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funkybutt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-13-09 05:59 PM Original message |
William Jefferson sentenced to 13 years in prison |
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truthisfreedom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-13-09 06:09 PM Response to Original message |
1. Wow, that's a hell of a stretch. What a fuckwad. |
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alp227 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-13-09 09:26 PM Response to Reply #1 |
21. Also did you know...? |
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jaysunb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-13-09 06:10 PM Response to Original message |
2. Seems a bit harsh to me |
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funkybutt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-13-09 06:21 PM Original message |
Prosecutors had asked for 27 to 33 years |
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jaysunb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-13-09 06:56 PM Response to Original message |
11. Still... |
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marshall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-13-09 07:11 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. He should have plead guilty--he would have gotten MUCH less |
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funkybutt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-14-09 09:13 AM Response to Reply #14 |
26. Exactly! |
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sunnybrook (986 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-13-09 06:59 PM Response to Original message |
12. people get less than that for murder |
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shadowknows69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-13-09 07:31 PM Response to Reply #2 |
16. Considering the war criminals are still roaming free indeed. |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-14-09 10:31 AM Response to Reply #2 |
27. For a member of Congress who took bribes? |
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JonQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-14-09 10:40 AM Response to Reply #2 |
29. It's not the first time he's done something ethically sketchy |
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timeforpeace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-13-09 06:11 PM Response to Original message |
3. Obama will probably issue him a pardon. |
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Nostradammit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-13-09 06:20 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Why is that comment necessary? |
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xultar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-13-09 06:35 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. It appears to be based on bullshit from where I sit. |
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HughMoran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-13-09 08:35 PM Response to Reply #7 |
18. That's "one line" |
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tabasco (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-14-09 06:47 PM Response to Reply #5 |
35. One of the astroturfers flying under the radar. |
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humbled_opinion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-13-09 06:46 PM Response to Reply #3 |
9. LOL... |
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FarPoint (665 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-14-09 12:54 AM Response to Reply #3 |
23. I sure hope he does.... |
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chrisa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-14-09 03:34 PM Response to Reply #23 |
33. Why do you hope he does? |
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ButterflyBlood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-14-09 02:25 PM Response to Reply #3 |
30. Obama isn't a corrupt piece of human filth like Jefferson |
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Jennicut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-14-09 03:31 PM Response to Reply #3 |
32. Obama has been very stingy on pardons so far |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-13-09 06:16 PM Response to Original message |
4. So does that mean that he's not running in the next election? |
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alp227 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-13-09 08:55 PM Response to Reply #4 |
20. He could, but it'd be dumb to do so |
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tularetom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-13-09 06:21 PM Response to Original message |
6. I forget - what did Duke Cunningham get? |
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jemsan (245 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-13-09 06:36 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. Duke got 8 years because he's old and in ill health |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-13-09 06:51 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. is duke perchance a white man? (jefferson is also old, ya know) |
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jaysunb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-13-09 06:59 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. Bingo ! |
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Rage for Order (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-13-09 07:28 PM Response to Reply #10 |
15. Which is it then, race or political party? |
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pleah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-13-09 09:36 PM Response to Reply #10 |
22. Exactly! n/t |
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niyad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-14-09 08:35 PM Response to Reply #10 |
38. let's see-- duke cunningham, old, white republican, sentenced by old white republican |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-14-09 10:38 AM Response to Reply #8 |
28. Cunningham copped a plea and got 100 months. He took a lot more than Jefferson, too. |
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ButterflyBlood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-14-09 02:31 PM Response to Reply #8 |
31. and because he took a plea bargain |
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niyad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-14-09 08:36 PM Response to Reply #8 |
39. and, conveniently, his judge was a bush appointee |
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dixiegrrrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-13-09 08:34 PM Response to Original message |
17. Hooray. |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-13-09 08:53 PM Response to Original message |
19. Scooter Libby, George W. Bush, Karl Rove, and Dick Cheney remain at large. |
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goclark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-14-09 01:29 AM Response to Original message |
24. Now when will GW and the Bush Mafia do some time? |
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rayofreason (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-14-09 01:45 AM Response to Original message |
25. Does he get a freezer in his cell? n/t |
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mstinamotorcity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-14-09 05:56 PM Response to Original message |
34. He just happened to |
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niyad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-14-09 08:08 PM Response to Original message |
36. and how many years did randy cunningham get for his millions in bribery, corruption, etc? |
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niyad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-14-09 08:26 PM Response to Original message |
37. let's see--he gets 13 years for 90k in his fridge. cunningham gets 8 years for over 2 milliion in |
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