All Is Forgiven
Bridgeport, Connecticut, has to be the most forgiving city in America.
Last night, they re-elected Mayor Joe Ganim fresh from his seven year stint in federal prison for … embezzling taxpayer money from the last time he was mayor. Not only that, the guy got 59% of the vote.
“I am committed to moving Bridgeport forward and, as I have said, I will continue to put the best interests of the community first,” Malloy said in a statement on Tuesday.
Voters elected him five times starting back in the 1990s, before he served seven years behind bars.
He’s a Democrat. Everybody keep your fingers crossed.
And in related news, Kentucky elected a crazzzybutt Republican for governor. Most shocking of all, people are acting surprised about it.
Shaking my head in amazement. Who was he running against, a two time felon?
1I also understand that Houston chose to ignore the rights of gays and transgenders. I expected to see heatwaves emanating from this page ….
I guess I am not surprised that the Kimmie Davis supporter got elected in Kaintuck. They just won’t learn.
2This guy has to be the spiritual son of one of the more historic governors of Louisiana like Edwin Edwards!
3Give some credit to the voters of Bridgeport, Connecticut who voted for the “crook they know” over the Republicon who was more likely the bigger crook, albeit not convicted. While one candidate might have stolen a little bit, the other candidate would most likely have screwed the town to the wall and they knew that. Also, conviction is not always synonymous with guilt.
4Here in CT we refer to Bridgeport as Bilgeport…
Yea Ganum was a crook alright and was taken down along with Gov. John Rowland-R and Waterbury (Durtywater) Mayor Philip Giordano-R…
All had Federal Investigations for Corruption going on about the same time and of the 3 only Giordano was spared from being charged with corruption when a wiretap revealed he was setting up to have sex with the 8 year old daughter of a prostitute, and also her 10 year old niece. They dropped the corruption investigation and sent him away for 37 years…
It was a well known fact that if you wanted to be awarded a contract for working with the City of Bridgeport that a “Gift” would be required for Joe Gamim…
It’s just the way it was done…
5I recall the famous bumper stickers when Edwin Edwards (D) was battling David Duke (KKK) for the governorship of Louisiana. The bumper sticker?
“Elect The Crook: It’s That Important.”
The crook was, naturally, Edwin Edwards (who won). David Duke? He went back to Congress, ended up going to jail, and is now a spokesman for Holocaust denial.
Edwards went to jail, as well, but his crime was tax evasion.
6Maybe it’s just their weird version of a work/release program.
7Governor John Rowland just went back to prison kicking and screaming the whole way…
I’ll give Mayor Joe Ganim 2 years maximum before he’s indicted again…
8I’ve been away from the news for a few days, but Linda Phipps tells me that Houston went the way I figured it would.
It never ceases to disgust me— I wish I could say it still surprises me— that the RWNJs can take one tiny aspect of a situation, distort it like hell, blow it up to Category 5 proportions, and kill a perfectly reasonable idea, or enact a horrible one.
9With regard to craziness in Kentucky, Andy Borowitz has an interesting post today on that subject.
10Thank you Rubymay, I will check Borowitz’s post. Speaking of craziness, the newly minted (on year now) senator from NE … is pondering that maybe we don’t need a Senate anymore. What is it with these baboons that they think they can retool our entire government?
11As to the crook elected in Bridgeport … many of us in Virginia held our noses in order to vote for McAuliffe. ANYONE would have been better than Kookinelli.
12Was Edwin Edwards the one, when asked if had taken a bribe of $1.2 M to allow gambling in Louisiana, replied, “No I did not, it was more like $4M”?
13Only 25% of the electorate in PA voted yesterday, but the Dems got a big majority in the Sate Supreme Court and other lower courts as well. Unfortunately we lost the State Senatorial position which was formerly held by a great guy, Matt Smith, to a Repug. Our Democratic Governor can use all the help he can get.
14Still waiting to hear movement on the indictments of Rick Perry and Greg Abutt. Sorry to hear about the backlash in Houston. The mayor must be extremely disheartened.
No suprise that the CT city voted for a Dem. CT is pretty reliably a Democratic State, but my question is how did this guy get through the primaries? or were there any? I hope the Party bosses did some Vetting at least.
15Hey, Marion Berry got re-elected mayor of DC after his drug conviction. Sometimes we Dem’s have a soft spot for a few of our felonious brothers.
16Here in the East Village of NYC, we only had judges to vote for and only Democrats were on the ballot. I guess there are places the Rs have given up.
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