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Jefferson Re-elected in New Orleans | |
2006-12-11 | |
NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 10 -- Rep. William J. Jefferson may be a pariah in some Washington political circles, but voters in this storm-battered city weighed in over the weekend with their own verdict regarding their scandal-plagued congressman: He's still our guy. Voters gave the Louisiana Democrat an emphatic reelection victory over state Rep. Karen Carter, even though his campaign had been weighted with revelations that federal authorities had videotaped him taking $100,000 in alleged bribe money, and that $90,000 of it had been found inside a freezer in his apartment in the District. The investigation led House colleagues to dump him from a key committee, donors abandoned him and the state Democratic Party switched its allegiance to his opponent. But before cheering supporters at a hotel room on election night, Jefferson called his win "a great moment" and said, "I thank almighty God for making it possible." He declined to discuss the probe.
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Posted by:Bobby |
#10 Who can make the dough freeze, cover it with ice, the Jefferman can... |
Posted by: Captain America 2006-12-11 22:51 |
#9 Lol, SteveS. Er, I mean Yuck! Yuck, I say! Lol. |
Posted by: .com 2006-12-11 18:13 |
#8 Of course he got re-elected, ya damn fools. People gots lots of money invested in a politician, they don't wanna hafta go buy a new one all over again. Besides, folks down here gots plenty worse things in their freezer than stacks of frozen money. |
Posted by: SteveS 2006-12-11 18:10 |
#7 The "Culture of Corruption". Now open under new management! |
Posted by: tu3031 2006-12-11 14:33 |
#6 Nothing like good clean government or whatever this is going to be. |
Posted by: Cyber Sarge 2006-12-11 14:20 |
#5 I also heard of “Vote for the Lizard, Not the Wizard.” |
Posted by: James 2006-12-11 11:54 |
#4 No Eric, the slogan was 'Vote for the Crook, It's Important.' And the choice was between Edwin Edwards and David Duke. Much as I don't care for Karen Carter, she's neither a Duke nor an Edwards. Jefferson seems to come pretty close to an Edwards, but without the panache. |
Posted by: Glenmore 2006-12-11 10:03 |
#3 Old Louisiana meme. Remember “Vote for the crook, not the Nazi”? |
Posted by: Eric Jablow 2006-12-11 09:50 |
#2 Better the crook you know... |
Posted by: Pappy 2006-12-11 09:24 |
#1 He has not been convicted of any crime, nor even formally charged, despite over two years of investigation. Because of that, many people assume the stories of his corruption are just that - stories. I want to know what the hold-up us? Why has he not been charged? Does he have some dirt on those who would be doing the charging? Are they still rolling back other lines of investigation? Did they just want to see him re-elected in order to embarass the Dems (not that embarassing them is possible?) It was not strictly a racial election - he received 21% of the white vote, and his opponent is also black. |
Posted by: Glenmore 2006-12-11 08:24 |