The unethical and illegal behavior of Democratic state senators in California, where Democrats have total control of the state legislature, is giving the state’s Democratic Party concerns that the GOP may use the misbehavior to regain power. Since the beginning of 2014, every month has featured a Democratic state senator either being arrested or convicted.
The latest arrest came Wednesday, as Sen. Leland Yee of San Francisco was arrested on federal corruption charges. The federal government charged Lee with conspiracy to deal firearms without a license and illegally importing firearms.
In January, Sen. Rod Wright of Inglewood was convicted of perjury and voter fraud for lying about his legal residence in Los Angeles County. The GOP tried to expel him from the Senate, but the Democrats would not consider the matter.
In February, Sen. Ron Calderon was indicted on federal corruption charges; he had accepted roughly $100,000 for himself and family members as a trade for supporting laws to expand Hollywood tax credits as well as looking out for a hospital that wanted a provision of the workers’ compensation law protected. [snip]
…Even Derek Cressman, a Democrat opposing Yee’s reelection, called the Legislature corrupt, saying, “The constant begging for campaign cash clearly has a corrosive effect on a person’s soul, and the only solution is to get big money out of our politics once and for all.” He continued that the bar for public office “should be higher than the bar for staying out of prison.”
You got it straight from the donkeys mouth. These Democrats just couldn’t help themselves. If you don’t want to have corruptible politicians, don’t give them large sums of money. Just say “No!”
“corrupt liberals” Isn’t that a redundant term?
Dems needn’t worry.
They reset the state system so that Republicans are irrelevant.
They can even pass budgets without even one Republican vote because they changed the law so it is a mere majority instead of the old 2/3rds.
Republicans might gain a seat or two here or there, but they will never re-take CA’s state house.
Gerrymandering and the leftist media will prevent it.
Frankly this is a bit of an understatement. The Collective has been hit with a corrupt-o-palooza these past few days. Let’s check out the scorecard thusfar:
State Sen. Leland Yee
Charlotte Mayor Patrick Cannon
State Sen. LeAnna Washington
Queens Assemblyman William Scarborough
Former president of the San Francisco Board of Education Keith Jackson
Indiana township trustee’s office
campaign workers for Bronx Councilwoman Maria Del Carmen Arroyo
Raymond “Shrimp Boy” Chow
Harry Reid
Rhode Island Speaker of the House Gordon Fox
Let me see…
California Dems are NOT concerned that a number of Democrat elected officials are begrimed with corruption. Instead their concern is that the corruption will hurt their political party.
Sea it all.
Sea it all was Says it all.
George Wells, best get that guillotine-against-corruption of yours a’ choppin’. Crooked Democrats are lining up as we speak.