GOP FINALLY EMBRACES A DEM AS THEIR OWN: ALL IT TOOK WAS BRIBERY

In a rare show of reaching across the partisan aisle, Republican lawmakers have finally found a Democrat they can love as their own: William Jefferson, the Louisiana Congressman accused of taking bribes.

Unlike William Jefferson Clinton, who they pilloried over a blow-job, the GOP caucus is strongly defending Mr. Jefferson as a matter of institutional prerogatives and power. As stated by House Speaker Denny Hastert, "it's one thing for Congress to cede war-making and law-making to the Executive branch, but when they start to infringe on a Congressman's Constitutional right to receive bribes, we're not going to just roll over and die."

In contrast to his namesake Thomas Jefferson, who purchased Louisiana, Congressman Jefferson is accused of actually selling out Louisiana by literally accepting "cold-hard cash," in return for his assistance in procuring government contracts for a technology company.

Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist also condemned the actions of the FBI in their search of Mr. Jefferson's office: "We don't mind the NSA conducting warrantless and random spying on millions of innocent Americans, but when they obtain search warrants from a federal judge to investigate actual wrongdoing, that's a real threat to the fabric of this Country."

There is also speculation that Congressional Republicans will try to persuade Mr. Jefferson to switch parties and come over to the GOP. Although some see this as a calculated political move to attract more black voters, this charge was brusquely dismissed by House Majority Leader John Boehner: "It's obvious we're not recruiting just any old black politician, but one who clearly shares our core principles and values."

or think that. :eyes:

is in his own self interest. These idiots are giving away their own rights and it does not register with them until it hits home. The media gave its all to the shubery and when the NSA spied on them thjey were soooo suprised. They are just plain stupid.