Well, Close But No Cigar Edited: Whoa, Wait!
Well, it isn’t one of our Texans who got tangled up with the feds but two good things did happen.
The guy in trouble is the guy who threatened to throw a reporter off the balcony.
The feds have been after Rep. Michael Grimm (R-NY) for a long time. Now they’re ready to pounce.
Grimm’s attorney confirmed to TPM on Friday that federal prosecutors are preparing to bring criminal charges against the Staten Island Congressman. According to CNN, the charges could come as soon as next week.
So, we lost that one, but — ta da! – there is a Texas connection.
In January, a Texas woman accused of using straw donors to illegally funnel $10,000 to Grimm’s campaign was reportedly in plea deal negotiations with federal prosecutors.
So, yeah, we’re Texas and we’re in every federal investigation!
Edited: Well, come to find out, that was an federal prosecutor investigation.
The House Ethics Committee indeed did snare a Texas Congressvarmint, but neither of the ones we picked.
It’s Steve Stockman, bygawd!
Rep. Steve Stockman, who has faced a number of questions surrounding his financial disclosures and campaign finances is, according to the Houston Chronicle, the member at the heart of a new investigation from the House Ethics Committee.
On Friday, the Texas Republican told the Chronicle that his office was “aware of and is cooperating fully with the Ethics Committee’s preliminary inquiry into an [Federal Election Commission] reporting error.
Reporting error, yeah, that’s his story and he’s sticking to it.
Man, Texas has a wealth of congressional crooks.
Vito ‘I’ve Forgiven Myself’ Fossella retired from Congress after a drunken driving arrest. Fossella is willing to make himself available to replace Grimm.
Resign, rehabilitate and run = Republican.
Crooks, thugs, drunks, and credit to Bobby Jindal, stupid = GOP.
Without all that Koch moohla buying elections combined with the gerrymandering, we’d be beating these cheats like a drum.
1Good grief. That IS a touchy issue. I don’t live in a lawyer household. I believe the persons should have a chance at legal representation but if everyone knows someone did what they are accused of, what should his lawyer go for?
2Having seen the video of Grimm threatening to throw a reporter off the balcony, his lawyer might be lucky to strike a deal for a lesser charge, if he pleads guilty. Grimm doesn’t have much coming, Marge Wood.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QbpxVO-mnYU
3Stockman is under ethics committee investigation http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/steve-stockman-ethics-probe I would love to see Louie and the Nuge under investigation but it is still fun watching Stockman squirm
4While AG Holder would never demean himself and take a shot a Loopy Louie, there’s hope. Holder is believed to be leaving Justice, after the midterm elections, having stayed in his post beyond the time for which he ‘volunteered.’ Loyal to the President and public he serves, Mr Holder has given generously of his additional time, unlike some quitters we know.
Let’s explain loyalty to Loopy Louie. Louie, you took advantage of a man’s decency and good manners. If you think there are not a number of loyal members of his staff who took notice of your obnoxious behavior, think again. You and Darrell Issa will find yourselves in the ‘interest’ of a loyal staffer ready to make you pay for your crimes. Just so you know, some of us white boys don’t like your uppity racism.
5The feds want to know what Stockman was doing with all those unreported hot tubs littering his “campaign headquarters”.
6hot tubs? in his caMpaign headquarters? blech.
7Marge Wood, better than eyeball bleach, luxuriate in the ultimate simple luxury of a good foot soak in Epsom salts combined with herbal teas. Yes, this ranch cowboy does foot soaks and whatever my wife recommends after a hard day in the office combined with my time on the range.
Who said it first? Behind every good man is a good woman.
Upgraded for the 21st century, good men realize children and women are the future.
8Sounds like the Ides of Texas by the Chad Mitchell Trio:
“While other kids saved up their nickels and dimes
9For jelly beans, licorice and fudge.
Well Billie saved too, and when he had enough.
He bought him a Federal judge.”
And Grimm and Stockman never saw this coming!?!?!?! I
10am actually relieved to know that finally these two misfits will actually have to face the music, however low voltage it might be.
Oh, I’m not agin’ soakin’ yer feet. I jist don’t much keer to do it in Stockman’s campaign office. Even the best campaign offices I’ve worked in tend to be pretty, uh, basic.
11I’ve slept on couches and floors in campaign offices and, frankly, a hot tub would have been a nice addition. The closest I ever got to that was on election day 2008, when we were instructed to have an offsite command post to receive reports to phone up the OFA chain of command, out of the way of the organized hubbub. And also to be available to deal with issues. I used my own money to get a hotel room with a hot tub.
That having been said, rare is the campaign office that hasn’t been the site of a campaign hookup, hot tub or no.
12Grimm — I could make a clever play on words here, but I’m not going to bother. Staten Island will probably have some other jerk in his place soon. Yes, it’s part of NYC, but couldn’t be more different from Manhattan. Yes, I have a couple of friends who live there, and there’s one terrific thrift shop. But the politics — shudder!
13I have to say, the moment you mentioned the investigation, my thoughts turned to Stockman. But he’s low-hanging fruit.
14Don’t much care if he’s low, or “high” hanging fruit.
All I care about is: “Is he a corrupt crook?”
If he is….. get him out of the U.S. Congress.
We have enough of them…. already.
15Wingnuts made sure the whole world knew they were targetting Rangel and Maxine Waters,both hated Libs.
16RepubAnon — thanks so much for the lyrics. I’m not familiar with that song, so now I’ll be looking it up — sounds like fun.
17RepubAnon: Love the Chad Mitchel Trio. I listened them all the time when I was much younger. (John Denver sang with them for a while in the 60s and came to Texas Tech when I was there.) They sang some really cool “protest” songs. I remember the one you quoted!
18Must be gettin’ old.
Marge: Aways back, J.J. showed us a picture of what Stockman called his campaign headquarters. It was a deserted, decrepit old warehouse which must have formerly served as a hot tub store. The outside yard was littered with dirty, rusty old hot tubs. Don’t know if any were inside or if any were in service. Sorry for the mental image evoked by my prior post.
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