CREW RELEASES FOURTH ANNUAL MOST CORRUPT MEMBERS OF CONGRESS REPORT (9-10-2008)

[bobthedrummer]

http://www.citizensforethics.org/node/34046

Your comments are most welcome!

[Cleita]

1. Twice as many Republicans as Democrats.

Charlie Rangel is having a Congressional committee investigate himself for corruption?

[alsame]

2. Dishonorable mention for Norm Coleman. Good, that should

help Al Franken. And Marsha Blackburn too - I'd love to see her go down.

[auburngrad82]

3. 70% are republicans

Of course the media will focus on Jefferson and Landreaux.

[FreeState]

4. Heres the list:)

The 20 most corrupt Members of Congress:
Rep. Vern Buchanan (R-FL)
Rep. Ken Calvert (R-CA)
Rep. John T. Doolittle (R-CA)
Rep. Tom Feeney (R-FL)
Rep. Vito J. Fossella (R-NY)
Rep. William J. Jefferson (D-LA)
Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-LA)
Rep. Jerry Lewis (R-CA)
Rep. Daniel Lipinski (D-IL)
Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY)
Rep. Gary G. Miller (R-CA)
Rep. Alan B. Mollohan (D-WV)
Rep. Timothy F. Murphy (R-PA)
Rep. John P. Murtha (D-PA)
Rep. Steve Pearce (R-NM)
Rep. Charles B. Rangel (D-NY)
Rep. Rick Renzi (R-AZ)
Rep. Harold Rogers (R-KY)
Sen. Ted Stevens (R-AK)
Rep. Don Young (R-AK)

Dishonorable mentions:
Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN)
Sen. Norm Coleman (R-MN)
Rep. Laura Richardson (D-CA)
Rep. Michael Turner (R-OH)

[FLAprogressive]

5. My congressman is on there! (Vern Buchanan)

Unfortunately the person running against him is a Rahm lapdog/ex-repuke who isn't a whole lot better than him (Christine Jennings). :(

[AndrewJacksonFaction]

12. His ads are driving me nuts.

I just moved to the Ellenton area, from Pinellas. He must have crazy loot to be running the ads at the pace he is.

[FLAprogressive]

14. He's an ass and yes he does have $$$. (but what do you expect -- he's a repuke)

Although I do have to credit him for breaking with his party on some occasion (i.e. minimum wage, etc.). Are you in that small strip of Manatee that Kathy Castor represents? If so lucky.....

[VP505]

6. Way too many Dem's on that list.

Looks like the Party needs to do some house cleaning!

[vanderBeth]

7. Marsh Blackburn a dishonorable mention.

surprise-:eyes:

[Blue_In_AK]

8. Ted and Don

staying true to form.

[FLAprogressive]

9. Also surprised to see Jack Murtha on there ... dissapointed :(

[RufusTFirefly]

10. Do they have a list of corrupt governors perchance?

:evilgrin:

[alfredo]

11. McCain isn't there because he hasn't been at work all year.

[KoKo]

13. Sad about Charlie....but, the more I see of him in "mafia type suits" swaggering around

I've wondered if the years of Repug Rule didn't even manage to corrupt his soul. I've always thought of him as a "good guy fighter...a good old soul" but what the Repugs do with their Corruption and Graft and how much money they make doing it...must and probably would be tempting for the most altruistic of us here on DU. At some point when you are almost 80 years old, like Charlie...you look for payoff.

Although his "back taxes thing is so miniscule compared to Repug Corruption" I wonder why CREW bothered...but then..it's what they do.

Mary Landrieu who votes with the "Gang of 14/Lieberman" is no surpise. She and her family probably got more from her position than Rangel got in his life...and Murtha was one of the first to "break ranks" to criticize the Iraq Invasion/Occupation...but apparently through the years he's been a porker.

One always hopes that those who "game the system" might be on your side when all is said and done. And, who do we all know who is "TOTALLY PURE?" I don't know, anymore.

[bobthedrummer]

15. kick

[bobthedrummer]

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