Saw a bumper sticker today that said, "Go green and save jobs". It had
a picture of one of those curly "energy efficient" bulbs.. I wanted
to ask the guy driving the car if he knew that those bulbs are made in
China in which spew out mercury and other nice things into the
environment. No jobs are created or saved here at all... Dumb ****s
Pelosi and Reid sold us out to China yet again.. Have you ever seen
the proceedure to be taken if one of those things break in your
house.. The cost for clean up could reach $2000... Pfffffttt. Green my
ass.

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The most corrupt congress in history, holding hands with a criminal
Administration, we're screwed...


William Jefferson Clinton- Impeached by the House of Representatives
over allegations of perjury and obstruction of justice, but acquitted
by the Senate. Scandals include Whitewater - Travelgate Gennifer
Flowersgate - Filegate - Vince Fostergate - Whitewater Billing
Recordsgate - Paula Jonesgate- Lincoln Bedroomgate - Donations from
Convicted Drug and Weapons Dealersgate - Lippogate - Chinagate - The
Lewinsky Affair - Perjury and Jobs for Lewinskygate - Kathleen
Willeygate - Web Hubbell Prison Phone Callgate - Selling Military
Technology to the Chinesegate - Jaunita Broaddrick Gate - Lootergate
-
Pardongate


Edward Moore Kennedy - Democrat - U. S. Senator from Massachusetts.
Pleaded guilty to leaving the scene of an accident, after his car
plunged off a bridge on Chappaquiddick Island killing passenger Mary
Jo Kopechne.


Barney Frank - Democrat - U.S. Representative from Massachusetts from
1981 to present. Admitted to having paid Stephen L. Gobie, a male
prostitute, for sex and subsequently hiring Gobie as his personal
assistant. Gobie used the congressman's Washington apartment for
prostitution. A move to expel Frank from the House of Representatives
failed and a motion to censure him failed.


DNC - The Federal Election Commission imposed $719,000 in fines
against participants in the 1996 Democratic Party fundraising
scandals
involving contributions from China, Korea and other foreign sources.
The Federal Election Commission said it decided to drop cases against
contributors of more than $3 million in illegal DNC contributions
because the respondents left the country or the corporations are
defunct.


Sandy Berger - Democrat - National Security Advisor during the
Clinton
Administration. Berger became the focus of a criminal investigation
after removing highly classified terrorism documents and handwritten
notes from the National Archives during preparations for the Sept. 11
commission hearings.


Robert Torricelli - Democrat - Withdrew from the 2002 Senate race
with
less than 30 days before the election because of controversy over
personal gifts he took from a major campaign donor and questions
about
campaign donations from 1996.


James McGreevey - Democrat - New Jersey Governor . Admitted to having
a gay affair. Resigned after allegations of sexual harassment, rumors
of being blackmailed on top of fundraising investigations and
indictments.


Jesse Jackson - Democrat - Democratic candidate for President.
Admitted to having an extramarital affair and fathering a
illegitimate
child.


Gary Condit - Democrat - US Democratic Congressman from California.
Condit had an affair with an intern. Condit, covered up the affair
and
lied to police after she went missing. No charges were ever filed
against Condit. Her remains were discovered in a Washington DC park..


Sowande Ajumoke Omokunde - Democrat - the son of newly elected U.S.
Rep. Gwen Moore, was booked on charges of criminal damage to property
for allegedly slashing tires on 20 vans and cars rented by the
Republican Party for use in Election Day voter turnout efforts.


Daniel David Rostenkowski - Democrat - U.S. Representative from
Illinois from 1959 to 1995. Indicted on 17 felony charges- pleaded
guilty to two counts of misuse of public funds and sentenced to
seventeen months in federal prison.


Melvin Jay Reynolds - U.S. Representative from Illinois from 1993 to
1995. Convicted on sexual misconduct and obstruction of justice
charges and sentenced to five years in prison.


Charles Coles Diggs, Jr. - Democrat - U.S. Representative from
Michigan from 1955 to 1980. Convicted on eleven counts of mail fraud
and filing false payroll forms- sentenced to three years in prison.


George Rogers - Democrat - Massachusetts State House of
Representatives from 1965 to 1970. M000ember of Massachusetts State
Senate from 1975 to 1978. Convicted of bribery in 1978 and sentenced
to two years in prison.


Don Siegelman - Democrat Governor Alabama - indicted in a bid-rigging
scheme involving a maternity-care program. The charges accused
Siegelman and his former chief of staff of helping Tuscaloosa
physician Phillip Bobo rig bids. Siegelman was accused of moving
$550,000 from the state education budget to the State Fire College in
Tuscaloosa so Bobo could use the money to pay off a competitor for a
state contract for maternity care.


John Murtha, Jr. - Democrat - U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania.
Implicated in the Abscam sting, in which FBI agents impersonating
Arab
businessmen offered bribes to political figures; Murtha was cited as
an unindicted co-conspirator


Gerry Eastman Studds - Democrat - U.S. Representative from
Massachusetts from 1973 to 1997. The first openly gay member of
Congress. Censured by the House of Representatives for having sexual
relations with a teenage House page.


James C. Green - Democrat - North Carolina State House of
Representatives from 1961 to 1977. Charged with accepting a bribe
from
an undercover FBI agent, but was acquitted. Convicted of tax evasion
in 1997.


Frederick Richmond - Democrat - U.S. Representative from New York
from
1975 to 1982. Arrested in Washington, D.C., in 1978 for soliciting
sex
from a minor and from an undercover police officer - pleaded guilty
to
a misdemeanor. Also - charged with tax evasion, marijuana possession,
and improper payments to a federal employee - pleaded guilty.


Raymond Lederer - Democrat - U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania
from 1977 to 1981. Implicated in the Abscam sting - convicted of
bribery and sentenced to three years in prison and fined $20,000.


Harrison Arlington Williams, Jr. - Democrat - U.S. Senator from New
Jersey from 1959 to 1970. Implicated in the Abscam sting. Allegedly
accepted an 18% interest in a titanium mine. Convicted of nine counts
of bribery, conspiracy, receiving an unlawful gratuity, conflict of
interest, and interstate travel in aid of racketeering. Sentenced to
three years in prison and fined $50,000.


Frank Thompson, Jr. - Democrat - U.S. Representative from New Jersey
from 1955 to 1980. Implicated in the Abscam sting, convicted on
bribery and conspiracy charges. Sentenced to three years in prison


Michael Joseph Myers - Democrat - U.S. Representative from
Pennsylvania from 1976 to 1980. Implicated in the Abscam sting -
convicted of bribery and conspiracy; sentenced to three years in
prison and fined $20,000; expelled from the House of Representatives
on October 2, 1980.


John Michael Murphy - Democrat - U.S. Representative from New York
from 1963 to 1981. Implicated in the Abscam sting. Convicted of
conspiracy, conflict of interest, and accepting an illegal gratuity.
Sentenced to three years in prison and fined $20,000.


John Wilson Jenrette, Jr - Democrat - U.S. Representative from South
Carolina from 1975 to 1980. Implicated in the Abscam sting. Convicted
on bribery and conspiracy charges and sentenced to prison


Neil Goldschmidt - Democrat - Oregon governor. Admitted to having an
illegal sexual relationship with a 14-year-old teenager while he was
serving as Mayor of Portland.


Alcee Lamar Hastings - Democrat - U.S. Representative from Florida.
Impeached and removed from office as federal judge in 1989 over
bribery charges.


Marion Barry - Democrat - mayor of Washington, D.C., from 1979 to
1991
and again from 1995 to 1999. Convicted of cocaine possession after
being caught on videotape smoking crack cocaine. Sentenced to six
months in prison.


Mario Biaggi - Democrat - U.S. Representative from New York from 1969
to 1988. Indicted on federal charges that he had accepted bribes in
return for influence on federal contracts.Convicted of obstructing
justice and accepting illegal gratuities. Tried in 1988 on federal
racketeering charges and convicted on 15 felony counts.


Lee Alexander - Democrat - Mayor of Syracuse, N.Y. from 1970 to 1985.
Was indicted over a $1.5 million kickback scandal. Pleaded guilty to
racketeering and tax evasion charges. Served six years in prison.


Bill Campbell - Democrat - Mayor of Atlanta. Indicted and charged
with
fraud over claims he accepted improper payments from contractors
seeking city contracts.


Frank Ballance - Democrat - Congressman North Carolina. Pleaded
guilty
to one charge of conspiracy to commit mail fraud and money laundering
related to mishandling of money by his charitable foundation.


Hazel O'Leary - Democrat - Secretary of Energy during the Clinton
Administration - O'leary took trips all over the world as Secretary
with as many 50 staff members and at times rented a plane, which was
used by Madonna during her concert tours.


Lafayette Thomas - Democrat - Candidate for Tennessee State House of
Representatives in 1954. Sheriff of Davidson County, from 1972 to
1990. Indicted in federal court on 54 counts of abusing his power as
sheriff. Pleaded guilty to theft and mail fraud; sentenced to five
years in prison.


Mary Rose Oakar - Democrat - U.S. Representative from Ohio from 1977
to 1993. Pleaded guilty to two misdemeanor charges of funneling
$16,000 through fake donors.


David Giles - Democrat - candidate for U.S. Representative from
Washington in 1986 and 1990. Convicted in June 2000 of child rape.


Gary Siplin - Democrat state senator Florida- found guilty of
third-degree grand theft of $5,000 or more, a felony, and using
services of employees for his candidacy.


Edward Mezvinsky - Democrat - U.S. Representative from Iowa from 1973
to 1977. Indicted on 56 federal fraud charges.


Lena Swanson - Democrat - Member of Washington State Senate in 1997.
Pleaded guilty to charges of soliciting unlawful payments from
veterans and former prisoners of war.


Abraham J. Hirschfeld - Democrat - candidate in Democratic primary
for
U.S. Senator from New York in 1974 and 1976. Offered Paula Jones $1
million to drop her sexual harassment lawsuit against President Bill
Clinton. Convicted in 2000 of trying to hire a hit man to kill his
business partner.


Henry Cisneros - Democrat - U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban
Development from 1993 to 1997. Pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge
of lying to the FBI.


James A. Traficant Jr. - Member of House of Representatives from
Ohio.
Expelled from Congress after being convicted of corruption charges.
Sentenced today to eight years in prison for accepting bribes and
kickbacks.


John Doug Hays - Democrat - member of Kentucky State Senate from 1980
to 1982 Found guilty of mail fraud for submitting false campaign
reports stemming from an unsuccessful run for judge. He was sentenced
to six months in prison to be followed by six months of home
confinement and three years of probation.


Henry J. Cianfrani - Democrat - Pennsylvania State Senate from 1967
to
1976. Convicted on federal charges of racketeering and mail fraud for
padding his Senate payroll. Sentenced to five years in federal
prison.


David Hall - Democrat - Governor of Oklahoma from 1971 to 1975.
Indicted on extortion and conspiracy charges. Convicted and sentenced
to three years in prison.


John A. Celona - Democrat - A former state senator was charged with
the three counts of mail fraud. Federal prosecutors accused him of
defrauding the state and collecting hundreds of thousands of dollars
from CVS Corp. and others while serving in the legislature. Celona
has
agreed to plead guilty to taking money from the CVS pharmacy chain
and
other companies that had interest in legislation. Under the deal,
Celona agreed to cooperate with investigators. He faces up to five
years in federal prison on each of the three counts and a $250,000
fine


Allan Turner Howe - Democrat - U.S. Representative from Utah from
1975
to 1977. Arrested for soliciting a policewoman posing as a
prostitute.


Jerry Cosentino - Democrat - Illinois State Treasurer. Pleaded guilty
to bank fraud - fined $5,000 and sentenced to nine months home
confinement.


Joseph Waggonner Jr. - Democrat - U.S. Representative from Louisiana
from 1961 to 19 79. Arrested in Washington, D.C. for soliciting a
policewoman posing as a prostitute


Albert G. Bustamante - Democrat - U.S. Representative from Texas from
1985 to 1993. Convicted in 1993 on racketeering and bribery charges
and sentenced to prison.


Lawrence Jack Smith - Democrat - U.S. Representative from Florida
from
1983 to 1993. Sentenced to three months in federal prison for tax
evasion.


David Lee Walters - Democrat - Governor of Oklahoma from 1991 to
1995.
Pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor election law violation.


James Guy Tucker, Jr. - Democrat - Governor of Arkansas from 1992 to
1996. Resigned in July 1996 after conviction on federal fraud charges
as part of the Whitewater investigation.


Walter Rayford Tucker - Democrat - Mayor of Compton, California from
1991 to 1992; U.S. Representative from California from 1993 to 1995.
Sentenced to 27 months in prison for extortion and tax evasion.


William McCuen - Democrat - Secretary of State of Arkansas from 1985
to 1995. Admitted accepting kickbacks from two supporters he gave
jobs, and not paying taxes on the money. Admitted to conspiring with
a
political consultant to split $53,560 embezzled from the state in a
sham transaction. He was indicted on corruption charges. Pleaded
guilty to felony counts tax evasion and accepting a kickback.
Sentenced to 17 years in prison.


Walter Fauntroy - Democrat - Delegate to U.S. Congress from the
District of Columbia from 1971 to 1991. Charged in federal court with
making false statements on financial disclosure forms. Pleaded guilty
to one felony count and sentenced to probation.


Carroll Hubbard, Jr. - Democrat - Kentucky State Senate from 1968 to
1975 and U.S. Representative from Kentucky from 1975 to 1993. Pleaded
guilty to conspiring to defraud the Federal Elections Commission and
to theft of government property; sentenced to three years in prison.


Joseph Kolter - Democrat - member of Pennsylvania State House of
Representatives from 1969 to 1982 and U.S. Representative from
Pennsylvania from 1983 to 1993. Indicted by a Federal grand jury on
five felony charges of embezzlement at the U.S. House post office.
Pleaded guilty.


Webster Hubbell - Democrat - Chief Justice of Arkansas State Supreme
Court in 1983. Pleaded guilty to federal mail fraud and tax evasion
charges - sentenced to 21 months in prison.


Nicholas Mavroules - Democrat - U.S. Representative from
Massachusetts
from 1979 to 1993. Pleaded guilty to charges of tax fraud and
accepting gratuities while in office.


Carl Christopher Perkins - Democrat - Kentucky State House of
Representatives from 1981 to 1984 and U.S. Representative from
Kentucky from 1985 to 1993. Pleaded guilty to bank fraud in
connection
with the House banking scandal. Perkins wrote overdrafts totaling
about $300,000. Pleaded guilty to charges of filing false statements
with the Federal Election Commission and false financial disclosure
reports. Sentenced to 21 months in prison.


Richard Hanna - Democrat - U.S. Representative from California from
1963 to 1974. Received payments of about $200,000 from a Korean
businessman in what became known as the "Koreagate" influence buying
scandal. Pleaded guilty and sentenced to federal prison.


Angelo Errichetti - Democrat - New Jersey State Senator was sentenced
to six years in prison and fined $40,000 for his involvement in
Abscam.


Daniel Baugh Brewster - Democrat - U.S. Senator from Maryland.
Indicted on charges of accepting illegal gratuity while in Senate.


Thomas Joseph Dodd - Democrat - U.S. Senator from Connecticut.
Censured by the Senate for financial improprieties, having diverted
$116,000 in campaign and testimonial funds to his own use


Edward Fretwell Prichard, Jr. - Democrat - Delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Kentucky. Convicted of vote fraud in federal
court in connection with ballot-box stuffing. Served five months in
prison.


Jerry Springer - Democrat - Resigned from Cincinnati City Council in
1974 after admitting to paying a prostitute with a personal check,
which was found in a police raid on a massage parlor.


Guy Hamilton Jones, Sr. - Democrat -Arkansas State Senate. Convicted
on federal tax charges and expelled from the Arkansas Senate.


Daniel Flood - Democrat - U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania from
1945 to 1947, 1949 to 1953 and 1955 to 1980. Pleaded guilty to a
conspiracy charge involving payoffs and sentenced to probation.


Otto Kerner, Jr - Democrat - Governor of Illinois from 1961 to 1968.
While serving as Governor, he and another official made a gain of
over
$300,000 in a stock deal. Convicted on 17 counts of bribery,
conspiracy, perjury, and related charges. Sentenced to three years in
federal prison and fined $50,000.


George Crockett, Jr. - Democrat - U.S. Representative from Michigan.
Served four months in federal prison for contempt of court following
his defense of a Communist leader on trial for advocating the
overthrow of the government.


Cornelius Edward Gallagher - Democrat - U.S. Representative from New
Jersey from 1959 to 1973. Indicted on federal charges of income tax
evasion, conspiracy, and perjury


Mark B. Jimenez - Democrat fundraiser - sentenced to 27 months in
prison on charges of tax evasion and conspiracy to defraud the United
States and commit election financing offenses.


Bobby Lee Rush - Democrat - U.S. Representative from Illinois. As a
Black Panther, spent six months in prison on a weapons charge.


Bolley ''Bo'' Johnson - Democrat - Former Florida House Speaker -
received a two-year term for tax evasion.


Roger L. Green - Democrat - Brooklyn Democrat Assemblyman. Pleaded
guilty to a misdemeanor for accepting travel reimbursement for trips
he did not pay for and was sentenced to fines and probation.


Gloria Davis - Democrat - Bronx assemblywoman. Pleaded guilty to
second-degree bribe-taking.

On Apr 5, 8:05*pm, wrote:
Saw a bumper sticker today that said, "Go green and save jobs". It had
a picture of one of those curly "energy efficient" *bulbs.. I wanted
to ask the guy driving the car if he knew that those bulbs are made in
China in which spew out mercury and other nice things into the
environment. No jobs are created or saved here at all... Dumb ****s
Pelosi and Reid sold us out to China yet again.. Have you ever seen
the proceedure to be taken if one of those things break in your
house.. The cost for clean up could reach $2000... Pfffffttt. Green my
ass.

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The most corrupt congress in history, holding hands with a criminal
Administration, we're screwed...

William Jefferson Clinton- Impeached by the House of Representatives
over allegations of perjury and obstruction of justice, but acquitted
by the Senate. Scandals include Whitewater - Travelgate Gennifer
Flowersgate - Filegate - Vince Fostergate - Whitewater Billing
Recordsgate - Paula Jonesgate- Lincoln Bedroomgate - Donations from
Convicted Drug and Weapons Dealersgate - Lippogate - Chinagate - The
Lewinsky Affair - Perjury and Jobs for Lewinskygate - Kathleen
Willeygate - Web Hubbell Prison Phone Callgate - Selling Military
Technology to the Chinesegate - Jaunita Broaddrick Gate - Lootergate
-
Pardongate

Edward Moore Kennedy - Democrat - U. S. Senator from Massachusetts.
Pleaded guilty to leaving the scene of an accident, after his car
plunged off a bridge on Chappaquiddick Island killing passenger Mary
Jo Kopechne.

Barney Frank - Democrat - U.S. Representative from Massachusetts from
1981 to present. Admitted to having paid Stephen L. Gobie, a male
prostitute, for sex and subsequently hiring Gobie as his personal
assistant. Gobie used the congressman's Washington apartment for
prostitution. A move to expel Frank from the House of Representatives
failed and a motion to censure him failed.

DNC - The Federal Election Commission imposed $719,000 in fines
against participants in the 1996 Democratic Party fundraising
scandals
involving contributions from China, Korea and other foreign sources.
The Federal Election Commission said it decided to drop cases against
contributors of more than $3 million in illegal DNC contributions
because the respondents left the country or the corporations are
defunct.

Sandy Berger - Democrat - National Security Advisor during the
Clinton
Administration. Berger became the focus of a criminal investigation
after removing highly classified terrorism documents and handwritten
notes from the National Archives during preparations for the Sept. 11
commission hearings.

Robert Torricelli - Democrat - Withdrew from the 2002 Senate race
with
less than 30 days before the election because of controversy over
personal gifts he took from a major campaign donor and questions
about
campaign donations from 1996.

James McGreevey - Democrat - New Jersey Governor . Admitted to having
a gay affair. Resigned after allegations of sexual harassment, rumors
of being blackmailed on top of fundraising investigations and
indictments.

Jesse Jackson - Democrat - Democratic candidate for President.
Admitted to having an extramarital affair and fathering a
illegitimate
child.

Gary Condit - Democrat - US Democratic Congressman from California.
Condit had an affair with an intern. Condit, covered up the affair
and
lied to police after she went missing. No charges were ever filed
against Condit. Her remains were discovered in a Washington DC park..

Sowande Ajumoke Omokunde - Democrat - the son of newly elected U.S.
Rep. Gwen Moore, was booked on charges of criminal damage to property
for allegedly slashing tires on 20 vans and cars rented by the
Republican Party for use in Election Day voter turnout efforts.

Daniel David Rostenkowski - Democrat - U.S. Representative from
Illinois from 1959 to 1995. Indicted on 17 felony charges- pleaded
guilty to two counts of misuse of public funds and sentenced to
seventeen months in federal prison.

Melvin Jay Reynolds - U.S. Representative from Illinois from 1993 to
1995. Convicted on sexual misconduct and obstruction of justice
charges and sentenced to five years in prison.

Charles Coles Diggs, Jr. - Democrat - U.S. Representative from
Michigan from 1955 to 1980. Convicted on eleven counts of mail fraud
and filing false payroll forms- sentenced to three years in prison.

George Rogers - Democrat - Massachusetts State House of
Representatives from 1965 to 1970. M000ember of Massachusetts State
Senate from 1975 to 1978. Convicted of bribery in 1978 and sentenced
to two years in prison.

Don Siegelman - Democrat Governor Alabama - indicted in a bid-rigging
scheme involving a maternity-care program. The charges accused
Siegelman and his former chief of staff of helping Tuscaloosa
physician Phillip Bobo rig bids. Siegelman was accused of moving
$550,000 from the state education budget to the State Fire College in
Tuscaloosa so Bobo could use the money to pay off a competitor for a
state contract for maternity care.

John Murtha, Jr. - Democrat - U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania.
Implicated in the Abscam sting, in which FBI agents impersonating
Arab
businessmen offered bribes to political figures; Murtha was cited as
an unindicted co-conspirator

Gerry Eastman Studds - Democrat - U.S. Representative from
Massachusetts from 1973 to 1997. The first openly gay member of
Congress. Censured by the House of Representatives for having sexual
relations with a teenage House page.

James C. Green - Democrat - North Carolina State House of
Representatives from 1961 to 1977. Charged with accepting a bribe
from
an undercover FBI agent, but was acquitted. Convicted of tax evasion
in 1997.

Frederick Richmond - Democrat - U.S. Representative from New York
from
1975 to 1982. Arrested in Washington, D.C., in 1978 for soliciting
sex
from a minor and from an undercover police officer - pleaded guilty
to
a misdemeanor. Also - charged with tax evasion, marijuana possession,
and improper payments to a federal employee - pleaded guilty.

Raymond Lederer - Democrat - U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania
from 1977 to 1981. Implicated in the Abscam sting - convicted of
bribery and sentenced to three years in prison and fined $20,000.

Harrison Arlington Williams, Jr. - Democrat - U.S. Senator from New
Jersey from 1959 to 1970. Implicated in the Abscam sting. Allegedly
accepted an 18% interest in a titanium mine. Convicted of nine counts
of bribery, conspiracy, receiving an unlawful gratuity, conflict of
interest, and interstate travel in aid of racketeering. Sentenced to
three years in prison and fined $50,000.

Frank Thompson, Jr. - Democrat - U.S. Representative from New Jersey
from 1955 to 1980. Implicated in the Abscam sting, convicted on
bribery and conspiracy charges. Sentenced to three years in prison

Michael Joseph Myers - Democrat - U.S. Representative from
Pennsylvania from 1976 to 1980. Implicated in the Abscam sting -
convicted of bribery and conspiracy; sentenced to three years in
prison and fined $20,000; expelled from the House of Representatives
on October 2, 1980.

John Michael Murphy - Democrat - U.S. Representative from New York
from 1963 to 1981. Implicated in the Abscam sting. Convicted of
conspiracy, conflict of interest, and accepting an illegal gratuity.
Sentenced to three years in prison and fined $20,000.

John Wilson Jenrette, Jr - Democrat - U.S. Representative from South
Carolina from 1975 to 1980. Implicated in the Abscam sting. Convicted
on bribery and conspiracy charges and sentenced to prison

Neil Goldschmidt - Democrat - Oregon governor. Admitted to having an
illegal sexual relationship with a 14-year-old teenager while he was
serving as Mayor of Portland.

Alcee Lamar Hastings - Democrat - U.S. Representative from Florida.
Impeached and removed from office as federal judge in 1989 over
bribery charges.

Marion Barry - Democrat - mayor of Washington, D.C., from 1979 to
1991
and again from 1995 to 1999. Convicted of cocaine possession after
being caught on videotape smoking crack cocaine. Sentenced to six
months in prison.

Mario Biaggi - Democrat - U.S. Representative from New York from 1969
to 1988. Indicted on federal charges that he had accepted bribes in
return for influence on federal contracts.Convicted of obstructing
justice and accepting illegal gratuities. Tried in 1988 on federal
racketeering charges and convicted on 15 felony counts.

Lee Alexander - Democrat - Mayor of Syracuse, N.Y. from 1970 to 1985.
Was indicted over a $1.5 million kickback scandal. Pleaded guilty to
racketeering and tax evasion charges. Served six years in prison.

Bill Campbell - Democrat - Mayor of Atlanta. Indicted and charged
with
fraud over claims he accepted improper payments from contractors
seeking city contracts.

Frank Ballance - Democrat - Congressman North Carolina. Pleaded
guilty
to one charge of conspiracy to commit mail fraud and money laundering
related to mishandling of money by his charitable foundation.

Hazel O'Leary - Democrat - Secretary of Energy during the Clinton
Administration - O'leary took trips all over the world as Secretary
with as many 50 staff members and at times rented a plane, which was
used by Madonna during her concert tours.

Lafayette Thomas - Democrat - Candidate for Tennessee State House of
Representatives in 1954. Sheriff of Davidson County, from 1972 to
1990. Indicted in federal court on 54 counts of abusing his power as
sheriff. Pleaded guilty to theft and mail fraud; sentenced to five
years in prison.

Mary Rose Oakar - Democrat - U.S. Representative from Ohio from 1977
to 1993. Pleaded guilty to two misdemeanor charges of funneling
$16,000 through fake donors.

David Giles - Democrat - candidate for U.S. Representative from
Washington in 1986 and 1990. Convicted in June 2000 of child rape.

Gary Siplin - Democrat state senator Florida- found guilty of
third-degree grand theft of $5,000 or more, a felony, and using
services of employees for his candidacy.

Edward Mezvinsky - Democrat - U.S. Representative from Iowa from 1973
to 1977. Indicted on 56 federal fraud charges.

Lena Swanson - Democrat - Member of Washington State Senate in 1997.
Pleaded guilty to charges of soliciting unlawful payments from
veterans and former prisoners of war.

Abraham J. Hirschfeld - Democrat - candidate in Democratic primary
for
U.S. Senator from New York in 1974 and 1976. Offered Paula Jones $1
million to drop her sexual harassment lawsuit against President Bill
Clinton. Convicted in 2000 of trying to hire a hit man to kill his
business partner.

Henry Cisneros - Democrat - U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban
Development from 1993 to 1997. Pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge
of lying to the FBI.

James A. Traficant Jr. - Member of House of Representatives from
Ohio.
Expelled from Congress after being convicted of corruption charges.
Sentenced today to eight years in prison for accepting bribes and
kickbacks.

John Doug Hays - Democrat - member of Kentucky State Senate from 1980
to 1982 Found guilty of mail fraud for submitting false campaign
reports stemming from an unsuccessful run for judge. He was sentenced
to six months in prison to be followed by six months of home
confinement and three years of probation.

Henry J. Cianfrani - Democrat - Pennsylvania State Senate from 1967
to
1976. Convicted on federal charges of racketeering and mail fraud for
padding his Senate payroll. Sentenced to five years in federal
prison.

David Hall - Democrat - Governor of Oklahoma from 1971 to 1975.
Indicted on extortion and conspiracy charges. Convicted and sentenced
to three years in prison.

John A. Celona - Democrat - A former state senator was charged with
the three counts of mail fraud. Federal prosecutors accused him of
defrauding the state and collecting hundreds of thousands of dollars
from CVS Corp. and others while serving in the legislature. Celona
has
agreed to plead guilty to taking money from the CVS pharmacy chain
and
other companies that had interest in legislation. Under the deal,
Celona agreed to cooperate with investigators. He faces up to five
years in federal prison on each of the three counts and a $250,000
fine

Allan Turner Howe - Democrat - U.S. Representative from Utah from
1975
to 1977. Arrested for soliciting a policewoman posing as a
prostitute.

Jerry Cosentino - Democrat - Illinois State Treasurer. Pleaded guilty
to bank fraud - fined $5,000 and sentenced to nine months home
confinement.

Joseph Waggonner Jr. - Democrat - U.S. Representative from Louisiana
from 1961 to 19 79. Arrested in Washington, D.C. for soliciting a
policewoman posing as a prostitute

Albert G. Bustamante - Democrat - U.S. Representative from Texas from
1985 to 1993. Convicted in 1993 on racketeering and bribery charges
and sentenced to prison.

Lawrence Jack Smith - Democrat - U.S. Representative from Florida
from
1983 to 1993. Sentenced to three months in federal prison for tax
evasion.

David Lee Walters - Democrat - Governor of Oklahoma from 1991 to
1995.
Pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor election law violation.

James Guy Tucker, Jr. - Democrat - Governor of Arkansas from 1992 to
1996. Resigned in July 1996 after conviction on federal fraud charges
as part of the Whitewater investigation.

Walter Rayford Tucker - Democrat - Mayor of Compton, California from
1991 to 1992; U.S. Representative from California from 1993 to 1995.
Sentenced to 27 months in prison for extortion and tax evasion.

William McCuen - Democrat - Secretary of State of Arkansas from 1985
to 1995. Admitted accepting kickbacks from two supporters he gave
jobs, and not paying taxes on the money. Admitted to conspiring with
a
political consultant to split $53,560 embezzled from the state in a
sham transaction. He was indicted on corruption charges. Pleaded
guilty to felony counts tax evasion and accepting a kickback.
Sentenced to 17 years in prison.

Walter Fauntroy - Democrat - Delegate to U.S. Congress from the
District of Columbia from 1971 to 1991. Charged in federal court with
making false statements on financial disclosure forms. Pleaded guilty
to one felony count and sentenced to probation.

Carroll Hubbard, Jr. - Democrat - Kentucky State Senate from 1968 to
1975 and U.S. Representative from Kentucky from 1975 to 1993. Pleaded
guilty to conspiring to defraud the Federal Elections Commission and
to theft of government property; sentenced to three years in prison.

Joseph Kolter - Democrat - member of Pennsylvania State House of
Representatives from 1969 to 1982 and U.S. Representative from
Pennsylvania from 1983 to 1993. Indicted by a Federal grand jury on
five felony charges of embezzlement at the U.S. House post office.
Pleaded guilty.

Webster Hubbell - Democrat - Chief Justice of Arkansas State Supreme
Court in 1983. Pleaded guilty to federal mail fraud and tax evasion
charges - sentenced to 21 months in prison.

Nicholas Mavroules - Democrat - U.S. Representative from
Massachusetts
from 1979 to 1993. Pleaded guilty to charges of tax fraud and
accepting gratuities while in office.

Carl Christopher Perkins - Democrat - Kentucky State House of
Representatives from 1981 to 1984 and U.S. Representative from
Kentucky from 1985 to 1993. Pleaded guilty to bank fraud in
connection
with the House banking scandal. Perkins wrote overdrafts totaling
about $300,000. Pleaded guilty to charges of filing false statements
with the Federal Election Commission and false financial disclosure
reports. Sentenced to 21 months in prison.

Richard Hanna - Democrat - U.S. Representative from California from
1963 to 1974. Received payments of about $200,000 from a Korean
businessman in what became known as the "Koreagate" influence buying
scandal. Pleaded guilty and sentenced to federal prison.

Angelo Errichetti - Democrat - New Jersey State Senator was sentenced
to six years in prison and fined $40,000 for his involvement in
Abscam.

Daniel Baugh Brewster - Democrat - U.S. Senator from Maryland.
Indicted on charges of accepting illegal gratuity while in Senate.

Thomas Joseph Dodd - Democrat - U.S. Senator from Connecticut.
Censured by the Senate for financial improprieties, having diverted
$116,000 in campaign and testimonial funds to his own use

Edward Fretwell Prichard, Jr. - Democrat - Delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Kentucky. Convicted of vote fraud in federal
court in connection with ballot-box stuffing. Served five months in
prison.

Jerry Springer - Democrat - Resigned from Cincinnati City Council in
1974 after admitting to paying a prostitute with a personal check,
which was found in a police raid on a massage parlor.

Guy Hamilton Jones, Sr. - Democrat -Arkansas State Senate. Convicted
on federal tax charges and expelled from the Arkansas Senate.

Daniel Flood - Democrat - U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania from
1945 to 1947, 1949 to 1953 and 1955 to 1980. Pleaded guilty to a
conspiracy charge involving payoffs and sentenced to probation.

Otto Kerner, Jr - Democrat - Governor of Illinois from 1961 to 1968.
While serving as Governor, he and another official made a gain of
over
$300,000 in a stock deal. Convicted on 17 counts of bribery,
conspiracy, perjury, and related charges. Sentenced to three years in
federal prison and fined $50,000.

George Crockett, Jr. - Democrat - U.S. Representative from Michigan.
Served four months in federal prison for contempt of court following
his defense of a Communist leader on trial for advocating the
overthrow of the government.

Cornelius Edward Gallagher - Democrat - U.S. Representative from New
Jersey from 1959 to 1973. Indicted on federal charges of income tax
evasion, conspiracy, and perjury

Mark B. Jimenez - Democrat fundraiser - sentenced to 27 months in
prison on charges of tax evasion and conspiracy to defraud the United
States and commit election financing offenses.

Bobby Lee Rush - Democrat - U.S. Representative from Illinois. As a
Black Panther, spent six months in prison on a weapons charge.

Bolley ''Bo'' Johnson - Democrat - Former Florida House Speaker -
received a two-year term for tax evasion.

Roger L. Green - Democrat - Brooklyn Democrat Assemblyman. Pleaded
guilty to a misdemeanor for accepting travel reimbursement for trips
he did not pay for and was sentenced to fines and probation.

Gloria Davis - Democrat - Bronx assemblywoman. Pleaded guilty to
second-degree bribe-taking.

Old boy, I didn't see your former Illinois states Governor Blagojevich
listed...yet. And naturally you won't fine your president-elect's non-
tax paying cabinet...yet.

On Apr 5, 9:55*pm, wrote:


Old boy, I didn't see your former Illinois states Governor Blagojevich
listed...yet. And naturally you won't fine your president-elect's non-
tax paying cabinet...yet.


Yeah, this is the short list

On Sun, 5 Apr 2009 18:05:40 -0700 (PDT),
wrote:

Saw a bumper sticker today that said, "Go green and save jobs". It had
a picture of one of those curly "energy efficient" bulbs.. I wanted
to ask the guy driving the car if he knew that those bulbs are made in
China in which spew out mercury and other nice things into the
environment. No jobs are created or saved here at all..

Scot, please take this crap somewhere else.

"Wayne.B" wrote in message
...
On Sun, 5 Apr 2009 18:05:40 -0700 (PDT),
wrote:

Saw a bumper sticker today that said, "Go green and save jobs". It had
a picture of one of those curly "energy efficient" bulbs.. I wanted
to ask the guy driving the car if he knew that those bulbs are made in
China in which spew out mercury and other nice things into the
environment. No jobs are created or saved here at all..

Scot, please take this crap somewhere else.



I'm thinking he's been banned from his own newsgroup.

On Apr 5, 11:52*pm, Wayne.B wrote:
On Sun, 5 Apr 2009 18:05:40 -0700 (PDT),

wrote:
Saw a bumper sticker today that said, "Go green and save jobs". It had
a picture of one of those curly "energy efficient" *bulbs.. I wanted
to ask the guy driving the car if he knew that those bulbs are made in
China in which spew out mercury and other nice things into the
environment. No jobs are created or saved here at all..

Scot, please take this crap somewhere else.

I like this post, especially the last line.He can't help it, though,
being a turd and all.

wrote:
Saw a bumper sticker today that said, "Go green and save jobs". It had
a picture of one of those curly "energy efficient" bulbs.. I wanted
to ask the guy driving the car if he knew that those bulbs are made in
China in which spew out mercury and other nice things into the
environment. No jobs are created or saved here at all... Dumb ****s
Pelosi and Reid sold us out to China yet again.. Have you ever seen
the proceedure to be taken if one of those things break in your
house.. The cost for clean up could reach $2000... Pfffffttt. Green my
ass.

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The most corrupt congress in history, holding hands with a criminal
Administration, we're screwed...


William Jefferson Clinton- Impeached by the House of Representatives
over allegations of perjury and obstruction of justice, but acquitted
by the Senate. Scandals include Whitewater - Travelgate Gennifer
Flowersgate - Filegate - Vince Fostergate - Whitewater Billing
Recordsgate - Paula Jonesgate- Lincoln Bedroomgate - Donations from
Convicted Drug and Weapons Dealersgate - Lippogate - Chinagate - The
Lewinsky Affair - Perjury and Jobs for Lewinskygate - Kathleen
Willeygate - Web Hubbell Prison Phone Callgate - Selling Military
Technology to the Chinesegate - Jaunita Broaddrick Gate - Lootergate
-
Pardongate


Edward Moore Kennedy - Democrat - U. S. Senator from Massachusetts.
Pleaded guilty to leaving the scene of an accident, after his car
plunged off a bridge on Chappaquiddick Island killing passenger Mary
Jo Kopechne.


Barney Frank - Democrat - U.S. Representative from Massachusetts from
1981 to present. Admitted to having paid Stephen L. Gobie, a male
prostitute, for sex and subsequently hiring Gobie as his personal
assistant. Gobie used the congressman's Washington apartment for
prostitution. A move to expel Frank from the House of Representatives
failed and a motion to censure him failed.


DNC - The Federal Election Commission imposed $719,000 in fines
against participants in the 1996 Democratic Party fundraising
scandals
involving contributions from China, Korea and other foreign sources.
The Federal Election Commission said it decided to drop cases against
contributors of more than $3 million in illegal DNC contributions
because the respondents left the country or the corporations are
defunct.


Sandy Berger - Democrat - National Security Advisor during the
Clinton
Administration. Berger became the focus of a criminal investigation
after removing highly classified terrorism documents and handwritten
notes from the National Archives during preparations for the Sept. 11
commission hearings.


Robert Torricelli - Democrat - Withdrew from the 2002 Senate race
with
less than 30 days before the election because of controversy over
personal gifts he took from a major campaign donor and questions
about
campaign donations from 1996.


James McGreevey - Democrat - New Jersey Governor . Admitted to having
a gay affair. Resigned after allegations of sexual harassment, rumors
of being blackmailed on top of fundraising investigations and
indictments.


Jesse Jackson - Democrat - Democratic candidate for President.
Admitted to having an extramarital affair and fathering a
illegitimate
child.


Gary Condit - Democrat - US Democratic Congressman from California.
Condit had an affair with an intern. Condit, covered up the affair
and
lied to police after she went missing. No charges were ever filed
against Condit. Her remains were discovered in a Washington DC park..


Sowande Ajumoke Omokunde - Democrat - the son of newly elected U.S.
Rep. Gwen Moore, was booked on charges of criminal damage to property
for allegedly slashing tires on 20 vans and cars rented by the
Republican Party for use in Election Day voter turnout efforts.


Daniel David Rostenkowski - Democrat - U.S. Representative from
Illinois from 1959 to 1995. Indicted on 17 felony charges- pleaded
guilty to two counts of misuse of public funds and sentenced to
seventeen months in federal prison.


Melvin Jay Reynolds - U.S. Representative from Illinois from 1993 to
1995. Convicted on sexual misconduct and obstruction of justice
charges and sentenced to five years in prison.


Charles Coles Diggs, Jr. - Democrat - U.S. Representative from
Michigan from 1955 to 1980. Convicted on eleven counts of mail fraud
and filing false payroll forms- sentenced to three years in prison.


George Rogers - Democrat - Massachusetts State House of
Representatives from 1965 to 1970. M000ember of Massachusetts State
Senate from 1975 to 1978. Convicted of bribery in 1978 and sentenced
to two years in prison.


Don Siegelman - Democrat Governor Alabama - indicted in a bid-rigging
scheme involving a maternity-care program. The charges accused
Siegelman and his former chief of staff of helping Tuscaloosa
physician Phillip Bobo rig bids. Siegelman was accused of moving
$550,000 from the state education budget to the State Fire College in
Tuscaloosa so Bobo could use the money to pay off a competitor for a
state contract for maternity care.


John Murtha, Jr. - Democrat - U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania.
Implicated in the Abscam sting, in which FBI agents impersonating
Arab
businessmen offered bribes to political figures; Murtha was cited as
an unindicted co-conspirator


Gerry Eastman Studds - Democrat - U.S. Representative from
Massachusetts from 1973 to 1997. The first openly gay member of
Congress. Censured by the House of Representatives for having sexual
relations with a teenage House page.


James C. Green - Democrat - North Carolina State House of
Representatives from 1961 to 1977. Charged with accepting a bribe
from
an undercover FBI agent, but was acquitted. Convicted of tax evasion
in 1997.


Frederick Richmond - Democrat - U.S. Representative from New York
from
1975 to 1982. Arrested in Washington, D.C., in 1978 for soliciting
sex
from a minor and from an undercover police officer - pleaded guilty
to
a misdemeanor. Also - charged with tax evasion, marijuana possession,
and improper payments to a federal employee - pleaded guilty.


Raymond Lederer - Democrat - U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania
from 1977 to 1981. Implicated in the Abscam sting - convicted of
bribery and sentenced to three years in prison and fined $20,000.


Harrison Arlington Williams, Jr. - Democrat - U.S. Senator from New
Jersey from 1959 to 1970. Implicated in the Abscam sting. Allegedly
accepted an 18% interest in a titanium mine. Convicted of nine counts
of bribery, conspiracy, receiving an unlawful gratuity, conflict of
interest, and interstate travel in aid of racketeering. Sentenced to
three years in prison and fined $50,000.


Frank Thompson, Jr. - Democrat - U.S. Representative from New Jersey
from 1955 to 1980. Implicated in the Abscam sting, convicted on
bribery and conspiracy charges. Sentenced to three years in prison


Michael Joseph Myers - Democrat - U.S. Representative from
Pennsylvania from 1976 to 1980. Implicated in the Abscam sting -
convicted of bribery and conspiracy; sentenced to three years in
prison and fined $20,000; expelled from the House of Representatives
on October 2, 1980.


John Michael Murphy - Democrat - U.S. Representative from New York
from 1963 to 1981. Implicated in the Abscam sting. Convicted of
conspiracy, conflict of interest, and accepting an illegal gratuity.
Sentenced to three years in prison and fined $20,000.


John Wilson Jenrette, Jr - Democrat - U.S. Representative from South
Carolina from 1975 to 1980. Implicated in the Abscam sting. Convicted
on bribery and conspiracy charges and sentenced to prison


Neil Goldschmidt - Democrat - Oregon governor. Admitted to having an
illegal sexual relationship with a 14-year-old teenager while he was
serving as Mayor of Portland.


Alcee Lamar Hastings - Democrat - U.S. Representative from Florida.
Impeached and removed from office as federal judge in 1989 over
bribery charges.


Marion Barry - Democrat - mayor of Washington, D.C., from 1979 to
1991
and again from 1995 to 1999. Convicted of cocaine possession after
being caught on videotape smoking crack cocaine. Sentenced to six
months in prison.


Mario Biaggi - Democrat - U.S. Representative from New York from 1969
to 1988. Indicted on federal charges that he had accepted bribes in
return for influence on federal contracts.Convicted of obstructing
justice and accepting illegal gratuities. Tried in 1988 on federal
racketeering charges and convicted on 15 felony counts.


Lee Alexander - Democrat - Mayor of Syracuse, N.Y. from 1970 to 1985.
Was indicted over a $1.5 million kickback scandal. Pleaded guilty to
racketeering and tax evasion charges. Served six years in prison.


Bill Campbell - Democrat - Mayor of Atlanta. Indicted and charged
with
fraud over claims he accepted improper payments from contractors
seeking city contracts.


Frank Ballance - Democrat - Congressman North Carolina. Pleaded
guilty
to one charge of conspiracy to commit mail fraud and money laundering
related to mishandling of money by his charitable foundation.


Hazel O'Leary - Democrat - Secretary of Energy during the Clinton
Administration - O'leary took trips all over the world as Secretary
with as many 50 staff members and at times rented a plane, which was
used by Madonna during her concert tours.


Lafayette Thomas - Democrat - Candidate for Tennessee State House of
Representatives in 1954. Sheriff of Davidson County, from 1972 to
1990. Indicted in federal court on 54 counts of abusing his power as
sheriff. Pleaded guilty to theft and mail fraud; sentenced to five
years in prison.


Mary Rose Oakar - Democrat - U.S. Representative from Ohio from 1977
to 1993. Pleaded guilty to two misdemeanor charges of funneling
$16,000 through fake donors.


David Giles - Democrat - candidate for U.S. Representative from
Washington in 1986 and 1990. Convicted in June 2000 of child rape.


Gary Siplin - Democrat state senator Florida- found guilty of
third-degree grand theft of $5,000 or more, a felony, and using
services of employees for his candidacy.


Edward Mezvinsky - Democrat - U.S. Representative from Iowa from 1973
to 1977. Indicted on 56 federal fraud charges.


Lena Swanson - Democrat - Member of Washington State Senate in 1997.
Pleaded guilty to charges of soliciting unlawful payments from
veterans and former prisoners of war.


Abraham J. Hirschfeld - Democrat - candidate in Democratic primary
for
U.S. Senator from New York in 1974 and 1976. Offered Paula Jones $1
million to drop her sexual harassment lawsuit against President Bill
Clinton. Convicted in 2000 of trying to hire a hit man to kill his
business partner.


Henry Cisneros - Democrat - U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban
Development from 1993 to 1997. Pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge
of lying to the FBI.


James A. Traficant Jr. - Member of House of Representatives from
Ohio.
Expelled from Congress after being convicted of corruption charges.
Sentenced today to eight years in prison for accepting bribes and
kickbacks.


John Doug Hays - Democrat - member of Kentucky State Senate from 1980
to 1982 Found guilty of mail fraud for submitting false campaign
reports stemming from an unsuccessful run for judge. He was sentenced
to six months in prison to be followed by six months of home
confinement and three years of probation.


Henry J. Cianfrani - Democrat - Pennsylvania State Senate from 1967
to
1976. Convicted on federal charges of racketeering and mail fraud for
padding his Senate payroll. Sentenced to five years in federal
prison.


David Hall - Democrat - Governor of Oklahoma from 1971 to 1975.
Indicted on extortion and conspiracy charges. Convicted and sentenced
to three years in prison.


John A. Celona - Democrat - A former state senator was charged with
the three counts of mail fraud. Federal prosecutors accused him of
defrauding the state and collecting hundreds of thousands of dollars
from CVS Corp. and others while serving in the legislature. Celona
has
agreed to plead guilty to taking money from the CVS pharmacy chain
and
other companies that had interest in legislation. Under the deal,
Celona agreed to cooperate with investigators. He faces up to five
years in federal prison on each of the three counts and a $250,000
fine


Allan Turner Howe - Democrat - U.S. Representative from Utah from
1975
to 1977. Arrested for soliciting a policewoman posing as a
prostitute.


Jerry Cosentino - Democrat - Illinois State Treasurer. Pleaded guilty
to bank fraud - fined $5,000 and sentenced to nine months home
confinement.


Joseph Waggonner Jr. - Democrat - U.S. Representative from Louisiana
from 1961 to 19 79. Arrested in Washington, D.C. for soliciting a
policewoman posing as a prostitute


Albert G. Bustamante - Democrat - U.S. Representative from Texas from
1985 to 1993. Convicted in 1993 on racketeering and bribery charges
and sentenced to prison.


Lawrence Jack Smith - Democrat - U.S. Representative from Florida
from
1983 to 1993. Sentenced to three months in federal prison for tax
evasion.


David Lee Walters - Democrat - Governor of Oklahoma from 1991 to
1995.
Pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor election law violation.


James Guy Tucker, Jr. - Democrat - Governor of Arkansas from 1992 to
1996. Resigned in July 1996 after conviction on federal fraud charges
as part of the Whitewater investigation.


Walter Rayford Tucker - Democrat - Mayor of Compton, California from
1991 to 1992; U.S. Representative from California from 1993 to 1995.
Sentenced to 27 months in prison for extortion and tax evasion.


William McCuen - Democrat - Secretary of State of Arkansas from 1985
to 1995. Admitted accepting kickbacks from two supporters he gave
jobs, and not paying taxes on the money. Admitted to conspiring with
a
political consultant to split $53,560 embezzled from the state in a
sham transaction. He was indicted on corruption charges. Pleaded
guilty to felony counts tax evasion and accepting a kickback.
Sentenced to 17 years in prison.


Walter Fauntroy - Democrat - Delegate to U.S. Congress from the
District of Columbia from 1971 to 1991. Charged in federal court with
making false statements on financial disclosure forms. Pleaded guilty
to one felony count and sentenced to probation.


Carroll Hubbard, Jr. - Democrat - Kentucky State Senate from 1968 to
1975 and U.S. Representative from Kentucky from 1975 to 1993. Pleaded
guilty to conspiring to defraud the Federal Elections Commission and
to theft of government property; sentenced to three years in prison.


Joseph Kolter - Democrat - member of Pennsylvania State House of
Representatives from 1969 to 1982 and U.S. Representative from
Pennsylvania from 1983 to 1993. Indicted by a Federal grand jury on
five felony charges of embezzlement at the U.S. House post office.
Pleaded guilty.


Webster Hubbell - Democrat - Chief Justice of Arkansas State Supreme
Court in 1983. Pleaded guilty to federal mail fraud and tax evasion
charges - sentenced to 21 months in prison.


Nicholas Mavroules - Democrat - U.S. Representative from
Massachusetts
from 1979 to 1993. Pleaded guilty to charges of tax fraud and
accepting gratuities while in office.


Carl Christopher Perkins - Democrat - Kentucky State House of
Representatives from 1981 to 1984 and U.S. Representative from
Kentucky from 1985 to 1993. Pleaded guilty to bank fraud in
connection
with the House banking scandal. Perkins wrote overdrafts totaling
about $300,000. Pleaded guilty to charges of filing false statements
with the Federal Election Commission and false financial disclosure
reports. Sentenced to 21 months in prison.


Richard Hanna - Democrat - U.S. Representative from California from
1963 to 1974. Received payments of about $200,000 from a Korean
businessman in what became known as the "Koreagate" influence buying
scandal. Pleaded guilty and sentenced to federal prison.


Angelo Errichetti - Democrat - New Jersey State Senator was sentenced
to six years in prison and fined $40,000 for his involvement in
Abscam.


Daniel Baugh Brewster - Democrat - U.S. Senator from Maryland.
Indicted on charges of accepting illegal gratuity while in Senate.


Thomas Joseph Dodd - Democrat - U.S. Senator from Connecticut.
Censured by the Senate for financial improprieties, having diverted
$116,000 in campaign and testimonial funds to his own use


Edward Fretwell Prichard, Jr. - Democrat - Delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Kentucky. Convicted of vote fraud in federal
court in connection with ballot-box stuffing. Served five months in
prison.


Jerry Springer - Democrat - Resigned from Cincinnati City Council in
1974 after admitting to paying a prostitute with a personal check,
which was found in a police raid on a massage parlor.


Guy Hamilton Jones, Sr. - Democrat -Arkansas State Senate. Convicted
on federal tax charges and expelled from the Arkansas Senate.


Daniel Flood - Democrat - U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania from
1945 to 1947, 1949 to 1953 and 1955 to 1980. Pleaded guilty to a
conspiracy charge involving payoffs and sentenced to probation.


Otto Kerner, Jr - Democrat - Governor of Illinois from 1961 to 1968.
While serving as Governor, he and another official made a gain of
over
$300,000 in a stock deal. Convicted on 17 counts of bribery,
conspiracy, perjury, and related charges. Sentenced to three years in
federal prison and fined $50,000.


George Crockett, Jr. - Democrat - U.S. Representative from Michigan.
Served four months in federal prison for contempt of court following
his defense of a Communist leader on trial for advocating the
overthrow of the government.


Cornelius Edward Gallagher - Democrat - U.S. Representative from New
Jersey from 1959 to 1973. Indicted on federal charges of income tax
evasion, conspiracy, and perjury


Mark B. Jimenez - Democrat fundraiser - sentenced to 27 months in
prison on charges of tax evasion and conspiracy to defraud the United
States and commit election financing offenses.


Bobby Lee Rush - Democrat - U.S. Representative from Illinois. As a
Black Panther, spent six months in prison on a weapons charge.


Bolley ''Bo'' Johnson - Democrat - Former Florida House Speaker -
received a two-year term for tax evasion.


Roger L. Green - Democrat - Brooklyn Democrat Assemblyman. Pleaded
guilty to a misdemeanor for accepting travel reimbursement for trips
he did not pay for and was sentenced to fines and probation.


Gloria Davis - Democrat - Bronx assemblywoman. Pleaded guilty to
second-degree bribe-taking.




Read upon Prescott Bush to see if he'd make your list.