I feel that corruption is corruption and people guilty of it should be in prison.

HOWEVER...

Doesn't it seem like we get more Dems nailed hard than Republicans? I have a suspicion everyone does it but only a few are nailed over it. Sort of like Elliot Spitzer. he wasn't singlehandedly keeping every call girl in his state employed. These high-end girls must have been servicing other notable people, other politicians certainly, judges, public officials, and yet his is the only leak.

Just to reiterate, I'm not giving these guys a pass, just asking why they're the ones getting caught/jailed. Come to think of it, was Spitzer jailed or did they suspend prosecution? He lost the governorship which I think was the entire point of the leak, getting back at him for going after big finance.

I'm guessing the nice feature of a culture of corruption is that everyones' hands are dirty and it makes it easier to keep them under control, keep them from trying to come clean. Like when a gang has everyone stab a knife into the dead body, narc on us and you're going down, too.

And stealing from Katrina victims is particularly crass.

But, you're right. I think they all do it to some extent or another.

He was a rising star, and yet....

He used money that was earmarked for Katrina relief as well as bribes to enrich himself and his family. That activity is scummy and deserves jail time.

Which irritates me

but you weren't supposed to mention that ummmmm.......truth. But delay was rethug and .....

big difference

I think they'll both get ten years, be released in five for good behavior, and they'll become evangelists the day they get out of the joint. Charles Colson, who Hunter Thompson described as "the meanest man in Washington," made serious bank in the Jesus Business after his sentence for...well, you name it and he probably did it...was over. Fortunately, the McDonnells are going to federal prison rather than a state prison, forever relieving the overworked guards of the nightmare of having someone convicted of breaking a law McDonnell signed put in the same cell block.

Unfortunately, his going to federal prison will slightly dampen commerce in Virginia - how many people were planning to get a "My Last Governor Made This License Plate" plate frame?

hit. And he was saying that no one from FEMA or the Feds were in the city helping. That people were stranded and dying.

I'd say he has a bad case if PTSD from bushes willful arrogant negligence regarding Katrina.

I have prayers of safety for him.

Bush-Cheney-Rumsfeld & Co need to be the ones going to prison, for life!

"I'd say he has a bad case if PTSD.. " Just a second, are you trying to compensate for this crook???? I don't care what he has behind his name, he stole money from real victims living through a real tragedy, clear and simple.. Save your grief for the true victims.. UGH

Not saying he shouldn't have consequences. Just saying look at the other side of the picture.

I hope the victims get recompense, for their loss.

What bush did to New Orleans was far far worse, he deserves life in hard prison. He allowed 30,000 people to die, while they starved to death on their roofs waiting for help that bush was not sending. That's the real crime here.

Of course the number is more than the 'official' 1800 +/- but I've never heard any claims of 30,000 before. And yes, I agree bush is the real villian here.

30,000 people did not die in Katrina and no one starved to death.

I heard him say it though, because the comment stunned me so.

After a disaster the news continuously reports the death toll, in the case of Katrina I kept wondering when the news would report the toll and I never heard.

All buried out in the swamp or something?

(not 30,000) prisoners were executed and dumped in a swamp. Regardless of the number (30,000/5,000) never a shred of evidence of any kind substantiated her wild claims -- loved ones didn't allege missing-from-prison persons nor was a single forensic molecue recovered. Frankly, we know awful things happened during Katrina and we'll probably never know the true scope, but making crazy talk only generates total dismissal of legitimate claims. It's exactly like claiming the planes that hit on 9/11 were only holograms. Crazy talk stops real investigations dead in their tracks.

That woman was a nut and got nuttier as time went on.

Taking everything into consideration, and having followed the trial testimony re: Nagin, he wasn't confused, because some of the crooked connections were long standing, and he was cut a deal in his final sentencing..

Charged, tried, and convicted in a court of law.

I won't make excuses for him because he was a Democrat.

That said, the sentence is outrageous for a man his age, maybe even a death sentence if he dies in there.

Nagin gave us some memorable moments, especially when he righteously criticized Bush.

Whether or not the sentence is harsh or outrageous or totally justified, he'll only be 68 when released, if he serves every moment, which is unlikely. Come on people, let's not be Faux Snooze with the overstatements.

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