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Louisiana: Indicted Lawmaker to Run for Re-election (William Jefferson D-La)
NY Times ^
| 6/18/08
Posted on 06/17/2008 9:22:52 PM PDT by Libloather
Louisiana: Indicted Lawmaker to Run for Re-election
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: June 18, 2008
Representative William J. Jefferson, a Democrat facing trial on corruption charges, has announced that he will seek re-election to a 10th term. Mr. Jefferson made his announcement in a news release that emphasized his experience and portrayed him as someone who still wielded power in Congress despite the case against him. The last time he ran for re-election was in 2006. The corruption accusations were a persistent problem for him then, but he overcame the odds and won in a landslide. He has since been indicted, and federal prosecutors have also indicted some of his family members on unrelated charges. Mr. Jefferson has pleaded not guilty to charges of soliciting more than $500,000 in bribes while using his office to broker business deals in Africa.
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 110th; corruptdems; indicted; jefferson; la2008; louisiana; reelection; williamjefferson
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Voters can find you innocent despite what the jury thinks.
To: Libloather
Willie Jefferson will be a great cell mate for Duke Cunningham.
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posted on
06/17/2008 9:28:46 PM PDT
by
trumandogz
("He is erratic. He is hotheaded. He loses his temper and it worries me." Sen Cochran on McCain)
To: Libloather
In the area he represents.. well lets just say I expect him to win again.
To: Libloather
Got to give him credit, balls he has … now, is his constituency intelligent enough to vote him out? How large are there gonads?
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posted on
06/17/2008 9:30:00 PM PDT
by
doc1019
(I was taught to respect my elders, but it's getting harder to find one.)
To: Libloather
Well, it worked for Edwin Edwards & he got convicted, what was the bumper sticker ? “Vote For The Crook”.
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posted on
06/17/2008 9:30:00 PM PDT
by
1066AD
To: Libloather
Is there a bitch that set him up?
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posted on
06/17/2008 9:31:10 PM PDT
by
chasio649
(sick of it all)
To: 1066AD
Joke during Katrina: Louisiana - Half under water, the other half under indictment.
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posted on
06/17/2008 9:31:15 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
( This tag blank until football season.)
To: Libloather
Do you think the voters will actually vote him in again? If they do, they deserve what they get.... dumb asses! I have no sympathy for them. They may need help again as I hear LO is not the worse place for more hurricanes.
To: doc1019
Our only hope would be for C. Ray Nagin to take Jefferson out.
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posted on
06/17/2008 9:33:43 PM PDT
by
trumandogz
("He is erratic. He is hotheaded. He loses his temper and it worries me." Sen Cochran on McCain)
To: USAFJeeper
If we had a judicial system worth it’s salt, he would be legislating from a 6X8 cell.
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posted on
06/17/2008 9:33:56 PM PDT
by
doc1019
(I was taught to respect my elders, but it's getting harder to find one.)
To: USAFJeeper
He will win. I'd put up my life savings, double or nothing.
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posted on
06/17/2008 9:36:58 PM PDT
by
stravinskyrules
(Why is it that whenever I hear a piece of music I don't like, it's always by Villa-Lobos?)
To: trumandogz
Mayhap they could take each other out and save NO.
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posted on
06/17/2008 9:37:39 PM PDT
by
doc1019
(I was taught to respect my elders, but it's getting harder to find one.)
To: trumandogz
Yep, moving a worthless mayor up a notch … great idea!
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posted on
06/17/2008 9:41:09 PM PDT
by
doc1019
(I was taught to respect my elders, but it's getting harder to find one.)
To: Libloather
DemocRATS really don’t care if a poll-it-ician is a crook as long as he/she has a “D” after their name. If a Republican is a crook, he/she is a “hypocrite.” If a DemocRAT is a crook, that’s normal.
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posted on
06/17/2008 9:41:36 PM PDT
by
FlingWingFlyer
(De-Globalize yourself !)
To: trumandogz
Jefferson will not be convicted, no matter where the trial is held. He will have a hand picked “OJ” style jury, whether in Louisiana or the District of Columbia.
Cunningham once was a real hero, who lost himself in power.
Jefferson has never been ANYTHING but a democrat machine politician, in other words, a thief.
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posted on
06/17/2008 10:00:38 PM PDT
by
Mr. Jazzy
(The United States Marines. The finest and most feared fighting force in the history of mankind.)
To: Mr. Jazzy
Trust me, I know what a scum bucket William Jefferson is, I own a house around six blocks from where he lives.
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posted on
06/17/2008 10:12:19 PM PDT
by
trumandogz
("He is erratic. He is hotheaded. He loses his temper and it worries me." Sen Cochran on McCain)
To: USAFJeeper
Maybe a good charter school advocate should run aginst him and his anti-education Democrat Party. Charter schools are THE RAGE in N.O. right now.
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posted on
06/17/2008 10:12:44 PM PDT
by
cookcounty
(Obama reach across the aisle? He's so far to the left, he'll need a roadmap to FIND the aisle.)
To: Libloather
I’d bet a dollar to a donut that the con gets elected.
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posted on
06/17/2008 10:25:42 PM PDT
by
no dems
(B. Hussein is an Obamanation)
To: Libloather
If you are black you must acquit.
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posted on
06/17/2008 11:11:18 PM PDT
by
Mark
(Don't argue with my posts. I typed while under sniper fire..)
To: Libloather
Hmmmm....wait...uh...err............hey...oh.....yes...isn’t this not dissimilar to............uh, the great mayor of DC, Marion Berry?
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posted on
06/17/2008 11:21:32 PM PDT
by
wac3rd
(LIBS GONE WILD)
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