Comments on: Ney Blames Legal Troubles On Media, Liberal Groups, And Overzealous Justice Department

By: progressive and proud

progressive and proud — Wed, 10 May 2006 14:09:38 +0000

#71 Aphro will find some excuse on the Fox site. The apologists are working overtime. Too bad we can’t find some tax on weak excuses; we would be back into surplus.

Ah well, if we want to balance the budget, we need to get the repubs out of the WH/Congress/Senate. The out of control spending and raising of our country’s credit limits that repubs continue is hurting our future. They have no forethought and are selling us out.

By: Lora

Lora — Wed, 10 May 2006 12:05:06 +0000

For those unfamiliar with Jeb’s wife, Columba Bush’s run-in with Customs agents, I have copied and pasted the following from nddb.com.

“Executive summary: Wife of Florida governor Jeb Bush

In June 1999 Columba Bush was thwarted at Altanta International Airport attempting to smuggle $19,000 in French clothing and jewelry into the United States without declaring the purchases. Despite the fact that the U.S. customs officers gave her two opportunities to amend the form, Bush declined. Then they found the receipts in her purse. Bush wrote a check for $4,100 to cover the fine (three times the duty amount) and went on her way. A few days later she claimed her crime had been entirely inadvertent, calling it “an awful mistake.”

And to Mighty Hypocrite,
She was trying to smuggle French(!) items, no less! Aren’t you going to call her a traitor or at least an America-hater?

By: RAL

RAL — Wed, 10 May 2006 11:55:25 +0000

Crap excuses, nice toupe.

By: Lora

Lora — Wed, 10 May 2006 10:51:07 +0000

Ps. Mighty Hypocrite,
I forgot to point out in #65, because hubby and I were about to go out, that all of George and Jeb Bush’s collected children have been picked up for either underage drunkenness or drugs. George himself has been arrested for drunk driving, and we all know about Laura’s fatal crash. In addition, Jeb’s wife was caught trying to bring several thousand $ worth of goods into the US without paying the required customs duties. Maybe some members of the Bush family ought to go into rehab.
Ever hear of the aphorism “People who live in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones?”
And incidentally, I’m still waiting to hear what your “authoritative” source on the death and supposed autopsy of Ted Kennedy’s passenger.

By: Clif

Clif — Wed, 10 May 2006 04:20:18 +0000

By the way, how much over budget is the â€œBig Digâ€?

Comment by mighty aphrodite â€” May 9, 2006 @ 5:58 pm

A whole lot less than the fiasco in Iraq and nobody is getting killed everyday , not to mention overbudget with the borrow(like junkies) and spend (like junkies again, sailors never thought they ever would have that much pay from the repug run goberment)

By: Jay Randal

Jay Randal — Wed, 10 May 2006 02:02:35 +0000

If the Abramoff and Cunningham scandals are linked together with the hookers at the Watergate hotel, then this could take down the entire GOP pack of fools in DC?! Pray it’s so > lol.

By: John

John — Wed, 10 May 2006 01:58:12 +0000

Mighty Moron, since you like to talk about Ted Kennedy so much, why don’t you join your friend Laura “I run men over, kill them and get away with it” Bush?

By: Lora

Lora — Tue, 09 May 2006 23:38:55 +0000

******EXCELLENT (!!) question from a state that bred our latest rehab-Congressman and who continues to send â€œTed the Swimmerâ€ to the Senate.
Comment by Mighty Hypocrite

EXCELLENT response from a person from the district that continued to send Randy Cunningham back to Congress until his recent felony conviction. You truly are a Mighty Hypocrite!

By: Beverly Hill

Beverly Hill — Tue, 09 May 2006 22:43:46 +0000

This guy is really breaking my heart!!!!!!!!!!

By: Spudge_Boy

Spudge_Boy — Tue, 09 May 2006 22:38:20 +0000

By the way, how much over budget is the â€œBig Digâ€?

Considering that the Big Dig is being run by Bechtel a republican company just like Haliburton, you really shouldn’t discuss how over budget it is. It makes it look like you don’t support republican cronyism.

Thank you, Think Pessimism, for fair and balanced ethics coverage.

Just as fair and balanced as Fox News and Red State. At least Judd still let’s you post here, unlike Red State.

By: mighty aphrodite

mighty aphrodite — Tue, 09 May 2006 21:58:43 +0000

#58 – “Why on earth would we give a Republican Congressman the benefit of the doubt? Give me one reason.” – Comment by Massachusetts Liberal

******EXCELLENT (!!) question from a state that bred our latest rehab-Congressman and who continues to send “Ted the Swimmer” to the Senate. By the way, how much over budget is the “Big Dig”?

I despise dishonest pols, and if Ney is as crooked as Cunningham, indict, try and convict him. But I haven’t been able to find any info here on another Congressional scandal, Alan Mollohan (D-WV). Thank you, Think Pessimism, for fair and balanced ethics coverage. (ha!!!)

By: Zookeeper

Zookeeper — Tue, 09 May 2006 20:58:31 +0000

#51 – Do you only do musical theater, or do you do hair, too? Just askin’, because, well, look at him. e_five? Is that a military ranking?

By: Massachusetts Liberal

Massachusetts Liberal — Tue, 09 May 2006 20:57:09 +0000

GSD (#21) Very funny. In truth, Ney’s remarks make him sound guilty (and unrepentant). Shocking.

By: Zookeeper

Zookeeper — Tue, 09 May 2006 20:56:16 +0000

#45 – Another Wayne after my heart. *sigh*

By: Massachusetts Liberal

Massachusetts Liberal — Tue, 09 May 2006 20:51:24 +0000

#1 – Is that a straight line?

Why on earth would we give a Republican Congressman the benefit of the doubt? Give me one reason.

By: GSD

GSD — Tue, 09 May 2006 20:18:19 +0000

Oy, Ney, he’s in deep shit.

-GSD

By: R U Serious

R U Serious — Tue, 09 May 2006 19:45:07 +0000

So Lets See:

The Federal Government: House-Repuppetcan
Senate-Repuppetcan
Supreme Court-Repuppetcan
Every Major (and Minor)Agency-Repuppetcan

Media: Faux Infotainment Channel (Fox lol News) Repuppetcan
MSNBC/GE Military Industrial Complex Channel-Repuppetcan
Conservative News Network (CNN) or Fox II-Repuppetcan
ABC, CBS, NBC-???

Liberal Groups-WHERE??!!! WHO??!!! Name them so I can join

Jack Abramoff: Now hold on, now we’re getting Anti-Semitic.

Seems to me that Mr. Ney was done in by his own

Power Corrupts

By: madashell

madashell — Tue, 09 May 2006 19:14:09 +0000

Representative Bob Ney, R-OH: Representative Ney is at the center of the Abramoff corruption scandal. Rep. Ney and his staff reportedly took numerous gifts and trips, including golfing at the Old Course at St. Andrews in Scotland. In addition, they had regular meals and drinks at Abramoff’s Washington restaurant and used Abramoff’s luxury box suites at Camden Yards baseball stadium in Baltimore for campaign fund-raisers. A former aide to Rep. Ney, Neil Volz, has just pleaded guilty to conspiring with Abramoff to corrupt Ney and other members of his staff by peddling trips, free tickets and meals.

and squeegboy – this is okay with you?

By: madashell

madashell — Tue, 09 May 2006 19:10:28 +0000

Hey y’all – wouldn’t it be perfect if we inundated these guys with mail….I urge you to sign and send!!!!!

Tell Representatives Ney, Jefferson, and Doolittle, as well as Senator Burns, to resign.

By: David B

David B — Tue, 09 May 2006 19:07:16 +0000

His comments are not alarming, he pretty much looks like a deer in the headlights. Post #35, great hair comment but I think its a rug.