Also mentioned is Representative Peter Visclosky, of Indiana. Per Wikipedia Mr Visclosky has been honored by a citizen's group:
In 2009, Visclosky was named one of the 15 most corrupt members of Congress by the Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington.From a 29 March 2009♦ New York Times article we have this quote:
“All the combustibles are here for a very salacious set of allegations that could go far beyond his campaign finance problems,” said Stanley Brand, a veteran Washington criminal defense lawyer known for representing Democrats.A friend of mine related to me, a couple of years ago, about how he ran into one of the PMA Group folks in a parking garage. It sounded almost like Deep Throat and Woodward and Bernstein. My friend knew this person when this person was still in uniform and before this person had joined PMA Group. My friend asked a question in passing and since the friend's company had retained the PMA Group as a lobbyist, the chap went in and billed the time in the garage—but didn't answer the question.
So, are there no bright lines for our politicians? Or have they so waffled the edges of the issue of corruption and selling votes with sub-sub-sections that it is easy to get lost?
Hat tip to the Instapundit.
Regards — Cliff
♠ The link at Hot Air is dead at this writing.
♥ If it had been PMAA, it would have been the Petroleum Marketers Association of America, a firm my wife worked for, for a couple of years.
♦ Whatever happened to the idea of a speedy trial?
my cynicism observes that the charlie rangel affair is playing out like nothing so much as a giant misdirection, such as a cheap parlor magician might employ to distract you from noticing his hand in your pocket. they'll make a big blow and bluster about calling him bad names in front of his schoolmates in congress, and then return quickly to business as usual.
ReplyDeletewhich is, if you hadn't noticed, de facto D/R collusion that results in de facto unrestrained porkbarrelling and campaigns that never point out that there has always been a third way.
unenroll--SAPERE AUDE