Comments on: Corruptocrat William “Refrigerator” Jefferson lands a seat on the Homeland Security Committee

By: Michael

Michael — Sat, 17 Feb 2007 19:14:58 +0000

Credit where credit is due: it is shameful that he hasn’t been indicted yet. What is the holdup?

By: Nick Kasoff

Nick Kasoff — Sat, 17 Feb 2007 15:05:01 +0000

If a Republican was caught with $90,000 in his freezer, Democrats would demand his immediate transfer from his current committee assignments, to a prison assignment. The only help I can imagine Mr. Jefferson providing on homeland security would be some insight into money laundering techniques. It's ok, though, this will just be another point to be raised in '08, if the Republicans have the guts to raise it. Nick Kasoff The Thug Report

By: G-Monster

G-Monster — Sat, 17 Feb 2007 04:46:46 +0000

First she wants to use some generals jet to drive her family around, and now she wants to promote a guy with $90,000 in thier freezer. Sounds like the culture of corruption is alive and well.

By: G-Monster

G-Monster — Sat, 17 Feb 2007 04:42:55 +0000

$90,000 in cash in his freezer? And Pelosi wants to promote this menace?

By: Mwalimu Daudi

Mwalimu Daudi — Sat, 17 Feb 2007 04:23:02 +0000

I have two problems with Kane’s story. First, if this position really has no power attached to it, then the Congressional Black Caucus would go nuclear over (I can hear it now) “seperate-but-equal Jim Crow committee assignments”. But so far they have been quiet, wich indicates to me that Pelosi is probably working a behind-the-scenes deal with them to get William Jefferson-not-Clinton “back in the game”, so to speak.

Second, Kane’s article has this little gem buried in it:

As a member of the committee, Jefferson will not have direct oversight of the FBI or the Justice Department.

What exactly does that mean? Kane is not specific. Might William Jefferson-not-Clinton have indirect oversight over these two agencies? If there is no oversight at all, shouldn’t the article have said that directly? And if there is some oversight of the FBI or Justice Department (which are supposed to be investigating him), what does this say about the deteriorating situaton in “the most ethical Congress in history”?

ST, the whole article looks like a trial balloon. Pelosi is trying to see how far she can go and what she can get away with before someone raises a ruckus.

Remember her recent jet fiasco?

I wanna a jet
BIGGER than the jet
That carried mean ol’ Hastert!
She took a well-deserved licking for that little mess she created. I suspect she is testing the ground before moving ahead this time.