on the FBI's Ten Most Wanted List -- for 18 counts of murder, conspiracy to commit extortion, narcotics distribution and other charges. He has been a fugitive since he skipped town in 1994, after he was tipped off to a long-overdue federal indictment.
(Excerpt) Read more at townhall.com ...
Fluff piece for Mitt.
Mitt ping, and by extension Howie Carr ping.
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