In Louisiana, they do not expect their elected officials to be corrupt. They demand it.

^What that guy said. Lousiana politicians are a different sort altogether.

It's like cheating on your wife in Mexico--if you don't do it, you are not considered a real man. He HAD to take bribes to up his cred with the voters.

We as Democrats have to take a hard stance against people like Jefferson. It's not that we are running as that, it should be that we actually want to be less corrupt then the Republicans. Do we have straglers? Of absolutely. So when we do, kick their ass to the curb and denounce them. Or to Federal prison, whatever.

Crink - is that a cross between a crimp and a chink?

I just tried looking it up on a bunch of different online dictionaries, but apparently they don't keep up with the crazy kids' hip hop Mountain Dew Xtr3m3 lingo.

Changed. :)

This is the same guy who got a National Guard escort to go check on his house after Katrina. You know, while people were stranded on their rooftops waiting to be rescued.

D's + ethics = joke

Oh, Wonk... this is another area where R's consistently outshine Democrats. When it comes to real, down in the dirt, corruption you guys just always come out of gate pulling in money and favors from everyone. I mean that Wade guy alone is going to take down, what... 20 R congressmen and maybe Katherine Harris?

All we have is this small time loser from LA? Even by Louisianna standards, this guy is a real lightweight. I would call him a pinner, but you'd probably not know what that means.

The democratic party needs to shun him and not take is back like the republicans would do if it was one of them.

Pinner? A small joint?

I never understand this- $100 grand gets you, what, a decent lifestyle for a year?

There's no way you get a decent house in Switzerland for 100 grand.

100k is chump change. If you're gonna get bribed, go out like a man. Settle for nothing less than seven figures.

Wonk - that's one of the meanings and I stand corrected.

Cinci - Amen!

The real sad news is that it appears he fell for one of those Nigerian bank scams.

Doesn't anyone send congressional members updates from Snopes?

You just know the whole thing started like this:

REQUEST FOR URGENT BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP

FIRST, I MUST SOLICIT YOUR STRICTEST CONFIDENCE IN THIS TRANSACTION. THIS IS BY VIRTUE OF ITS NATURE AS BEING UTTERLY CONFIDENTIAL AND 'TOP SECRET'. I AM SURE AND HAVE CONFIDENCE OF YOUR ABILITY AND RELIABILITY TO PROSECUTE A TRANSACTION OF THIS GREAT MAGNITUDE INVOLVING A PENDING TRANSACTION REQUIRING MAXIIMUM CONFIDENCE.

WE ARE TOP OFFICIAL OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT CONTRACT REVIEW PANEL WHO ARE INTERESTED IN IMPORATION OF GOODS INTO OUR COUNTRY WITH FUNDS WHICH ARE PRESENTLY TRAPPED IN NIGERIA. IN ORDER TO COMMENCE THIS BUSINESS WE SOLICIT YOUR ASSISTANCE TO ENABLE US TRANSFER INTO YOUR ACCOUNT THE SAID TRAPPED FUNDS.

what the f@#k with the Lean Cuisine?

It helps to read the post, Anonymous:

"A few days later, on August 3, 2005, the FBI searched the home and found $90,000 in his freezer stuffed into frozen food containers."

..another beautiful photoshop specimen. Please sit down with PinkDome and teach his ass a trick or two.

I'm just sayin.

HEY! Don't be hatin' on my mad photoshop skillz!!