http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/06/04/212789.aspxFrom NBC's Pete Williams and Mark MurrayA federal grand jury has indicted Lousiana Rep. William Jefferson (D), accusing him of soliciting bribes for himself and his family, and also charging him of bribing an official of the Nigerian government. en-USCommunityServer 2.0 (Build: 60608.1)http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/06/04/212789.aspx#212804Mon, 04 Jun 2007 18:29:59 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:212804Paul Miller, Woodbridge, VAWhat... everybody doesn't keep 90k in the fridge?http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/06/04/212789.aspx#212809Mon, 04 Jun 2007 18:31:56 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:212809Dave, TnYeah I was shocked as anyone that the people of New Orleans would re-elect a corrupt democrat. They've always had such high standards in La. LMAOhttp://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/06/04/212789.aspx#212821Mon, 04 Jun 2007 18:49:38 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:212821Florida FoxAnd what kind of culture do you call this? Whatever it is you can group just about all of LA government under that catagory.http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/06/04/212789.aspx#212843Mon, 04 Jun 2007 19:12:49 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:212843kbbI'm going to do the republican thing and continue to support a corupt politician. Just kidding, I'm better than that. DOWN WITH JEFFERSON! http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/06/04/212789.aspx#212849Mon, 04 Jun 2007 19:19:14 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:212849Connie, Tn.Dave; As a fellow Tennessan, I just want to say La. don't have anything on us. The guy that shot his opponent garnered a lot of votes in Tn. He was in jail at the time.http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/06/04/212789.aspx#212853Mon, 04 Jun 2007 19:21:54 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:212853Owen Vander, Evansville INJefferson was wanting to earn some cool, hard cash....now he will have to face the heat....then he will wind up in the cooler....http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/06/04/212789.aspx#212854Mon, 04 Jun 2007 19:22:21 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:212854Jane, Southern MississippiHow he ever got re-elected is beyond me. Will his defense be that it was just cold hard cash?http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/06/04/212789.aspx#212857Mon, 04 Jun 2007 19:24:57 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:212857John Doe, The Peanut GalleryRight then. I was fine with just stripping him of his committee assignments so long as he was only under investigation and not indicted. Now it's time for him to resign or be removed.http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/06/04/212789.aspx#212861Mon, 04 Jun 2007 19:26:59 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:212861Russell in MarylandTalk about glass houses. The whole country re-elected George Bush. What kind of culture is one that puts a stamp of approval on invading another country without provocation, causing hundreds of thousands of deaths, kidnapping and torturing, and a myriad of other illegal actions.http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/06/04/212789.aspx#212862Mon, 04 Jun 2007 19:27:22 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:212862F StLouisANYBODY but a stinken republican. Thats why he was re-elected.http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/06/04/212789.aspx#212871Mon, 04 Jun 2007 19:37:45 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:212871Blaine Connellsville, PennsylvaniaAnd Nancy Pelosi calls the Bush Adminsitration the (culture of corruption?) Maybe she should stay in America, and clean up her own party? But who are we to suggest moral ideas to such an elite group of people?http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/06/04/212789.aspx#212880Mon, 04 Jun 2007 19:44:29 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:212880Steve Turner Cedar Falls IowaCold hard cash.http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/06/04/212789.aspx#212952Mon, 04 Jun 2007 20:18:29 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:212952rick,kyHere's some RedMeat for jerry, dave(tn) peep's & Florida fox. LOLhttp://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/06/04/212789.aspx#212983Mon, 04 Jun 2007 20:36:58 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:212983jerry/corpus christi texas"when I am elected speaker of the house, we(the democrats)will have the most ethical congress in history"-Nancy Pelosi. Nancy, you want to amnd that statement of yours? Oh yes, your turn is coming Nancy. That land you put federal dollars into along San Franscisco Bay, where you are planning to put in a cruise ship area and shops. The area where your husband owns all that land and is going to make a killing on it(estimated to be several million dollars now). How about it Nancy, want to come clean before the FBI pays a visit to you? If Huey Long can do it, Why not Dollar Bill Jefferson? Black or white, the color of money is green!http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/06/04/212789.aspx#212999Mon, 04 Jun 2007 20:47:03 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:212999OliviaPer Connie--If corrupt and otherwise dirty politics were an Olympic sport Tennessee would get the gold. How about the senatorial candidate who was elected after running ads implying interracial hanky-panky on the part of his opponent?http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/06/04/212789.aspx#213054Mon, 04 Jun 2007 21:12:24 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:213054Dave, TnWell Tn would get the gold for political corruption, but most of them were democrats. Do a search for "Tennessee waltz corruption" A couple of them were Fords too :-)http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/06/04/212789.aspx#213067Mon, 04 Jun 2007 21:16:19 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:213067Mark ThiemeDemocrats are a limp band-aid for the open, bleeding wound on the Republic inflicted by the group-think, robotic, soulless West Wingers. Democrats are infected with the same disease. The only people in either party who make any sense are called "marginal" or "inexperienced" by the munchkins in the media. It is in the air, the Plague, from the roadside kill-ditches in Darfur to the rotting bodies in the makeshift morgues of Iraq to the hard, hot, streets of South Central LA. A few grand of cold cash is just the tip of the iceberg, so to speak. Janis said it best, "Get It While You Can."http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/06/04/212789.aspx#213091Mon, 04 Jun 2007 21:34:02 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:213091Jim, Santa CruzWhen she became speaker Pelosi asked that Jefferson step down from his duties until this matter was over, but he refused. There are corrupt democrats in government and they need to be weeded out, but the sheer numbers of GOP transgressions are staggering. The problems for the GOP remain - their mess in Iraq, their apathy on climate change, their inability to lead on any issue from immigration to education to health care, their unwavering support of low taxes for the elite rich and their holier than thou phony attitudes on religion and patriotism. http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/06/04/212789.aspx#213274Tue, 05 Jun 2007 00:15:23 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:213274jerry/corpus christi texasClimate change? Can Al Gore please lower the temperture 10 degrees tomorrow so I can mow my lawn?http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/06/04/212789.aspx#213429Tue, 05 Jun 2007 02:36:55 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:213429Houston The worst thing about this is that Jefferson got re-elected. Jury nullification is when a biased jury finds a crook not guilty even though they know he's guitly as hell. This was voter nullification. http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/06/04/212789.aspx#213475Tue, 05 Jun 2007 03:18:45 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:213475Barbara, TNOlivia ~ "If corrupt and otherwise dirty politics were an Olympic sport Tennessee would get the gold. How about the senatorial candidate who was elected after running ads implying interracial hanky-panky on the part of his opponent?" Everyone please, please remember this before you cast your vote for Fred Thompson! http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/06/04/212789.aspx#213660Tue, 05 Jun 2007 12:34:19 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:213660Florida FoxJerry, Al Gore is busy tinkering with his next invention. Hmmmm, I wonder what it will be. Does anybody have a hint?http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/06/04/212789.aspx#213813Tue, 05 Jun 2007 14:37:25 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:213813jerry/corpus christi texasAl Gore has invented a lot of things. The Internet for one, Love Story is another, though I can't imagine Gore's wife looking like Ali mcGraw. He's invented carbon credits(a ponzi scheme if I've ever seen one). He's invented global warming. Al, time to take a vacation. Even the lord rested on the 7th day! By the way, if he invented the internet, does that mean we have to pay a tax to his company for being on here?http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/06/04/212789.aspx#255100Tue, 03 Jul 2007 12:35:08 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:255100Bush RepublicanAl Gore looks like he's been doing some serious global eating.