And don't you EVER come back you old fish eyed fool!
Posted on 12/07/2008 5:15:59 AM PST by Joiseydude
NEW ORLEANS -- Voters in Louisiana ousted indicted Democratic Rep. William Jefferson on Saturday, instead electing a Republican attorney who will be the first Vietnamese-American in Congress.
Unofficial results showed Anh "Joseph" Cao denying Jefferson a 10th term. Republicans made an aggressive push to take the seat from the 61-year-old incumbent, who has pleaded not guilty to charges of bribery, laundering money and misusing his congressional office.
Cao, 41, won a predominantly black and heavily Democratic district that covers most of New Orleans.
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Wonder what his ‘well deserved’ pension will amount to?
Wow....second time the black community has stepped up to the plate and did the absolute right thing.....they didn’t riot on election night and now getting rid of Jefferson....WAY TO GO!
The GOP should savor this, because it won’t last. In 2010 this seat will go back to the Dems. Still, this is a nice win, and it is nice for the good guys to knock off an entrenched Dem for a change.
John Fleming, on the other hand, had a great win. He seems like a staunch conservative, and he should be able to hold on to that seat indefinitely.
Don’t forget Proposition 8.
I hear they pay a dollar a day in the Big House
Now there is some good news, except for the congressional pension of the accused? He stands to make more money as a crook, if convicted, than I receive as a retired soldier of 22 years. Mind you, I’m not envious, just curious and semi outraged.
I am sure Obama has a place for Jefferson in his administration. Maybe director of National Guard since Jefferson is good at commanding them as he showed during Katrina.
Why won’t Cao keep his seat in two years?
This could indeed be a Brett Schundler moment. Maybe they will reelect him for good constituent service.
This is one of the bright spots in this election cycle. I would have never thought Dem voters would turn out Jefferson.
The voters did what house Democrats would not do. Good job in NOLA.
And don't you EVER come back you old fish eyed fool!
Because it is a D +26 district that is 64% African American. In a normal election, with a Dem candidate who is not a criminal, with normal turnout, the Dems will win easily.
Still, the victory is sweet, if only for a short while.
I really must congratulate the voters in this district. I thought less well of them than I should have and I regret that. And I’m really glad I had it wrong.
In all candor, I am shocked by this result. Jefferson represents a district that is 70% black, and this is the first time in my memory that a black was voted out of office by blacks in favor of a non-black candidate. I lived in New Orleans for many years, and that this happened in that area (blacks voting out a black in favor of a non-black) is a first. A very encouraging first, too.
Please don't be so pessimistic.
In my district (which has a Dem voter edge), we ousted a Democrat incumbent with LOTS of hard work, door knocking, and lots of enthusiasm.
It largely depends on the enthusiasm and attractibility of the candidate, him or herself (not always but usually).
Republicans in 2006 and 2008 were demoralized ... because the FACE of our party was that of old geezer Washington insiders who cared more about making deals with Democrats than it did with encouraging and helping constituents start businesses or improve their lives.
Yes, this sounds trite.. but it's true.
McCain at 72 was the exact WRONG candidate for the GOP because it said to the nation "Republicans are nothing but old-as-dirt feeble Washington insiders who doesn't even KNOW HOW TO EMAIL!!!
Once we were out from under the McCain (and to some extent GWB) ... good things can and will happen again.
“louisiana voters oust indicted rep....”
yaaahoooooooooo!
I suspected they voted the fool out for his stupidity.....hiding money in the freezer?
Jefferson is not guilty of a crime. if he were, he would have been tried and convited
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