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| democratic congressman's corruption scandal |
 May 24 2006, 01:02 PM
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Undoubtedly you have all heard about the Democrat Congressman taking a $100,000 dollar bribe and storing the money in his freezer and the subsequent FBI raid on his office.
One would believe that the Republicans would be jumping all over this opportunity to smear Democrats; however, Republicans and Democrats are coming together in an unprecedented collaborative effort to oppose the FBI ever searching the offices of Congressmen (Democrats and Republicans) ever again. This makes you wonder... what do Republicans and the rest of Congress (Democrats included) have to hide? Massive corruption in Congress? Article about the raid: http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/21/washingt...age&oref=slogin Congress pissed off about the raids: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3626796/ |
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May 24 2006, 06:24 PM
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QUOTE (Lancifer @ May 24 2006, 06:20 PM) FYI, Watergate was a burglary of the Democratic National Committee’s office ordered by President Nixon. This is the FBI legally getting a search warrant to raid a corrupt congressman's office. How are you drawing comparisons between these two totally different things? Might want to read more on Watergate. It was not just a burglary, it was also the wiretapping of the offices. Most of the men involved were in the CIA. This same thing could have been done by the FBI. Yes, the FBI had a warrant, and they were justfied in this case. However, where the lines get blurred is when the FBI starts getting warrants, raiding offices, etc. off of hunches. What if someone turns over the requested information and still gets raided? We have to be careful is all that I'm saying. -------------------- "There is a level of cowardice lower than that of the conformist: that of the fashionable non-conformist." |
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Overlord democratic congressman's corruption scandal May 24 2006, 01:02 PM
Divergent Reality oh im sure they all have tons of dirt to hide.
bu... May 24 2006, 01:10 PM zetec shandra levy May 24 2006, 05:09 PM Timbo It's times like these where I can hear Marx ro... May 24 2006, 05:10 PM Hartmann Lance, aren't you against wiretapping and thin... May 24 2006, 05:58 PM Overlord The FBI had a warrant to raid the Congressman... May 24 2006, 06:04 PM Hartmann QUOTE (Lancifer @ May 24 2006, 06:04 PM)In th... May 24 2006, 06:15 PM Overlord QUOTE (Hartmann @ May 24 2006, 06:15 PM)And j... May 24 2006, 06:18 PM Hartmann QUOTE (Lancifer @ May 24 2006, 06:18 PM)You t... May 24 2006, 06:19 PM Overlord FYI, Watergate was a burglary of the Democratic Na... May 24 2006, 06:20 PM Overlord P.S. I agree we need to watch this. We need to w... May 24 2006, 06:23 PM Overlord It's a fine line that's for sure. May 24 2006, 06:26 PM
woody god damn, this is why i'm going to stop voting... May 24 2006, 11:53 PM |
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