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UCmeNdc

(9,589 posts)
Mon Jun 9, 2014, 12:18 PM Jun 2014

Bribes, Bribes, Pay to play, I'll scratch your back you scratch mine, bought judgeship?

And none of this is illegal?

Okay, okay, everybody is all “Damn Those Republicans!” this morning when it became apparent that the GOP had bribed Virginia Democratic State Senator Phillip Puckett to resign and thereby give them the power to reject Obamacare in Virginia.

Hell, I am far madder at the damn Democrat for taking the bribe. We are supposed to be better than that.

The bribe is that his daughter gets a judgeship and Puckett gets the job of deputy director of the state tobacco commission. So now you have a guy sitting on the state tobacco commission, a job which involves awarding economic development grants funded by the national tobacco litigation settlement. So you’re going to trust a guy who is bribable to sit on a commission in charge of millions of dollars?

And you want a judge who didn’t get there on her own but through her father’s under the table dealings? You really want a George W Bush sitting on a court?

Terry Kilgore, a Republican who confirmed the deal, said, “I would say that he wanted to make sure his daughter kept her judgeship. A father’s going do that.”



http://crooksandliars.com/2014/06/i-m-more-worried-about-guy-who-accepts


isn't it illegal to offer a bribe?

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Bribes, Bribes, Pay to play, I'll scratch your back you scratch mine, bought judgeship? (Original Post) UCmeNdc Jun 2014 OP
Proud, proud day to be an American. Loryn Jun 2014 #1
This is beyond disgusting... CTyankee Jun 2014 #2
One of the many confirming signs that the US has converted to a lawless society blkmusclmachine Jun 2014 #3
Fascism in the US can be Proved by four words. imthevicar Jun 2014 #4
 

blkmusclmachine

(16,149 posts)
3. One of the many confirming signs that the US has converted to a lawless society
Mon Jun 9, 2014, 06:43 PM
Jun 2014

14 Mile Markers On The Road To Fascism (http://rense.com/general37/char.htm)


- Strong nationalism

- Disdain for human rights

- Identification of enemies/scapegoats as a unifying cause

- Supremacy of the military

- Rampant sexism

- Control of the Media

- Obsession with national security

- Religion and government are intertwined

- Corporate power is shielded/protected

- Labor is suppressed

- Disdain for intellectuals and the arts

- Obsession with crime and punishment

- Rampant cronyism and corruption

- Fraudulent elections

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