05/06: Representative Jefferson Indicted: What Next? Can he be convicted?
Category: Politics
Posted by: A Waco Farmer
"What Next for Congressman William Jefferson, Representative from New Orleans, Louisiana?"
This was the question of the day this morning (6-5-07) on C-SPAN's Washington Journal.
After a brief summary concerning the ninety-four-page, sixteen-count indictment, some excerpts from the Washington Post and Times-Picayune editorials (both of which call for the resignation of Congressman Jefferson), C-SPAN's Steve Scully went to the phones:
First Caller from New Orleans, Louisiana:
What about Bush? Why not impeach Bush? He is the biggest liar of all time.
1. Bush stole the election twice.
2. What about Iran-Contra? Bush lied us into Iraq; he has blood on his hands.
3. He is busy smuggling illegal Mexicans into this country for free labor.
We re-elected Jefferson because we know he is going to help the people recover from Katrina. Why not concentrate on Bush and all his lies?
Steve Scully (interrupting with some facts): how do you feel about your hometown newspaper calling for the Congressman to resign? What about the $90,000 in the freezer?
Caller: How do you know the FBI did not plant that evidence? Let me tell you something, darling. This is just another subversion tactic by Bush to make us forget about Iraq and all of his misgiving with Iraq and Halliburton and he and Cheney. Investigate Bush and all his lies.
Steve: Thank you very much.
The next caller offered a salient point: with a jury pool consisting of people like the caller from New Orleans, Congressman Jefferson has every reason to believe he can beat the rap in court in a community in which 57 percent of the registered voters reaffirmed their loyalty to Jefferson and everything he represents.
This was the question of the day this morning (6-5-07) on C-SPAN's Washington Journal.
After a brief summary concerning the ninety-four-page, sixteen-count indictment, some excerpts from the Washington Post and Times-Picayune editorials (both of which call for the resignation of Congressman Jefferson), C-SPAN's Steve Scully went to the phones:
First Caller from New Orleans, Louisiana:
What about Bush? Why not impeach Bush? He is the biggest liar of all time.
1. Bush stole the election twice.
2. What about Iran-Contra? Bush lied us into Iraq; he has blood on his hands.
3. He is busy smuggling illegal Mexicans into this country for free labor.
We re-elected Jefferson because we know he is going to help the people recover from Katrina. Why not concentrate on Bush and all his lies?
Steve Scully (interrupting with some facts): how do you feel about your hometown newspaper calling for the Congressman to resign? What about the $90,000 in the freezer?
Caller: How do you know the FBI did not plant that evidence? Let me tell you something, darling. This is just another subversion tactic by Bush to make us forget about Iraq and all of his misgiving with Iraq and Halliburton and he and Cheney. Investigate Bush and all his lies.
Steve: Thank you very much.
The next caller offered a salient point: with a jury pool consisting of people like the caller from New Orleans, Congressman Jefferson has every reason to believe he can beat the rap in court in a community in which 57 percent of the registered voters reaffirmed their loyalty to Jefferson and everything he represents.
gregdn wrote: