Posted on 12/20/2009 3:26:32 PM PST by Desperado67
It depends upon what the "anything of value means".
Would securing bribes for one's home state enhance the ability to get reelected to office?
Yes, but it is business as usual.
A lot of aspects of this bill are unconstitutional, including the bribes-for-votes deals. I think if this abominable bill ever gets passed, it’ll be tied up in court challenges for a *long* time, and at least large chunks of it won’t survive that process.
Throw 'em all out and hire back the good ones...hmmm...kinda like what SARAH did in Alaska ;-)
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It’s just out in the open in your face now. My guess is we ain’t seen nothin’ yet.
I think you might just be onto something.
Breaking it down to the relevant parts of:
USC Title 18, Ch 11, Sec 201...
“(b) Whoever—
(1) ... promises any public official....to give anything of value to any other person or entity, with intent—
(A) to influence any official act.....
shall be fined under this title or not more than three times the monetary equivalent of the thing of value, whichever is greater, or imprisoned for not more than fifteen years, or both, and may be disqualified from holding any office of honor, trust, or profit under the United States.”
My reading of this would be that the “whoever” the statute applies to is Harry Reid, plus possibly any of his aides and compatriots who were in the meetings with Landrieu and/or Nelson.
Time for a few Republican lawyers to take a few swings at bat for once. The statute seems pretty clear, and anyone with half a brain knows that outright bribery is taking place to buy these votes. After all, these aren’t just policy changes that are being negotiated; these are money transfers from one pocket to another. I’d love to hear what a judge would make of this entire affair.
This is MY money they are using to BUY VOTES.
What the (()*)(*&%^ !!!
Where is the GOP - did I miss their screaming on tv that this is unconstitutional. Why isn’t this being challanged?
I’m so mad I want to puke.
Why the hell should I pay Nebraska’s Medicaid tab?
Where is our court system. Not one word from anyone.
Bush adminitration get investigated right and left and there is all kinds of contortions to see if he and officials can be prosecuted on something, anything, but this garbage gets a pass? No wonder China and Russia view us as nothing but a bloated enemy who is crashing and burning.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2411952/posts
Boycott Nebraska.
Me | 12/20/04 | Me
Posted on Sunday, December 20, 2009 5:30:01 PM by Jeff Gordon
Senator Nelson of Nebraska cut a special deal. In exchange for agreeing to allow government funds be used for abortions, he got a special deal for Nebraska. The special deal was that Nebraska would not have to pay matching funds for Medicade. All the other 49 states must pay matching funds. Many of those state like my own state of California can not afford to pay those matching funds.
Who pays for Nebraska’s Medicare casts? All of us who live in the other 49 states. BS, I say. We should not stand by while Nebraska sucks money from all the rest of us.
BOYCOTT Nebraska! We should not give them any additional revenue after they got this sweet heart deal.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2411952/posts
Things are devolving rapidly now in the economy, no matter what spin Obama and his media feed us. What is the breaking point, and what will happen when the people finally react?
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