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Judicial Watch: 10 Most Corrupt Politicians 2007
#7917008 - 01/22/08 08:38 PM (16 years, 10 days ago) |
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By Jim Kouri, January 2008 The maverick attorneys at Judicial Watch, a public interest group that investigates and prosecutes government corruption, recently released their list of Washington DC's “Ten Most Wanted Corrupt Politicians of 2007.” The list being circulated in alphabetical order includes several presidential candidates such as Hillary Clinton, Rudy Guiliani and Barack Obama. The list also includes leaders from both major political parties.

1. Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY): In addition to her long and sordid ethics record, Senator Hillary Clinton took a lot of heat in 2007 -- and rightly so -- for blocking the release her official White House records. Many suspect these records contain a treasure trove of information related to her role in a number of serious Clinton-era scandals. Moreover, in March 2007, Judicial Watch filed an ethics complaint against Senator Clinton for filing false financial disclosure forms with the U.S. Senate (again). And Hillary’s top campaign contributor, Norman Hsu, was exposed as a felon and a fugitive from justice in 2007. Hsu pleaded guilt to one count of grand theft for defrauding investors as part of a multi-million dollar Ponzi scheme.

2. Rep. John Conyers (D-MI): Judicial Watch accuses Conyers of repeatedly violating the law and House ethics rules, forcing his staff to serve as his personal servants, babysitters, valets and campaign workers while on the government payroll. While the House Ethics Committee investigated these allegations in 2006, and substantiated a number of the accusations against Conyers, the committee blamed the staff and required additional administrative record-keeping and employee training. Judicial Watch obtained documentation in 2007 from a former Conyers staffer that sheds new light on the activities and conduct on the part of the Michigan congressman, which appear to be at a minimum inappropriate and likely unlawful. Judicial Watch called on the Attorney General in 2007 to investigate the matter.

3. Senator Larry Craig (R-ID): In one of the most shocking scandals of 2007, Senator Craig was caught by police attempting to solicit sex in a Minneapolis International Airport men’s bathroom during the summer. Senator Craig reportedly “sent signals” to a police officer in an adjacent stall that he wanted to engage in sexual activity. When the police officer showed Craig his police identification under the bathroom stall divider and pointed toward the exit, the senator reportedly exclaimed 'No!'” When asked to produce identification, Craig presented police his U.S. Senate business card and said, “What do you think of that?” The power play didn’t work. Craig was arrested, charged and entered a guilty plea. Despite enormous pressure from his Republican colleagues to resign from the Senate, Craig refused.

4. Senator Diane Feinstein (D-CA): As a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee's subcommittee on military construction, Feinstein reviewed military construction government contracts, some of which were ultimately awarded to URS Corporation and Perini, companies then owned by Feinstein's husband, Richard Blum. While the Pentagon ultimately awards military contracts, there is a reason for the review process. The Senate's subcommittee on Military Construction's approval carries weight. Sen. Feinstein, therefore, likely had influence over the decision making process. Senator Feinstein also attempted to undermine ethics reform in 2007, arguing in favor of a perk that allows members of Congress to book multiple airline flights and then cancel them without financial penalty. Judicial Watch’s investigation into this matter is ongoing.

5. Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani (R-NY): Giuliani came under fire in late 2007 after it was discovered the former New York mayor’s office “billed obscure city agencies for tens of thousands of dollars in security expenses amassed during the time when he was beginning an extramarital relationship with future wife Judith Nathan in the Hamptons…” ABC News also reported that Giuliani provided Nathan with a police vehicle and a city driver at taxpayer expense. All of this news came on the heels of the federal indictment on corruption charges of Giuliani’s former Police Chief and business partner Bernard Kerik, who pleaded guilty in 2006 to accepting a $165,000 bribe in the form of renovations to his Bronx apartment from a construction company attempting to land city contracts.

6. Governor Mike Huckabee (R-AR): Governor Huckabee enjoyed a meteoric rise in the polls in December 2007, which prompted a more thorough review of his ethics record. According to The Associated Press: “[Huckabee’s] career has also been colored by 14 ethics complaints and a volley of questions about his integrity, ranging from his management of campaign cash to his use of a nonprofit organization to subsidize his income to his destruction of state computer files on his way out of the governor’s office.” And what was Governor Huckabee’s response to these ethics allegations? Rather than cooperating with investigators, Huckabee sued the state ethics commission twice and attempted to shut the ethics process down.

7. I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby: Libby, former Chief of Staff to Vice President Dick Cheney, was sentenced to 30 months in prison and fined $250,000 for lying and obstructing the Valerie Plame CIA leak investigation. Libby was found guilty of four felonies -- two counts of perjury, one count of making false statements to the FBI and one count of obstructing justice – all serious crimes. Unfortunately, Libby was largely let off the hook. In an appalling lack of judgment, President Bush issued “Executive Clemency” to Libby and commuted the sentence.
8. Senator Barack Obama (D-IL): A “Dishonorable Mention” last year, Senator Obama moves onto the “ten most wanted” list in 2007. In 2006, it was discovered that Obama was involved in a suspicious real estate deal with an indicted political fundraiser, Antoin “Tony” Rezko. In 2007, more reports surfaced of deeper and suspicious business and political connections It was reported that just two months after he joined the Senate, Obama purchased $50,000 worth of stock in speculative companies whose major investors were his biggest campaign contributors. One of the companies was a biotech concern that benefited from legislation Obama pushed just two weeks after the senator purchased $5,000 of the company’s shares. Obama was also nabbed conducting campaign business in his Senate office, a violation of federal law.

9. Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA): House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who promised a new era of ethics enforcement in the House of Representatives, snuck a $25 million gift to her husband, Paul Pelosi, in a $15 billion Water Resources Development Act recently passed by Congress. The pet project involved renovating ports in Speaker Pelosi's home base of San Francisco. Pelosi just happens to own apartment buildings near the areas targeted for improvement, and will almost certainly experience a significant boost in property value as a result of Pelosi's earmark. Earlier in the year, Pelosi found herself in hot water for demanding access to a luxury Air Force jet to ferry the Speaker and her entourage back and forth from San Francisco non-stop, in unprecedented request which was wisely rejected by the Pentagon. And under Pelosi’s leadership, the House ethics process remains essentially shut down – which protects members in both parties from accountability.

10. Senator Harry Reid (D-NV): Over the last few years, Reid has been embroiled in a series of scandals that cast serious doubt on his credibility as a self-professed champion of government ethics, and 2007 was no different. According to The Los Angeles Times, over the last four years, Reid has used his influence in Washington to help a developer, Havey Whittemore, clear obstacles for a profitable real estate deal. As the project advanced, the Times reported, “Reid received tens of thousands of dollars in campaign contributions from Whittemore.” Whittemore also hired one of Reid’s sons (Leif) as his personal lawyer and then promptly handed the junior Reid the responsibility of negotiating the real estate deal with federal officials. Leif Reid even called his father’s office to talk about how to obtain the proper EPA permits, a clear conflict of interest
http://www.libertysentinel.org/articles/2008-1/10most.html
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Re: Judicial Watch: 10 Most Corrupt Politicians 2007 [Re: WakeboardrB]
#7917146 - 01/22/08 09:01 PM (16 years, 10 days ago) |
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Those are some terrible pictures.
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Re: Judicial Watch: 10 Most Corrupt Politicians 2007 [Re: Phishe]
#7917165 - 01/22/08 09:03 PM (16 years, 10 days ago) |
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particularly of the women. what's up with that? each of the 3 women on that list have TERRIBLE pictures. the majority of the male photos are just normal smiling politician pics.
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Re: Judicial Watch: 10 Most Corrupt Politicians 2007 [Re: tiny_rabid_birds]
#7917183 - 01/22/08 09:06 PM (16 years, 10 days ago) |
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I guess the Rudy one is an exception because he is dressed as a woman
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Re: Judicial Watch: 10 Most Corrupt Politicians 2007 [Re: tiny_rabid_birds]
#7917190 - 01/22/08 09:07 PM (16 years, 10 days ago) |
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Obama's too sexy to be corrupt.
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Re: Judicial Watch: 10 Most Corrupt Politicians 2007 [Re: WakeboardrB]
#7917198 - 01/22/08 09:08 PM (16 years, 10 days ago) |
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Holy shit
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Re: Judicial Watch: 10 Most Corrupt Politicians 2007 [Re: WhiskeyClone]
#7917338 - 01/22/08 09:27 PM (16 years, 10 days ago) |
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yeah.. that picture of hillary is so terrible, it almost looks like there's a pallid green filter over it to make her look more like the joker.
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Re: Judicial Watch: 10 Most Corrupt Politicians 2007 [Re: tiny_rabid_birds]
#7917400 - 01/22/08 09:35 PM (16 years, 10 days ago) |
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die cuntfaces!
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Re: Judicial Watch: 10 Most Corrupt Politicians 2007 [Re: casgoodie]
#7917587 - 01/22/08 10:02 PM (16 years, 10 days ago) |
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Yeah, there is an obvious bias shown in the photos, but it is quite interesting nonetheless.
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Re: Judicial Watch: 10 Most Corrupt Politicians 2007 [Re: WakeboardrB]
#7917623 - 01/22/08 10:08 PM (16 years, 10 days ago) |
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what about senator john ford?
he's been in scandals, pretty much on a weekly basis, for the last two years running. not to mention like three or four of his relatives were also indicted for bribery and shit
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Re: Judicial Watch: 10 Most Corrupt Politicians 2007 [Re: demiu5]
#7917702 - 01/22/08 10:20 PM (16 years, 10 days ago) |
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Quote:
demius said: what about senator john ford?
he's been in scandals, pretty much on a weekly basis, for the last two years running. not to mention like three or four of his relatives were also indicted for bribery and shit
From what I've read about John Ford, all of his shenanigans occurred in 2005 and earlier. He was arrested by the FBI for bribery in May 2005 and was just sentenced to prison last year.
This article is supposedly about the year 2007, although I believe they do cite supposed evidence from earlier.
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Re: Judicial Watch: 10 Most Corrupt Politicians 2007 [Re: WakeboardrB]
#7917820 - 01/22/08 10:41 PM (16 years, 10 days ago) |
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i almost vomited from that picture of Pelosi. something about her just makes me cringe and pull my hair out.
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Re: Judicial Watch: 10 Most Corrupt Politicians 2007 [Re: WakeboardrB]
#7917866 - 01/22/08 10:52 PM (16 years, 10 days ago) |
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all i know is they drug up more charges on him at the beginning of the year cause he was on the news again
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Re: Judicial Watch: 10 Most Corrupt Politicians 2007 [Re: WakeboardrB]
#7917940 - 01/22/08 11:06 PM (16 years, 10 days ago) |
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Re: Judicial Watch: 10 Most Corrupt Politicians 2007 [Re: WakeboardrB]
#7918513 - 01/23/08 02:10 AM (16 years, 9 days ago) |
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Two of the top ten are from my state.
I've written Feinstein personally, even in her diplomatically phrased reply letters, she comes off as a smug pain in the ass. I'll be glad when we get a chance to kick her to the curb.
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Re: Judicial Watch: 10 Most Corrupt Politicians 2007 [Re: WakeboardrB]
#7918662 - 01/23/08 03:33 AM (16 years, 9 days ago) |
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Some of those articles are pretty one-sided. Looks more like a "who can we attack to get attention for our small-time 'interest group'" list.
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Re: Judicial Watch: 10 Most Corrupt Politicians 2007 [Re: WakeboardrB]
#7918715 - 01/23/08 04:17 AM (16 years, 9 days ago) |
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How about this guy?
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Re: Judicial Watch: 10 Most Corrupt Politicians 2007 [Re: Asante]
#7918839 - 01/23/08 06:10 AM (16 years, 9 days ago) |
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Haven't I seen this face before?
OH RIGHT SHE PLAYS A SPIDER SPLICER IN BIOSHOCK.
But seriously, you're trying to tell me we have corrupt politicians? In OUR AMERICAN GOVERNMENT?
Oh. Well that's nothing new. Isn't George W. president or something?
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Re: Judicial Watch: 10 Most Corrupt Politicians 2007 [Re: Bandersnatch]
#7920732 - 01/23/08 05:13 PM (16 years, 9 days ago) |
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it looks like she has a worm growing out of her lower lip
truth be known obama had 30 unpaid parking tickets at 1 time, u know when he paid them all off, the day before he announced his run for president, just a bunch of lawyers on a power trip, same old shit
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Re: Judicial Watch: 10 Most Corrupt Politicians 2007 [Re: supercollider]
#7921133 - 01/23/08 06:40 PM (16 years, 9 days ago) |
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Quote:
supercollider said: Some of those articles are pretty one-sided. Looks more like a "who can we attack to get attention for our small-time 'interest group'" list.
Exactly what I was thinking. Lame publicity stunt.
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Re: Judicial Watch: 10 Most Corrupt Politicians 2007 [Re: WakeboardrB]
#7921274 - 01/23/08 07:11 PM (16 years, 9 days ago) |
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Seems just like any other smeer bullshit around elections. You can tell right from the start when they're explaining something like, "Look who made our list, and we're not biased cause there's bitches from both sides."
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Re: Judicial Watch: 10 Most Corrupt Politicians 2007 [Re: Cowgold]
#7921998 - 01/23/08 09:30 PM (16 years, 9 days ago) |
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They do still criticize some genuine bad apples.
I can attest to the lousiness of Feinstein, that bat would disavow any civil right that suits her needs. And Pelosi... well, she's not exactly in politics for the love of democracy now is she?
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Re: Judicial Watch: 10 Most Corrupt Politicians 2007 [Re: Gumby]
#7922027 - 01/23/08 09:37 PM (16 years, 9 days ago) |
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I jerked it to Hilary's pic.
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Re: Judicial Watch: 10 Most Corrupt Politicians 2007 [Re: HybridFlash]
#7925487 - 01/24/08 05:54 PM (16 years, 8 days ago) |
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I know he's not a poly-tick but I feel Rush is equally filthy. I ALSO think he's as equally interested in Lohan's nipslip as he is w/ oxy.
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