http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/democratcorruption/ en-us Tue, 30 Jun 2009 04:26:04 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2282183/posts CLEVELAND -- Cuyahoga County Commissioner Jimmy Dimora on Monday accused the U.S. Department of Justice of launching its local public corruption probe two years ago in a conspiracy with Republicans to undermine the Democratic turnout for Barack Obama. • Earlier version of story.Dimora said he and his lawyers will ask the Justice Department and Congress to investigate the motives behind the corruption probe, which became public last July when FBI agents raided the commissioner's home and office and the home and office of political ally Frank Russo, the county auditor. "This is a Republican-driven prosecution," Dimora said during a late-afternoon... The Cleveland Plain Dealer Online http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2282183/posts#comment Tue, 30 Jun 2009 04:26:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2281526/posts Pelosi Won't Give Public a Week to Review Text of Health-Care Bill Before House Votes on It SNIPPET: "At her press briefing on Thursday, Pelosi was asked whether the health-care bill would be handled differently than the stimulus bill, which came up in February. The 1,071-page final text of that bill was posted on the House Appropriations Committee’s Web site late on a Thursday night and then voted on the next day. “When the stimulus bill came out earlier this year, members and citizens had less than two days to review the final version that came out of the conference... CNS NEWS.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2281526/posts#comment Mon, 29 Jun 2009 07:26:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2280743/posts You recall that massive new tax passed yesterday? The one where 8 Republicans stabbed their constituents in the heart and voted to pass it......(via Michelle Malkin) Bono Mack (CA) (202) 225-5330 Castle (DE) (202) 225-4165 Kirk (IL) (202) 225-4385 (And he’s seriously considering running for Senate!) Lance (NJ) (202) 225-5361 LoBiondo (NJ) (202) 225-6572 McHugh (NY) (202) 225-4611 Reichert (WA) (202) 225-7761 Smith (NJ) (202) 225-3765 You remember now don't you? Well, those who voted on it could not remember much seeing as how it DOESN'T EXIST: Nobody could have read the bill the House passed last night because there... Flopping Aces http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2280743/posts#comment Sat, 27 Jun 2009 17:47:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2280247/posts Detroit, MI (AHN) - Detroit City Council Pro-Tempore Monica Conyers, wife of one of the most powerful Democrats in the U.S. Congress, pleaded guilty on Friday to accepting bribes from a recyler in return for supporting its bid for a $1.2 billion contract to haul sludge from the city's wastewater. According to the Detroit News, Conyers entered a plea agreement saying she had twice received "an envelope containing cash" from an associate of businessman Rayford Jackson. The Council Pro-Tempore was the deciding vote that allowed Synagro Technologies to win the sludge contract, which was awarded in 2007. Jackson, as a... All Headline News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2280247/posts#comment Fri, 26 Jun 2009 21:22:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2275107/posts Barack Obama plans to make sure his administration finds everyone who’s not paying their taxes — and apparently hire them to work in government. The latest appointment to make an emergency call to H&R Block is Capricia Marshall, who worked for Hillary Clinton’s Senate and presidential campaigns until now. And while tax evader Tim Geithner’s appointment to run Treasury and the IRS still wins the irony competition, Marshall may come a close second: Hotair.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2275107/posts#comment Fri, 19 Jun 2009 13:40:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2274725/posts (p. 26) The decision by the Corporation and the U.S. Attorney to cut out OIG and agree to this Settlement Agreement was injurious to the Federal government as a whole and specifically to the Corporation and the hard-working and dedicated staff of the Office of Inspector General. First, the settlement sends the signal that acceptance of a grantee or its principal as “responsible” can be purchased in a monetary settlement, overriding all evidence of wrongdoing previously found to warrant a suspension, without the presentation of any contradicting evidence. Settlement Agreements are supposed to settle the liability of the grantee and... Special Report to Congress http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2274725/posts#comment Thu, 18 Jun 2009 22:15:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2274659/posts A video found by Naked Emperor News shows an interview with Sacramento mayor Kevin Johnson admitting his close relationship with both the president and the first lady and later denying the relationship. Video: Kevin Johnson admits friendly connection to Obama http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2274659/posts#comment Thu, 18 Jun 2009 20:34:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2274591/posts A top White House lawyer called the firing of AmeriCorps inspector general Gerald Walpin an act of "political courage," according to House Republican aides who were in a meeting with the lawyer Wednesday. Norman Eisen, who is the White House Special Counsel to the President for Ethics and Government Reform, met with staffers for Rep. Darrell Issa, the ranking Republican on the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on Wednesday. Eisen, along with another White House staffer who accompanied him, "wanted to talk broadly about inspectors general," says a GOP aide familiar with what went on at the meeting.... Washington Examiner http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2274591/posts#comment Thu, 18 Jun 2009 18:54:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2273053/posts Call it a reporter’s revulsion, call it confirmation that a major network has sold out to the Obama administration (as if further evidence was necessary after the way the networks treated Barack Obama during last year’s campaign), call it anything you want. You will probably be correct. The plan by ABC News to broadcast what Republicans say amounts to an “infomercial” pushing the Obama government-run health care program is an outrage. ABC, according to my younger adult son, may as well change it’s logo to “OBC” for “Obama Broadcast Network.” ABC is transforming itself into a state-run news agency, and... Seattle Gun Rights Examiner http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2273053/posts#comment Tue, 16 Jun 2009 21:02:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2273024/posts The Obama administration is fighting to block access to names of visitors to the White House, taking up the Bush administration argument that a president doesn't have to reveal who comes calling to influence policy decisions. Despite President Barack Obama's pledge to introduce a new era of transparency to Washington, and despite two rulings by a federal judge that the records are public, the Secret Service has denied msnbc.com's request for the names of all White House visitors from Jan. 20 to the present. It also denied a narrower request by the nonpartisan watchdog group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics... MSNBC.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2273024/posts#comment Tue, 16 Jun 2009 20:38:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2268954/posts In a racially charged interview, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright said that President Obama hasn't spoken to him since they parted ways last year, because "them Jews aren't going to let him talk to me." He suggested White House advisers were keeping the two separate. "Them Jews aren't going to let him talk to me. I told my baby daughter, that he'll talk to me in five years when he's a lame duck, or in eight years when he's out of office," Wright said, according to Virginia's Daily Press. "They will not let him ... talk to somebody who calls a... Fox http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2268954/posts#comment Wed, 10 Jun 2009 18:40:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2256026/posts Longtime Democratic fundraiser Norman Hsu was convicted yesterday of violating campaign finance laws in a case that became an embarrassment to Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and other prominent Democrats, including Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell. Mr. Hsu donated nearly $40,000 to Mr. Rendell’s campaign coffers. According to published reports, Mr. Hsu also hosted an $18,000 dinner for Mr. Rendell at an exclusive New York City restaurant, in which less than 20 people attended. The governor reportedly referred to Mr. Hsu as “one of the best 10 people I’ve me.” He had also said Mr. Hsu “raised money for me... The Bulletin - Philadelphia's Family Newspaper http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2256026/posts#comment Fri, 22 May 2009 02:45:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2254724/posts "In the message played in court Tuesday, then-Senator Clinton said Hsu's hard work nearly left her speechless. 'I've never seen anybody who has been more loyal and more effective and really just having greater success supporting someone than you,' she told him. 'Everywhere I go, you're there. If you're not, you're sending people to be part of my events. You know, we're going to win this campaign, Norman, because you single-handedly are going to make that happen.'..." http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/05/13/trial-prosecutors-play-tape-clinton-praising-hsu/ AP via FoxNews.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2254724/posts#comment Wed, 20 May 2009 15:47:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2248074/posts There are many posts of FR, as well as many news articles about ACORN, George Soros and Obama that already lay out the ties I will in this post. Yet, I knew little about it until I really started looking in to it. We have experienced a coup and we remain asleep. America did not speak. The financial meltdown was orchestrated to perfection, the election was stolen using ACORN and the MSM silenced through intimidation...All by George Soros. Our country HAS BEEN STOLEN. I post this, as well as the synopsis below, only because I never gave it the attention... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2248074/posts#comment Sun, 10 May 2009 17:28:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2246352/posts [T]he House Judiciary Committee chairman's May 4 statement exonerating ACORN couldn't have come out at a worse time. "Based on my review of the information regarding the complaints against ACORN, I have concluded that a hearing on this matter appears unwarranted at this time," Conyers said in a statement aired that night on CNN's "Lou Dobbs Tonight." Just hours earlier his fellow Democrats in Nevada, Secretary of State Ross Miller and Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto dropped a bombshell. ACORN and two former senior ACORN employees in the state, they announced, had been charged with a total of 39 felony... American Spectator http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2246352/posts#comment Thu, 7 May 2009 20:15:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2246147/posts Allegheny County District Attorney Stephen Zappala today charged seven employees of ACORN (snip) with forgery and election law violations, saying they filed hundreds of fraudulent voter registrations during last year's general election. The charges are part of a continuing investigation of ACORN, (snip) fake voter registrations were filed by hourly employees apparently attempting to meet daily registration quotas in order to be paid. (snip) ACORN officials have denied those charges. postgazette.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2246147/posts#comment Thu, 7 May 2009 15:54:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2235956/posts Steve Rattner's role in NY's pension-fund scandal though still somewhat unclear, makes him wholly unfit to serve as Obama's point man for the govt bailout of automakers. Rattner should step aside -- or be pushed out. The Quadrangle Group---the private equity firm he established---is eyeballs-deep in the scandal....along with former Liberal Party head Ray Harding, and others--- who have been arrested and accused of taking kickbacks.... According to the SEC, a Quadrangle "senior executive" -- reportedly Rattner himself -- met in 2005 with Morris, who in turn steered $150M in state pension funds to Rattner's firm. Quadrangle also got $85M... NY POST http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2235956/posts#comment Thu, 23 Apr 2009 13:08:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2234643/posts BREAKING NEWS... Kansas Gov. Kathleen Seblelius has won approval from a divided Senate panel to become secretary of Health and Human Services in the Obama administration ... The head of the Family Research Council says he hopes the latest revelation about the "blood money" Health and Human Services secretary nominee Kathleen Sebelius received from Kansas abortionist George Tiller will cause senators like Sam Brownback and Pat Roberts to reconsider their support for her appointment. Family Research Council (FRC) and other pro-life groups have obtained a copy of a 2002 letter [PDF] in which notorious late-term abortionist George Tiller claims that... OneNewsNow http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2234643/posts#comment Tue, 21 Apr 2009 21:36:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2234553/posts California senator sought $25 billion for a government agency that had awarded her husband's real estate firm a lucrative contract to sell foreclosed properties. On the day the new Congress convened this year, Sen. Dianne Feinstein introduced legislation to route $25 billion in taxpayer money to a government agency that had just awarded her husband's real estate firm a lucrative contract to sell foreclosed properties at compensation rates higher than the industry norms, the Washington Times reported on Tuesday. Mrs. Feinstein's intervention on behalf of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. was unusual: the California Democrat isn't a member of the... Fox http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2234553/posts#comment Tue, 21 Apr 2009 19:37:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2231079/posts Return to the Article April 16, 2009 A 'Majority' Definition of Ethics On her way to recapturing control of Congress in 2006, Nancy Pelosi introduced a measure co-sponsored by Senators Harry Reid and Barack Obama that she called a "Declaration of Independence from special interests." Ten months later, on election night, she renewed the vow, saying: "Democrats intend to lead the most honest, most open and most ethical Congress in history." How quickly the tune has changed. "Ethics" may have served as a populist rallying point for Democrats in the minority, but apparently "ethics" doesn't have much to do with... Real Clear Politics http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2231079/posts#comment Fri, 17 Apr 2009 00:48:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2222741/posts Some of President Obama's top economic advisers were paid, in some cases handsomely, for their commentaries in 2008 about tax policy, government bailouts of financial institutions, global trade and the economic recession, according to financial disclosure forms made public by the White House late Friday. Four White House economic aides, including National Economic Council Director Lawrence H. Summers, received thousands of dollars in payments for newspaper opinion columns or cable television appearances, the documents show. The officials received income for their commentaries before joining Obama's administration in January. Yet at the same time that some were advising Obama's presidential campaign,... Wash Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2222741/posts#comment Sun, 5 Apr 2009 14:45:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2219293/posts 'New York Times' Spiked Obama Donor Story Congressional Testimony: ‘Game-Changer’ Article Would Have Connected Campaign With ACORN By Michael P. Tremoglie, The Bulletin Monday, March 30, 2009 A lawyer involved with legal action against Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) told a House Judiciary subcommittee on March 19 The New York Times had killed a story in October that would have shown a close link between ACORN, Project Vote and the Obama campaign because it would have been a “a game changer.” Heather Heidelbaugh, who represented the Pennsylvania Republican State Committee in the lawsuit against the group, recounted... The Philadelphia Bulletin http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2219293/posts#comment Tue, 31 Mar 2009 22:48:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2219302/posts Updated 5:45 p.m. (Central) WASHINGTON (AP) — Health and Human Services nominee Kathleen Sebelius has corrected three years of tax returns and paid more than $7,000 in back taxes after finding “unintentional errors” — the latest tax troubles for an Obama administration nominee. kansascity.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2219302/posts#comment Tue, 31 Mar 2009 22:59:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2219307/posts WASHINGTON (AP) — Health and Human Services nominee Kathleen Sebelius has corrected three years of tax returns and paid more than $7,000 in back taxes after finding "unintentional errors" — the latest tax troubles for an Obama administration nominee. The Kansas governor explained the changes to senators in a letter dated Tuesday that was obtained by The Associated Press. She said they involved charitable contributions, the sale of a home and business expenses. She and her husband paid a total of $7,040 in back taxes and $878 in interest to amend returns from 2005-2007. Several Obama administration nominees have been... AP via Google News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2219307/posts#comment Tue, 31 Mar 2009 23:03:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2218366/posts One word -- wow ! "If I'm corrupt, it's because I take care of my district," Mr. Murtha said. "My job as a member of Congress is to make sure that we take care of what we see is necessary. American Spectator http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2218366/posts#comment Mon, 30 Mar 2009 20:50:30 GMT