Half of what they asked for, but he’s going away for a while.
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) - A former Louisiana congressman who famously stashed cash in his freezer was sentenced Friday to 13 years in prison for taking hundreds of thousands in bribes in exchange for using his influence to broker business deals in Africa.
(H/T: Riehl World View) You know, when you’re faced with this sort of situation - one where you see a flawed, corrupted, fundamentally weak man finally be caught up by the impersonal forces of law and justice - there are times where you have to look on and ask yourself, Was it worth it to see the wreckage that has been made of this person’s life? Can there be satisfaction in seeing an elderly man sent to prison for what might be the rest of his days? Are you satisfied at the way that the foe has been relentlessly brought low?
(pause)
(Brightly) Yes!
Moe Lane
PS: …in his freezer.
Crossposted to Moe Lane.

Not just "YES!" But "HELL YES!!"
nessa Friday, November 13th at 8:36PM EST (link)The best thing they can do for poor lil’ Bill now is …
…send him some room mates! Charlie Rangel would be a good start, followed by Chris Dodd, John POS Murtha, every Chicago politician ever…
Well, we can dream can’t we?
“If you love wealth more than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, depart from us in peace. We ask not your counsel nor your arms. Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you. May your chains rest lightly upon you and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen.”—Samuel Adams
Contributor to The Minority Report
I sencond that!!
Lisa in Maryland Friday, November 13th at 11:18PM EST (link)Rangel is the worst of the worst. He rights tax code for us working folks — slaves to follow, but forgets what he wrote. SHAMEFUL.
Anti Tax and Spend Loud Mouth Lost in Liberal Land
Don't forget Barney Franks!
Michael Dugas Saturday, November 14th at 1:54AM EST (link)Of course he’d probably volunteer…..just saying.
Intro to Federalist Papers; section 5;
paragraph 4.
“…dangerous ambition more often lurks behind the specious mask of zeal for the rights of the people than under the zeal for a firm and efficient government.”
I only scored 17 on the Obama Test
Curses, Moe! Beat me to it!
Vladimir Friday, November 13th at 8:38PM EST (link)Times-Picayune story
There is no opinion, however absurd, which men will not readily embrace as soon as they can be brought to the conviction that it is generally adopted. - Arthur Schopenhauer
By the way, the longest sentence ever given a Congressman.
Vladimir Friday, November 13th at 8:40PM EST (link)Duke Cunningham got 8 yrs, 4 mo.
There is no opinion, however absurd, which men will not readily embrace as soon as they can be brought to the conviction that it is generally adopted. - Arthur Schopenhauer
I fail to understand
JoeG Friday, November 13th at 9:00PM EST (link)Why this isn’t immediate remand.
Jefferson (D) has been accused of hiding lots of money offshore so he’s a flight risk.
Feel free to pile on, Vlad.
Moe Lane Friday, November 13th at 9:33PM EST (link)Your state, after all.
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You're a hard man, Moe.
Vegas_Rick Friday, November 13th at 8:50PM EST (link)But, I whole heartedly agree, so I guess I am as well.
“Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful people with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan ‘press on’ has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race.” Calvin Coolidge.
Do they still get their forever salary? nt
mom2oneson Friday, November 13th at 9:10PM EST (link)How truly fitting...
rbdwiggins Friday, November 13th at 9:10PM EST (link)Sentenced to 13-Years, a congressional record by the way, on Friday the 13th.
“Well, the trouble with our liberal friends is not that they are ignorant, but that they know so much that isn’t so.” – Ronald Reagan
Will the jail get a special wing
bk Friday, November 13th at 9:19PM EST (link)to house him and all his kinfolk? I think pretty much every relative of his is in the slammer or awaiting trial, aren’t they?
Of the ones still living, one sister is clean.
Vladimir Friday, November 13th at 9:35PM EST (link)Just about everyone else is up on RICO charges.
There is no opinion, however absurd, which men will not readily embrace as soon as they can be brought to the conviction that it is generally adopted. - Arthur Schopenhauer
Case in point, bk.
Vladimir Friday, November 13th at 9:40PM EST (link)http://www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2009/11/burnell_moliere_sentenced_to_p.html
There is no opinion, however absurd, which men will not readily embrace as soon as they can be brought to the conviction that it is generally adopted. - Arthur Schopenhauer
Health care
samdallas Friday, November 13th at 9:32PM EST (link)Whether or not he loses his congressional health care, he’ll still have government healthcare
Good riddance to bad rubbish
peg_c Friday, November 13th at 9:32PM EST (link)as they say. Or rather, as we say, more and more often lately.
Government cannot be the solution when government is the problem.
Sad part
OneCleverCookie Friday, November 13th at 9:53PM EST (link)is that his former house district will just elect another moron, crook, or both. Louisiana is famous for that, i.e. Huey Long, Edwin Edwards, and the clown that replaced Jefferson, Cao. Yes, even conservative hopeful Bobby Jindal could easily follow into some of the afore mentioned footsteps.
“Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery.”
Winston Churchill
From...to
Darin_H Friday, November 13th at 10:00PM EST (link)From In his freezer
to taking it In his can…
Enjoy Federal PMITA prison, Jefferson (D).
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Jefferson for Freezer Czar!
CSUFBomb Friday, November 13th at 10:44PM EST (link)One can only hope that Barry will take a clue and stash some of this nation’s $$$ in a freezer rather than burning it on saving or creating DMV jobs.
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“We want great men who, when fortune frowns, will not be discouraged.” - Colonel Henry Knox
It's 12 times better to be a lawyer than a crook.
Tbone Friday, November 13th at 10:46PM EST (link)“Jefferson must forfeit $470,653.47 to the government that the jury determined was obtained illegally”
“Jefferson’s lawyers, who are owed more than $5.7 million by Jefferson,”
Envisioning when all that is Left is the Right.
Yes, since both are the same,
gekster Friday, November 13th at 11:00PM EST (link)but a crook is more honerable
A political party cannot be all things to all people.
It must represent certain fundamental beliefs which must not be compromised to political expediency, or simply to swell its numbers.
Ronald Reagan
Every deer hunter in Michigan still likes to take a shot at a squirrel, rabbit, or even a troll every now and then.
1 down, too many more to go
lkdavis Saturday, November 14th at 12:49AM EST (link)maybe we could reopen Alcatraz to house them.
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When you can’t make them see the light, make them feel the heat.
-Ronald Reagan
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It does not require a majority to prevail, but rather an irate, tireless minority
keen to set brush fires in people’s minds.
-Samuel Adams
Man it took Long Enough to get that Conviction
Michael Dugas Saturday, November 14th at 2:28AM EST (link)If he does straight federal time, no special breaks that I’m unaware of, than he’ll do over 10 years on this sentence. And lkdavis there are alot more Dems than 2 more.
Pelosi has been funneling federal dollars to her husbands company.
Reid has been involved in a ton of shady land deals in Nevada as well as accepting free ringside tickets from the Nevada Athletic Commission to three professional boxing matches while that state agency was trying to influence him on federal regulation of boxing and there’s that building an alleged public airport with federal dollars
in which he makes up pretty much ALL of the public that uses that airport.
Chris Dodd and Barney Franks should both be in prison for their part in Fannie and Freddie. They both accepted huge donations from Fannie and Freddie while they were supposed to be the oversight for those two entities.
Diane Fienstein has also shown no problem abusing her power to line her own pockets. In May of 2008, the FDIC began an RFP process to help manage and resell its immense portfolio of foreclosed real estate. It received proposals from 18 firms.
Feinstein wrote to the FDIC head on Oct. 30, as her husband’s firm (CBRE) was still competing for the contract. Bair responded in November, noting that she had not been able to convince Treasury to fund her plan for handling foreclosures. On November 13th, the FDIC inked a contract with CBRE that could yield tens of millions of dollars (or more) when most commercial real estate firms are dying on the vine. CBRE was suffering greatly; its share price had hemorrhaged from $24.50 in May to $3.77 in November.
Feinstein’s husband’s partnerships bought 10.6 million shares at a price of $3.77. Several days later, the FDIC announced CBRE had won the contract. Foreclosure management experts call the contract “highly unusual” and stated that some of its fees were “egregious”. For example, CBRE can collect $7,500 on the sale of a property worth $25,000 or less ..Thats like 30%+ commission…must be nice. Experts state that competitive commissions for similar properties are between $2,000 and $2,500… a third of the fee…….Nice work if you can get it.
Together, Feinstein and her husband are worth north of $52.3 million, according to her 2007 financial disclosure.
Murtha…well Murtha, as well as being the PORK King, deserves prison for his traitorous treatment of our military. Scumbag.
Eliot Engel is a tax cheat extraordinaire. I have a list of more…they all should be in jail, you and I would most likely be if we committed
and repeated the offenses they have.
Just sayin…….
Intro to Federalist Papers; section 5;
paragraph 4.
“…dangerous ambition more often lurks behind the specious mask of zeal for the rights of the people than under the zeal for a firm and efficient government.”
I only scored 17 on the Obama Test
He'll get a commutation...
larryp Saturday, November 14th at 10:42AM EST (link)5…4..3…2..1…being worked out now for some time when the nations attention is diverted.
Actually, no. It should have come much, much more quickly,
The_Gadfly Sunday, November 15th at 7:08PM EST (link)and the sentence should have been much much more severe. But given how corrupted the criminal justice system has become in favor of the crooks, I’ll take what we can get.
We’ve been called racists enough now that it shouldn’t bother us any more.
-AChance, http://www.redstate.com/moe_lane/2009/11/03/what-men-may-do-we-have-done/#comment-24463
If NY23 was a beat down for Conservatives, what do you call what happened to Progressives in NJ and VA?
inspired by ColdWarrior, http://www.redstate.com/hooah_mac/2009/11/04/ny-23-the-agony-of-defeat-not-so-much/#comment-156
Don't drop the soap...... NT
erod Sunday, November 15th at 10:42PM EST (link)