Comments on: EXCLUSIVE: Lewis Falsely Implies Mass Suspension Of Committee Investigators Was ‘Bipartisan’ http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/20/lewis-obey/ Thu, 26 Nov 2009 06:27:07 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: neil1017 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/20/lewis-obey/comment-page-2/#comment-1015044 neil1017 Sun, 22 Oct 2006 01:20:56 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/20/lewis-obey/#comment-1015044 Does that mean that if I am the mayor of Madison, I can commit a CRIME then fire the POLICE INVESTIGATING the crime? Does that mean that if I am the mayor of Madison, I can commit a CRIME then fire the POLICE INVESTIGATING the crime?

]]> By: colinjames http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/20/lewis-obey/comment-page-2/#comment-1014089 colinjames Sat, 21 Oct 2006 17:53:08 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/20/lewis-obey/#comment-1014089 bipartisan, as in bi-sexual and partisan? Of course, that would be offfensive to bi-sexuals everywhere... these guys are clowns, and they've turned congress into a circus. Give us an honest election, we'd sweep them out of power EASILY. Did I die in Nov. 2000 and get sent to progressives' purgatory? WTF did I do to deserve this! Looks like I picked the wrong week to stop sniffin' glue.... bipartisan, as in bi-sexual and partisan? Of course, that would be offfensive to bi-sexuals everywhere… these guys are clowns, and they’ve turned congress into a circus. Give us an honest election, we’d sweep them out of power EASILY. Did I die in Nov. 2000 and get sent to progressives’ purgatory? WTF did I do to deserve this!

Looks like I picked the wrong week to stop sniffin’ glue….

]]> By: Hiawatha http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/20/lewis-obey/comment-page-1/#comment-1013924 Hiawatha Sat, 21 Oct 2006 17:21:43 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/20/lewis-obey/#comment-1013924 To #15 and #35, Lewis is congressman for my district, but I've never voted for him. A few of us call him "Con Lewie", with the emphasis on 'con'! He's represented this area since Jesus had pimples, but I can't think of one decent thing he's done for any of the residents of his district. And yet...the sheep keep sending him back. I wouldn't be surprised if he keeps his seat. Sad....but not surprised. To #15 and #35, Lewis is congressman for my district, but I’ve never voted for him. A few of us call him “Con Lewie”, with the emphasis on ‘con’!

He’s represented this area since Jesus had pimples, but I can’t think of one decent thing he’s done for any of the residents of his district. And yet…the sheep keep sending him back. I wouldn’t be surprised if he keeps his seat. Sad….but not surprised.

]]> By: CyraBrown http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/20/lewis-obey/comment-page-1/#comment-1013839 CyraBrown Sat, 21 Oct 2006 17:08:18 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/20/lewis-obey/#comment-1013839 To me, he looks like a white-haired Tom DeLay. Mr.Yuk! To me, he looks like a white-haired Tom DeLay. Mr.Yuk!

]]> By: Concerned_for_all http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/20/lewis-obey/comment-page-1/#comment-1012444 Concerned_for_all Sat, 21 Oct 2006 04:24:30 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/20/lewis-obey/#comment-1012444 Nice story, but it gets better even still: L.A.'s U.S. attorney resigning for job at private law firm BY JEREMIAH MARQUEZ, Associated Press Article Last Updated:10/17/2006 09:26:39 PM PDT Debra Wong Yang, U.S. attorney for California's central district, is resigning to take a job with a high-profile private law firm. Yang is expected to leave Nov. 10 for Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, where she will serve as co-chair of the firm's crisis management practice group. There was no word yet on a successor, said U.S. Attorney's Office spokesman Thom Mrozek. "I was fortunate to be able to serve my country as the United States attorney," Yang said. "I am excited to add the skills and experience I have to Gibson Dunn's impressive resources." Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher boasts a roster of former government lawyers, including Theodore B. Olson, the former U.S. solicitor general, and Robert Bonner, who once led the U.S. Attorney's Office in Los Angeles and was once head of Customs and Border Protection. <b>It also provides legal counsel to House Appropriations Committee Chairman Jerry Lewis, currently under investigation by Yang's office over his ties to a lobbyist. </b> Under government rules, Yang would be recused from that and other cases she was involved with during her tenure at the Los Angeles U.S. Attorney's Office. snip... http://www.dailynews.com/news/ci_4508559 Nice story, but it gets better even still:

L.A.’s U.S. attorney resigning for job at private law firm
BY JEREMIAH MARQUEZ, Associated Press

Article Last Updated:10/17/2006 09:26:39 PM PDT

Debra Wong Yang, U.S. attorney for California’s central district, is resigning to take a job with a high-profile private law firm.

Yang is expected to leave Nov. 10 for Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, where she will serve as co-chair of the firm’s crisis management practice group.

There was no word yet on a successor, said U.S. Attorney’s Office spokesman Thom Mrozek.

“I was fortunate to be able to serve my country as the United States attorney,” Yang said. “I am excited to add the skills and experience I have to Gibson Dunn’s impressive resources.”

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher boasts a roster of former government lawyers, including Theodore B. Olson, the former U.S. solicitor general, and Robert Bonner, who once led the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Los Angeles and was once head of Customs and Border Protection.

It also provides legal counsel to House Appropriations Committee Chairman Jerry Lewis, currently under investigation by Yang’s office over his ties to a lobbyist.

Under government rules, Yang would be recused from that and other cases she was involved with during her tenure at the Los Angeles U.S. Attorney’s Office.

snip…

http://www.dailynews.com/news/ci_4508559

]]> By: PJ http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/20/lewis-obey/comment-page-1/#comment-1011695 PJ Fri, 20 Oct 2006 22:01:04 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/20/lewis-obey/#comment-1011695 This along with the Judge ordering cheney to make his visitor log available is just too much. I'm here in OC where we have yet another Corrupt GOP member going down. he and the staffers invovled will most likely get 3 years in prison. This along with the Judge ordering cheney to make his visitor log available is just too much.

I’m here in OC where we have yet another Corrupt GOP member going down. he and the staffers invovled will most likely get 3 years in prison.

]]> By: Duckman+GR http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/20/lewis-obey/comment-page-1/#comment-1011219 Duckman+GR Fri, 20 Oct 2006 20:25:44 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/20/lewis-obey/#comment-1011219 45- You need to correct that to read: <em>...Republican members of Congress...</em> 45-

You need to correct that to read: …Republican members of Congress…

]]> By: Mikey http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/20/lewis-obey/comment-page-1/#comment-1011154 Mikey Fri, 20 Oct 2006 20:07:32 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/20/lewis-obey/#comment-1011154 At this point, I think it would be easier to report on the members of Congress who AREN'T criminals. At this point, I think it would be easier to report on the members of Congress who AREN’T criminals.

]]> By: El Tonno http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/20/lewis-obey/comment-page-1/#comment-1010999 El Tonno Fri, 20 Oct 2006 19:20:30 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/20/lewis-obey/#comment-1010999 Lewis reaches <b><a href="http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/story/12054520/the_10_worst_congressmen/5" rel="nofollow">KING OF PAYOFFS"></a></b> status! Insert vote for next level. Tap Diebold for cheats. Lewis reaches KING OF PAYOFFS”> status!

Insert vote for next level. Tap Diebold for cheats.

]]> By: flint http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/20/lewis-obey/comment-page-1/#comment-1010962 flint Fri, 20 Oct 2006 19:07:28 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/20/lewis-obey/#comment-1010962 When it comes to money the Republicans can never account for it. They must have lost the understanding of conservatism as soon as they gained power. Comment by Can't be fooled again Like everything they claim to believe in, "fiscal responseability" was just more bullshit to get elected and bash Dems. They believe in nothing but getting and keeping power. The Dems are still under the delusion that it's about ideas and good government. Scruples sometimes hobble us. When it comes to money the Republicans can never account for it. They must have lost the understanding of conservatism as soon as they gained power.

Comment by Can’t be fooled again

Like everything they claim to believe in, “fiscal responseability” was just
more bullshit to get elected and bash Dems.

They believe in nothing but getting and keeping power.

The Dems are still under the delusion that it’s about ideas and good government.

Scruples sometimes hobble us.

]]> By: Jay Randal http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/20/lewis-obey/comment-page-1/#comment-1010957 Jay Randal Fri, 20 Oct 2006 19:05:49 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/20/lewis-obey/#comment-1010957 Rep. Jerry Lewis has violated the rules of the Congress, so he must resign immediately, and be prosecuted for his corruption! Rep. Jerry Lewis has violated the rules of the Congress, so he must resign immediately, and be prosecuted for his corruption!

]]> By: flint http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/20/lewis-obey/comment-page-1/#comment-1010944 flint Fri, 20 Oct 2006 19:00:59 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/20/lewis-obey/#comment-1010944 When it comes to money the Republicans can never account for it. They must have lost the understanding of conservatism as soon as they gained power. Comment by Can't be fooled again Like everything else they claim to believe in, all that concern for fiscal responsibility was bullshit to get elected and bash democrats. When it comes to money the Republicans can never account for it. They must have lost the understanding of conservatism as soon as they gained power.

Comment by Can’t be fooled again

Like everything else they claim to believe in, all that concern for fiscal responsibility was bullshit to get elected and bash democrats.

]]> By: Zimzone http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/20/lewis-obey/comment-page-1/#comment-1010824 Zimzone Fri, 20 Oct 2006 18:29:31 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/20/lewis-obey/#comment-1010824 Had enough, America? I feel like I'm standing in a bad toilet full of turds that won't flush... things just keep backing up, swirling around, getting deeper and it really stinks. Flush the whole bunch of Repukes out now. VOTE NOV. 8th! Had enough, America?

I feel like I’m standing in a bad toilet full of turds that won’t flush…
things just keep backing up, swirling around, getting deeper and it really stinks.
Flush the whole bunch of Repukes out now.
VOTE NOV. 8th!

]]> By: carollt http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/20/lewis-obey/comment-page-1/#comment-1010800 carollt Fri, 20 Oct 2006 18:20:03 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/20/lewis-obey/#comment-1010800 The investigators were probably doing too good a job and it came to close to home. Anyone that has spent $800,000 in legal fees might possibly know that they are guilty of some kind of wrongdoing. Don't ya think? To paraphase Bob Dylan, 'you don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows'. The investigators were probably doing too good a job and it came to close to home. Anyone that has spent $800,000 in legal fees might possibly know that they are guilty of some kind of wrongdoing. Don’t ya think?

To paraphase Bob Dylan, ‘you don’t need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows’.

]]> By: Diane http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/20/lewis-obey/comment-page-1/#comment-1010764 Diane Fri, 20 Oct 2006 18:04:26 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/20/lewis-obey/#comment-1010764 This in itself should be investigated. It stinks worse then 3 day old fish. Does he alone have the authority? It reminds me of when nixon tried to fire the special prosecutor during Watergate. This in itself should be investigated.
It stinks worse then 3 day old fish.
Does he alone have the authority?
It reminds me of when nixon tried to fire the special prosecutor during Watergate.

]]> By: Can't be fooled again http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/20/lewis-obey/comment-page-1/#comment-1010762 Can't be fooled again Fri, 20 Oct 2006 18:03:44 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/20/lewis-obey/#comment-1010762 When it comes to money the Republicans can never account for it. They must have lost the understanding of conservatism as soon as they gained power. When it comes to money the Republicans can never account for it. They must have lost the understanding of conservatism as soon as they gained power.

]]> By: thomast http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/20/lewis-obey/comment-page-1/#comment-1010761 thomast Fri, 20 Oct 2006 18:03:32 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/20/lewis-obey/#comment-1010761 I think that Rep. Obey needs to come forward and tell us what really happened, ideally using 8x10 color glossy photographs with circles and arrows and a paragraph on the back of each one explaining what each one is. I think that Rep. Obey needs to come forward and tell us what really happened, ideally using 8×10 color glossy photographs with circles and arrows and a paragraph on the back of each one explaining what each one is.

]]> By: RUCerious http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/20/lewis-obey/comment-page-1/#comment-1010727 RUCerious Fri, 20 Oct 2006 17:55:36 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/20/lewis-obey/#comment-1010727 The 41st Congressional District covers most of San Bernardino County which includes the easternmost suburbs of the greater Los Angeles region, as well as the fast-growing communities in the Mojave Desert. It stretches east to the Nevada border, taking in vast desert and mountain vistas. The area's scenic beauty provides a lot of cover for corrupt legislators to bury the skeletons from their closets, as well as numerous remote locations for them to take money from lobbyists in return for legislative favors. The 41st Congressional District covers most of San Bernardino County which includes the easternmost suburbs of the greater Los Angeles region, as well as the fast-growing communities in the Mojave Desert. It stretches east to the Nevada border, taking in vast desert and mountain vistas.
The area’s scenic beauty provides a lot of cover for corrupt legislators to bury the skeletons from their closets, as well as numerous remote locations for them to take money from lobbyists in return for legislative favors.

]]> By: RUCerious http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/20/lewis-obey/comment-page-1/#comment-1010720 RUCerious Fri, 20 Oct 2006 17:52:02 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/20/lewis-obey/#comment-1010720 #30 GSD ! You're right! Ya gotta feel sorry for Nordquist at this point, yo? #30 GSD !
You’re right! Ya gotta feel sorry for Nordquist at this point, yo?

]]> By: kindness http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/20/lewis-obey/comment-page-1/#comment-1010714 kindness Fri, 20 Oct 2006 17:48:40 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/20/lewis-obey/#comment-1010714 31 - and willful idiots and fools. Then they have the gall to stand up and thump their chests like apes. Vote early and often people. 31 – and willful idiots and fools. Then they have the gall to stand up and thump their chests like apes.

Vote early and often people.

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