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Accepting Gifts from Lobbyist is only wrong if you are republican
Published on December 12, 2006 By Moderateman In Politics

Remember this name.. Congresswoman Tubbs Jones.

Since the year 2000 she has accepted 72 gifts from people like lobbyists, this included free airfare, top notch hotels that were paid for, free food and gifts. This comes to A free trip a month roughly.

 

Ms. Jones sits on the house and means commitee.

When questioned about her activities she replied.

It's ok because I am the only Black female on this commitee

Well now, I wonder why the MSM has not been reporting on this underhanded behavior.

 

Be sure if it was a Republican trying to excuse this scandalous chicanery with such a transparent excuse the MSM would lose their collective narrow minded brains.

Yet Ms Jones reply, starting with the playing of the race card, {an all time favorite of Blacks} Try pinning them down and they say "you are only after me because I am black" Not because She is a crook!!

 


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on Dec 12, 2006
Last I checked, they threw out Jim Crow laws about 50 years ago.  So no law can be made that references color.  That means that there is no law that says "except for black females". Looks like the culture of corruption is very rampant!  At least the republicans waited until they HAD power.
on Dec 12, 2006
Democrats, where is your fake outrage about this? 
on Dec 12, 2006
So not only is she a crook, but she's a sexist bigot too.  She really does belong in the Democrat Party.  :~D
on Dec 12, 2006
It's hypocrisy, sweetheart, other than that, I agree.


(Citizen)little-whipDecember 12, 2006 12:45:30


thank you for the sweet and gentle reminder.

xoxoxo

elie

on Dec 12, 2006
(Citizen)Dr. Guy December 12, 2006 12:51:54


Last I checked, they threw out Jim Crow laws about 50 years ago. So no law can be made that references color. That means that there is no law that says "except for black females". Looks like the culture of corruption is very rampant! At least the republicans waited until they HAD power.


Last I checked the incoming speaker Nancy pelosi swore to end all this. typical lies from the party that brings higher taxes, by letting the Bush tax cuts expire.
Tries to sneak a bribe taking judge {alcee} into and in charge of the intelligence commitee.

Tries to make a bribe taking, cut and running Jack { I lost all my heart and disrespected the corps} Murtha

More do as I say Not what I do. from a party bereft of ideas.
on Dec 12, 2006
(Citizen)Island DogDecember 12, 2006 13:28:16


Democrats, where is your fake outrage about this?


their outrage is being saved for the first republican to jaywalk.
on Dec 12, 2006
(Citizen)ParaTed2kDecember 12, 2006 13:47:09


So not only is she a crook, but she's a sexist bigot too. She really does belong in the Democrat Party. :~D


adddddddddddd she is divisive trying to keep the split between blacks and white alive.
on Dec 12, 2006
I thought this had all been resolved as a clerical error more than a year ago.

While [Jim] Angle suggested that Democrats have been "forgiving" of Tubbs Jones, he did not explain what actions of hers would require forgiveness. As Media Matters for America has noted, though The Washington Times reported that disclosure forms filed by Tubbs Jones originally listed a lobbying firm as the funder for the Puerto Rico trip, the same article also strongly suggested that this disclosure was nothing more than a clerical mistake. The Times article noted that a Tubbs Jones spokeswoman said the listing of the lobbying firm was the result of "human error," and reported that a managing partner at the lobbying firm "denied that his firm paid for Mrs. Jones' travel," adding: "He offered to place his hand on the Bible." Furthermore, the Times noted that other House members on the same trip listed the advocacy organization Todo Puerto Rico con Vieques -- not the lobbying firm -- as the trip's sponsor. Unlike lobbying firms, "private groups, such as Todo Puerto Rico con Vieques ... are allowed to fund trips," the Times noted


on Dec 12, 2006
their outrage is being saved for the first republican to jaywalk.


You're kidding right? Even if (and that's a big if) Tubb Jones took this as a gift from a lobbyist, we are talking about $4K. Tom DeLay took illegal trips worth more than $200K--where's my outrage, you ask? Where's your sense of perspective?
on Dec 12, 2006

The outrage for this is in the same place as the Democrat;s outrage over the $90,000 sitting in William Jefferson's freezer, or in the same place as the Democrat's outrage over the idea that one of the higher ranking members of their party -- a candidate for the number two job -- was a figure in the Abscam scandal (Murtha).  Even though Murtha never followed thru (because the "bank offer" wasn't high enough for him to take the Deal in his own game of Deal or No-deal), he's still scum that is welcomed because he is true blue.

Heck, where's their outrage over continuing to have Robert (not E. Lee, but instead...) C. Byrd, former KKK man himself in a leadership position in the U.S. Senate?  Never mind that he was a former Senate Majority Leader when only a few short years removed from that KKK history.

There's a host of places (heck, see my new article here: Dems played dirty tricks with dirt on Foley) where there should be outrage over Democrats and actions they've taken or not taken. Sadly the lemmings in the U.S. voting populace are either too stupid too see the actions and build up the outrage, or worse (and probably more accurate) they don't care about those actions because again, in their world the ends justify the means and the only ends they really desire are Democrats in offices.

on Dec 12, 2006

Reply By: shadesofgreyPosted: Tuesday, December 12, 2006
I thought this had all been resolved as a clerical error more than a year ago.

While [Jim] Angle suggested that Democrats have been "forgiving" of Tubbs Jones, he did not explain what actions of hers would require forgiveness. As Media Matters for America has noted, though The Washington Times reported that disclosure forms filed by Tubbs Jones originally listed a lobbying firm as the funder for the Puerto Rico trip, the same article also strongly suggested that this disclosure was nothing more than a clerical mistake. The Times article noted that a Tubbs Jones spokeswoman said the listing of the lobbying firm was the result of "human error," and reported that a managing partner at the lobbying firm "denied that his firm paid for Mrs. Jones' travel," adding: "He offered to place his hand on the Bible." Furthermore, the Times noted that other House members on the same trip listed the advocacy organization Todo Puerto Rico con Vieques -- not the lobbying firm -- as the trip's sponsor. Unlike lobbying firms, "private groups, such as Todo Puerto Rico con Vieques ... are allowed to fund trips," the Times noted

I cannot believe all 72 trips paid for, hotel rooms payed for, food payed for were all on the up and up shades.

This is much like the fellow with 90 thousand in his refridgerator/

Much like jack Murtha saying < after we work together then we can talk about the 50 thousand.

Murtha was caught on abscam BTW.. a non partisan police group that specializes in set-ups.

on Dec 12, 2006

Reply By: shadesofgreyPosted: Tuesday, December 12, 2006
their outrage is being saved for the first republican to jaywalk.


You're kidding right? Even if (and that's a big if) Tubb Jones took this as a gift from a lobbyist, we are talking about $4K. Tom DeLay took illegal trips worth more than $200K--where's my outrage, you ask? Where's your sense of perspective?

um I NEVER DEFENDED DELAY! if he did it he should be punished.

BUT I never hear about a lefty saying the same thing.. just some lame excuses. {not that you are lame meg}

I also trashed foley for his faux pa. That is one big difference between Republicans and Democrats. Republicans feel break the law get punished no matter what party. Democrats feel break the law if your a republican get punished, if your a democrat.. lame excuse time.

on Dec 12, 2006
Reply By: terpfan1980Posted: Tuesday, December 12, 2006
The outrage for this is in the same place as the Democrat;s outrage over the $90,000 sitting in William Jefferson's freezer, or in the same place as the Democrat's outrage over the idea that one of the higher ranking members of their party -- a candidate for the number two job -- was a figure in the Abscam scandal (Murtha). Even though Murtha never followed thru (because the "bank offer" wasn't high enough for him to take the Deal in his own game of Deal or No-deal), he's still scum that is welcomed because he is true blue.
Heck, where's their outrage over continuing to have Robert (not E. Lee, but instead...) C. Byrd, former KKK man himself in a leadership position in the U.S. Senate? Never mind that he was a former Senate Majority Leader when only a few short years removed from that KKK history.
There's a host of places (heck, see my new article here: Dems played dirty tricks with dirt on Foley) where there should be outrage over Democrats and actions they've taken or not taken. Sadly the lemmings in the U.S. voting populace are either too stupid too see the actions and build up the outrage, or worse (and probably more accurate) they don't care about those actions because again, in their world the ends justify the means and the only ends they really desire are Democrats in offices.
you!!! get!!! em!! terp... preach it brother!!
on Dec 12, 2006

Foley gone.

Delay gone.

What democrats in all these latest scandals have resigned or been forced out?

on Dec 12, 2006

Reply By: Island DogPosted: Tuesday, December 12, 2006
Foley gone.
Delay gone.
What democrats in all these latest scandals have resigned or been forced out?

nope they been to busy saying how corrupt the republicans are. or getting re-elected.

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