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Sunday, August 01, 2010

If This Were a Republican ...

Let me get this straight.  A congressperson steers thousands in federal dollars to a bank she and her husband are part-owners of?  Isn't that illegal?  And shouldn't there be more heading her way than some pansy "ethics" investigation?

Oh, wait.  She's in a special class of criminal.  She's a Democrat:
California Rep. Waters may face fall ethics trial
By Larry Margasak, Associated Press Writer

Washington – A second House Democrat, Rep. Maxine Waters of California, could face an ethics trial this fall, further complicating the election outlook for the party as it battles to retain its majority.

Waters, 71, has been under investigation for a possible conflict of interest involving a bank that was seeking federal aid. Her husband owned stock in the bank and had served on its board.

Waters came under scrutiny after former Treasury Department officials said she helped arrange a meeting between regulators and executives at Boston-based OneUnited Bank without mentioning her husband's financial ties to the institution.

Her husband, Sidney Williams, held at least $250,000 in the bank's stock and previously had served on its board. Waters' spokesman has said Williams was no longer on the board when the meeting was arranged. [link]
 If this woman's defense is going to be that her husband stood to benefit from the infusion of government cash into her husband's business, well, good luck with that.

We've known for years that Maxine Waters, Democrat, is a stupid person.  Now we know she's a crook too.

Off with her head.

4 comments:

Salt Lick said...

I expect a Roanoke Times' editorial any day now blasting the "Culture of Corruption" now putrifying within the Democrat party.

Ya know, like that big editorial about the Dems' recent legislation making certain government agencies immune to the Freedom of Information Act.

Transparency. Hope. Change.

Jerry Fuhrman said...

I'm holding my breath.

Anonymous said...

Its still Bush's fault, of course.

If Bush had not squandered the massive funds left by Clinton by giving all those tax cuts for the rich, then there would have been on recession, no stimulus, and no reason for Maxy to steer money to hubby.

Or, its a democrat valve and should be celebrated.
...Al..

Anonymous said...

If Maxy was a republican she would have been caught trying to have sex outside of her marriage(s).