Get this one! I guess Duke Cunningham is jealous of others like Libby, Brent Wilkes, Dusty Foggo, Tom Kontogiannis, that have been able to get more "deals" to get bail pending appeal, etc. and wants in on some of that action.
Or perhaps it is all engineered so that folks like Bilbray and Issa can help make themselves "look good" by saying he doesn't deserve it in case they get called on about stuff like Bush's Libby pardon and perhaps the upcoming bail deal that Brent Wilkes may be getting!
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http://www.northcountytimes.com/articles/2008/07/21/news/sandiego/z4abbfbf61bcf075d8825748d007a3c1d.txtREGION: Cunningham asking Bush for clemency
Mercy unlikely for former congressman, political observers say
By EDWARD SIFUENTES - Staff Writer | Monday, July 21, 2008 8:15 PM PDT ∞
Former U.S. Rep. Randy "Duke" Cunningham, at the center of one of the worst Congressional bribery scandals in U.S. history, is asking President Bush to let him out of prison.
That's unlikely, say political observers and members of Congress, who argue that the former North County lawmaker's crimes were too severe to warrant setting him free.
"I don't think I can overstate the damage that Mr. Cunningham did to the institution of government," U.S. Rep. Brian Bilbray, R-Solana Beach, said Monday. "The damage done by Randy Cunningham was deep and broad."
Bilbray replaced Cunningham as representative of the 50th Congressional District.
A spokeswoman for the U.S. Justice Department confirmed Monday that Cunningham, a Republican, has asked that his sentence of eight years and four months be commuted.
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