Posted on 10/21/2013 4:08:03 PM PDT by afraidfortherepublic
Yep. It’s crimina.
Now we know why so few good people bother to run for office!1
What do they get in return for caving?
So the conservatives that Bohner threw off the commitees, it was all about money?
oh, come on now, you didn’t think the chairmanships went to the most qualified and capable, did you? If so, I have three words for you:
Sheila
Jackson
Lee
I really think we should require them to wear togas
and laural wreaths.
It certainly isn’t any better than ancient Rome.
This is just disgusting. I want all of these clowns, except Jeff Sessions, to hit the road.
This thread is related, posted today and didn’t get much attention.
Sarah Palin Shreds D.C.’s ‘Corrupt Bastards Club’ in Scathing Anti-Obamacare Op-Ed
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3081472/posts
Yup, this Bud’s for me and my committee chair.
Everyone needs to read This Town by Mark Leibovich. The past speakers and majority leaders never leave DC, they just move across the street and make millions.
This is as bad or worse than anything in the Gilded Age.
Extortion for the benefit of third parties, such as a political party or campaign fund, is still extorton. _U.S. v. Margiotta_, 688 Fed.2d 108 (2nd Cir. 1982). This is a federal criminal conspiracy, and everyone who agreed to act in concert to demand or pay such contributions is a member of the conspiracy.
We're looking at almost all of Congress here. Hopefully some of the better known freshmen, such as Ted Cruz, Rand Paul and Marco Rubio haven't gotten any chairmanships yet. If they have paid for chairmanships, they're history and the future Presidents for a long time will all be ex-Governors with no Congressional experience.
I can definitely see ex-prosecutor Chris Christie (of gangsters, no less!) accusing his Congressional opponents in the 2016 Presidential race of being racketeers. He'll flatten them if they even try to debate him on television. At this point the election is probably his to lose. I'm not happy that this pretty much puts Christie in the White House. At least former Governors make far better Presidents than former Senators.
And this is the end of Hillary Clinton, which will satisfy my Democratic friends no end.
The Congress is a pack of thieves.
I am shocked, shocked, to hear there is gambling at Rick’s Cafe.
Is it really news that money greases the gears in DC?
Revolting!
It’s the ones making millions while in office that concern me. Once saw a list of net worth before being elected vs worth when retiring. They get appointments for family to add to their own !
Time to expose the crooks and throw them out. How many left because of the banking scandal?
Half a mill for ways and means. I would have paid 2 mill
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.