Pa is such a beautiful state.

So sad.

Somehow I don’t think the democrat voter cares.

That’s true in Pennsylvania. Look at the 06 primary results, after the pay raise scandal. The primaries were a blood bath, but only if you look at the Republican races. Few Democrats were tossed out because of the illegal pay raise.

Agreed!!

Veon had two of his aides drive motorcycles owned by he and his wife to the annual biker rally in Sturgis, South Dakota, so he could fly there to attend it.

Now that right there is awsome!

Lets do a mini review,according to Pelosi,who
ran on eliminating corruption,still doesn’t
have a clean house,and with less than 4 months,
it appears Nancy won’t get the job done,and to
think,all she had to do is start in the kitchen,
and clean Jefferson’s freezer,and go from there!

Replace the quoted statements with “Republican appearance of corruption” and “Democrat crimes” and you have a pretty solid example of the rules the MSM lives by.

Almost makes me wish I had gone into Journalism, except I know I wouldn’t have any influence over the corrupt newsrooms even if I had.

However, if a Republican is caught (or more likely, has some trumped up, baseless charge brought against him), it’s a problem with the entire party. Democrats are presented with furrowed, concerned brows, wearing halos. Even when they are every bit as dirty.

This will be whitewashed. If 100 Democrats are caught on tape accepting suitcases full of cash from the mafia, it will be “balanced” by the one Republican who turned in a library book a day late.

That’s what I thought.

Sorry Pennsylvania, but we’re corruption pros up here. It’s New York. Enough said.

If the people of Pennsylvania cared about corruption, they would never have elected as their governor Ed Rendell, boss of the notorious Philadelphia machine. Republicans therefore cannot benefit politically from a Democratic scandal in Pennsylvania, be…

But on a good note. Foxnews just did a segment on the marines who were vindicated and were asking why it hasn’t been reported in the MSM.

sigh..but no mention of traitorous Murtha.

(Obama’s bus undercarriage is getting too crowded.)

Darn I thought they were finally hauling Murtha off in handcuffs.
Hows’ William “cold cash” Jefferson doing or Chris “nice home loan” Dodd, Chuck “I caused a bank-ruptcy” Schumer.
Or for that matter Barack “Rezko home payment” Hussein Obama?

dhunter on July 13, 2008 at 10:45 AM

Nope. And, today’s news about Bush’s bundler soliciting bribes will take all that out of the public eye with the help of the MSM.

Another excellent example of Democrat political thuggery.

The grand jury found that employees and resources of the House Democratic Caucus were historically and routinely used to conduct petition challenges against candidates who were opponents of Democratic House candidates or the Democratic Party. This effort was typically led by Michael Manzo or Cott. Employees were not required to, and did not, take leave for the time spent during their regular work hours on challenging nominating petitions.

These efforts were by no means limited to House races. Two outstanding examples of misappropriation of taxpayers’ resources on petition challenges were the Ralph Nader for President of the United States in 2004 and the Carl Romanelli for the United States Senate in 2006.

The grand jury found that as many as 50 Democratic House Caucus staff members participated in the Nader petition challenge and contributed a staggering number of man-hours. A House Democratic employee testified before the grand jury that “everybody was working on this.” It was virtually a caucus wide endeavor and many of the employees spent an entire week on the Nader petition challenge.

Upon the successful challenge to the Nader petition, Veon sent an e-mail to his staff stating:

“FYI .great job by our staff! This would have never been successful without your work. You have given John Kerry an even better opportunity to win this state.one of the 5 most important states to win this year.”

“This is a very significant fact and significant contribution by each one of you to the Kerry for president campaign.you should take great pride in your efforts.”

The Romanelli petition challenge was led by Cott, who announced it was very important to “leadership” that Romanelli not appear on the ballot. Staffers were told “not to worry about leave,” but to focus on getting the petition challenges done as soon as possible.

Unbelievable!!

The same people apparently were also involved in keeping Carl Romanelli, a liberal independent, off the ballto for U.S. Senate in 2006. Democrats were terrifed that Romanelli would siphon votes away from Bobby Casey from liberals who did not like Casey’s pro-life and pro-gun views. While Casey beat Rick Santorum by a huge margin, had Romanelli been in the race it might have been an entirely different campaign. And the four House races that flipped from Republican to Democrat by very thin margins might have come out differently too.

This is just beyond revolting.

The grand jury said the ballot challenge efforts against Mr. Nader, who sought a place on the Pennsylvania ballot in 2004 as a Green Party candidate for president, was essentially divided between Mr. Veon’s Beaver Falls district office and his Capitol office in Harrisburg.

Mrs. Peretta-Rosepink, the Beaver Falls office manager, directed the western Pennsylvania portion of the effort and Mr. Foreman and Mr. Manzo coordinated Harrisburg efforts.

More than 34,000 signatures were challenged and Mr. Nader was kept off the ballot. It was generally assumed at the time that Mr. Nader’s presence on the ballot could siphon votes from Democratic nominee John Kerry.

Mr. Veon issued a congratulatory e-mail to staff on Oct. 13, 2004: “You have given John Kerry an even better opportunity to win this state,” Mr. Veon wrote.

The grand jury identified 36 state employees who were involved in the Nader ballot challenge, 29 of whom received state bonuses for 2004.

Two years later, the same tactic was used to keep Carl Romanelli, an independent candidate, off the ballot for U.S. Senate.

“Brett Cott assumed the laboring oar in organizing and orchestrating the operation,” the grand jury wrote. Once again, Mr. Foreman assisted in directing the contribution of Veon’s office staff “which worked day in and day out on the petitions, while being paid by the taxpayers.”

Larry Otter, Mr. Romanelli’s lawyer in the petition challenges, today said he was “sick” at the extent of state labor involved.

“God knows what was going on the behind the scenes to get Romanelli off the ballot. It’s beyond outrageous. It’s a subversion of Democracy. It makes Pennsylvania’s ballot access a joke,” Mr. Otter said.

Health care, public education, unemployment, job training, university scholarships and grants; the democrat view of government is entitlement paid for by someone else.

Those politicians who deliver get re-elected.

It was a little to late apparently.

Stop income tax withholding. Get the employer OUT of the tax collection business, and make the state & federal bureaucrats collect tax payments directly from the workers on a quarterly time schedule. If the workers don’t pay on time, assess a fee. If they underpay, assess a fee. If they overpay, keep the money.

You want to see the citizens of Pennsylvania get off their asses and throw these thieves out of office? Make them personally write the check. They will seethe. Blood would shoot from their eyes.

The democrat thugs would quickly pack their bags, don the fake noses and glasses, and run for sanctuary in a nearby socialist country!

Yes, sir. FDR was a smart cookie. He knew his democrat voters were susceptible to socialist propaganda and too infatuated with it to figure out they were being fleeced. For the love of God, rescind this despicable payroll withholding deception and let justice run its course!