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Home Front: Politix
..How Crooked Was Duke Cunningham?...
2006-03-03
....I knew it was going to be bad, but not this bad..

The staggering details of Cunningham's wrongdoing surpass anything in the history of Congress, official Senate and House historians said.

"In the sheer dollar amount, he is the most corrupt," said Deputy House Historian Fred W. Beuttler. "The scale of it is unprecedented."


RTWT.

Mike
Posted by:Mike Kozlowski

#4  The Credit Moblier was a good one, all right. Union Pacific RR. And they pretty much got away with it.
Posted by: Alaska Paul   2006-03-03 19:53  

#3  The scale is unprecedented? Teapot Dome? Credit Mobelier? Abscam? Koreagate? If it's sheer dollar amount, it's only because of inflation.
Posted by: Nimble Spemble   2006-03-03 13:17  

#2  "His own misconduct has already left him penniless, homeless, estranged from those he loves and disgraced in the eyes of his countrymen,"
Yup, and now for a stint in the pokey - off you go, good riddance.
Posted by: JerseyMike   2006-03-03 12:29  

#1  His bribes included a Rolls-Royce...

Hey, I mean who would take notice of a congressman driving around in a Rolls and start asking questions?
What a friggin idiot...
Posted by: tu3031   2006-03-03 12:15  

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