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Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA) implored the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct (colloquially known as the House Ethics Committee) this morning to "schedule my hearing before the end of the session or tell me, my constituents, and the American public the real reason for this delay."
She continued, "I have been denied basic due process."
The ethics committee delayed Waters’ adjudicatory hearing indefinitely when they voted to send the matter back to the investigative subcommittee after discovering new materials that could have a bearing on the case.
Waters stood outside the House Administration Committee room where Congressman Charles Rangel's (D-NY) trial ended in a censure recommendation the week before the Thanksgiving break. After reading a prepared statement, she took questions including one about what happens if the committee does not hold an adjudicatory hearing before the 111th Congress adjourns.
Waters admitted not knowing exactly what the next step would be. "We want the hearing held before we end this Congress,” she said. “We don't know what happens after that. We can only speculate. It may or may not be a part of a rule. We just don't know, and nobody is telling us."
The lack of transparency in the ethics committee process was a recurring theme in the short press conference. "We just don't understand a lot about how the committee operates,” she said, “and whether or not there are consistent rules and whether or not they bungled this case and whether or not they're ready to move forward based on whatever evidence they have or they don't have.”
Waters said she hasn't met with any members of the committee since the announcement that the hearing was canceled and that she has no meetings scheduled.
She did say she has spoken to committee Chairwoman Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) in passing. "I just asked her what was going on, could she tell me what was going on,” Waters said. “She just said she was under a lot of pressure."
She declined to talk about the details of the new evidence of the case, saying she wanted to focus on process. "This is how we get to the adjudicatory hearing,” Waters said. “This is about what has happened up until this point. This is about how we can encourage the Standards Committee to go ahead and hold this hearing."
She would not answer a question about whether her husband still owns stock in the bank that is at the heart of her ethics matter.
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Waters ethics case: New evidence, no smoking gun
OneUnited did end up receiving $12 million in bailout money. But Treasury Department officials have told House investigators that Waters was not involved in that decision.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101125/ap_on_bi_ge/us_waters_ethics_3
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Republicans are doing all they can to taint Democrats. That's why it's delayed. Now the Republicant's are going to look guilty.
Bev - still on the blame republicans for everything kick I see.
The ethics commitee is made up equally by republicans and democrats. Any new allegations should be investigated as well, especially if said allegations have surfaced before the commitee holds its investigation. What is waters trying to hide?? We are not talking a criminal trial here.
Just because someone says "no smoking gun" doesn't make it so.
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Bev - still on the blame republicans for everything kick I see.
The ethics commitee is made up equally by republicans and democrats. Any new allegations should be investigated as well, especially if said allegations have surfaced before the commitee holds its investigation. What is waters trying to hide?? We are not talking a criminal trial here.
Just because someone says "no smoking gun" doesn't make it so.
And just what kind of Democrats are on the committee?
If you read the link you'll see Maxine Waters is not guilty. Also there's another factor I dare not say. But, I think you already know what it is.
Bev, you must "dare" say it. I "dare" say many have no idea what you are talking about. Corruption knows only one color, and that'd be green.
Because you know not everyone only thinks in black and white.
Good behavior or bad behavior does not recognize any race color or creed.
Speaking of color and race, Is it just me, or does Maxine look a lot like Sarah Door Knob, once you ignore the color difference?
Heaven forbid we should see ALL of the evidence.
She is as crooked as the day is LONG!
BTW... does anyone else think she looks like Aunt Esther on Sanford and Son? (You ol' fish-eyed foo!)
If a crime has been committed then, she needs to charged and tried in a court of law. I would also say that theHouse ethics committee is an oxymoron. The only time they investigate anything is when there is a political advantage to be gained. I would think that every current member of the house has personal monetary gains because of laws they supported and passed. They always use the cover it helped more than one person.
Maxine read a statement today, obviously written by her staff ( she kept losing her place) to put forth her outrage at not being treated "fairly"....awwww.....
She's nothing but a pinko-commie and she let it slip......Bring back the Committee on UnAmerican Activities !!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRhBMGFmu5s&feature=related
Beverly
How did the Republicans taint Maxine Waters? Did they influence her to funnel bail out money to her husbands bank?
Yep, Waters wants the "hearing" yesterday, not today nor tomorrow, but yesterday since she is quivering as to what will happen after the 111th Congress goes by by.
Mrs. Waters: "I swear I did not use my Congressional status to ask for a bank bailout so my husband would not lose OUR shirts".
Next Congressional Ethics investigation please (and there are dozens left).
Careful there, Ido, the list of Republican scumbags would be a LOT longer!
Aunt Esther is as guilty as sin. She has been caught with her hand stuck in the cookie jar and now says that the problem is the jar opening is too small.
Boo-F'in-hoo...lady OJ, "I ditn do nuthin wrong" WAH-WAH-WAH!!!...Shuuuut-Up!!
It is humorous that she now wants "Due Process". Congress is not bound by the laws they pass for the rest of us. They have their own rules that do not apply to the rest of us. She is a part of Congress and I doubt that the rules of Congress allow for "Due Process" in consideration of punishment for it's own members. I could be wrong but I wager I'm not.
It is just a tactic to delay and throw around a phrase that does not apply to her in this situation to gain sympathy.
Oh and shame on you Bev! A crook is a crook and a duck is a duck. Race is not the issue here no matter how much you may want it to be.
Waters claims she was 'denied basic due process'...
You mean they forgot to wear combat boots when she got booted?
A bipartisan committee decided these things and it was almost unanimous so you'd better blame both parties. One thing that is good about this is that this committee is at least trying to get rid of the corruption in congress now, where in the past they were very partisan and only went after Republicans and sometimes for very minor things, look at Scooter Libby being convicted of outing Valerie Plame when a reporter admitted to doing it. That was really a sick one. Now, at least, the committee is bipartisan and is at least attempting to do it's job. Of course the things they are finding are serious enough for an ordinary citizen to go to jail but with congress, they only recommend a hand slap. They should be a lot tougher and require that the guilty parties be tossed out of congress so we can begin to clean it up and those guilty of breaking federal law such as long term tax evasion should be prosecuted.
MAD MAXINE?
What happened to her mouth?
The last time I saw a mouth like that it had a HOOK in it!
Regardless of her UNETHICAL behavior... has anyone EVER attempted to listen to her SPEAK?
Do you ever hear the STUPIDITY that flows from that mouth?
She is definitely one of the MOST INCOMPETENT people in Congress.
She always sounds like an IDIOTIC FOOL, DUMBER than a ROCK and just plain STUPID.
Maxine's WORST ETHICS VIOLATION is "impersonating a member of Congress".
Afraid of your own shadow, afraid of the truth, afraid that someone other than the Democrats can be right? Afraid that since this is a Democratic led committee they are screwing their own party? Afraid that the truth can be found by your fellow party members and they will not allow cheating? Why do you always feel you are always right and the other side of the asile is wrong? Ever wonder why you have to blame everyone else?
So the House Ethics Committee would not continue Congressman Rangel's hearing when he requested time to obtain a lawyer and required the hearing to go forward as scheduled, but the House Ethics Committee continues Congresswoman Waters' hearing when she requests that it go forward as scheduled. Sounds to me like the House Ethics Committee is not dealing fairly.
Rangel was just playing stall by "firing his lawyers." He was given due process and was found GUILTY!
You FOOL!
The reason the committee is waiting with Waters is that there is NEW EVIDENCE that they WANT TO CONSIDER before they proceed.
Rangel had no such situation. Not EVEN the same here. (DORK!)
Yeah, you are right. They should have tried them both at the same time to save tax payer money. Heck, use the same boot when they get booted!
Of course Waters wants to focus on the process, because she wants none near the evidence that she is corrupt and wanted to ensure her husband's (her's) financial holding in the bank were in tact. If the new evidence had cleared her, then they would not have referred it back to investigating committee. I agree that they should have a speedy trial... try her quickly and get her out of there!!! Of course, she probably figured she can get her slap on the hand easier from Democrats than when the Republicans take over! Her arrogance is astounding!!
Fed up - wonder how old that picture of waters is? She sure looks worried!
No they (congress) absolutely do not get the same due process as in a court of law, but they don't get the same punishments either. What the hell is "censure" is this a "time out", do they stand in the corner, are they grounded, given extra chores, whatever it is it sure beats jail.
Forrest, much as you may not like Charles Rangel (I assume that's the reason for your rant), the simple truth is that the House Ethics Committee is not a court of law. There are two big reasons that they function differently:
1. You can commit an ethics violation even though the act does not rise to the level of a criminal act.
2. The House Ethics Committee does not have the power to incarcerate someone if found guilty.
I am not on a rant and it has nothing to do with Rangel, many politicians have been before the ethics committee, and I understand it does not work like a court of law, I stated that. I think that it should be more like a court of law that any citizen would face if investigated, and charged. Why put a lit match in charge of dynamite.
Forrest,
Ignore the rant man. Its just a tactic to belittle and besmirch you. I see them calling rant so much on here it is getting as common as pulling the race card. It's just an effort to demonize the opposition. Common tactic used by Saul Alinsky types.
I apologize for going off topic, but I have to run and I wanted President Obama's supporters to see this.
Foreign Policy Magazine Top 100 Global Thinkers:
3: Barack Obama
…Obama is still arguably the developed world's most popular leader, even if the American public judges him more harshly, and he is slowly but surely inventing a new kind of U.S. leadership to go along with his vision of an America that once again projects its power through the force of its ideas. To Obama has fallen a tough task: the hard work that accompanies the building of a new order to succeed America's unchallenged rule as the lone post-Cold War superpower. But luckily for the world it is a task Obama embraces, if still hesitantly at times. He has put American prestige on the line to speak up for emerging powers still not properly represented in the world's governing bodies, boldly renewed U.S. ties of friendship with the democracies of Asia, and in his ringing address to the U.N. General Assembly in September declared himself ready to "call out those who suppress ideas" and "serve as a voice for those who are voiceless."
Such idealism has not yet come to define Obama's legacy in the world; for all his Wilsonian rhetoric, he remains a cautious incrementalist on most issues. In many ways, he's the most realist of recent U.S. presidents, determined to focus on the terrible challenges, from Afghanistan to climate change, that he's been dealt. The world may yet thank him for it.
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Re: the USA and media: Compared to what's going on today, President Reagan had it made. President Clinton had it made (except for the right wingers up on the Hill) and President GW Bush had it made until the very end.
President Obama has had one tough climate. Since Day 1. He has had to make extraordinarily tough decisions since Day 1. Yet so many want to see him gone in 2 years. Okay. Vote him out.
But no one and I mean no one from here on out will have nearly the horrible economic climate President Obama has had. Who ever is elected in 2012 will have not have been in the trenches like President Obama was/is.
He dealt with it. All of it. When no one else would. Including the racism.
When I think of dignity, I think of President Obama.
What planet are you typing to us from, Pat?
The difference with Oblaba and the other Presidents is that Oblaba is a Progressive and his ideas are
outdated and cannot work. He wants Americans to share its wealth. I haven't seen any Dem, Lib or
Progressive shared their wealth with anyone but they are waiting on Oblaba to cast the first stone. If
you Lefties are so generous and want to share the hard earned wealth of Americans, start by
example. NOW. Don't give me lip service. Keynesian economics never work. See Ireland, Spain,
Portugal and Greece. Then , get back to me. Capitalism is the future of the world. Ask Marx.
drank the kool-aid didn't you?
Juven why is communist China our landlord? Why do we borrow from communist China to finance our day to day existence. Tell it to China Juven, they own us. "Capitalism is the future of the world", as long as we can borrow enough money from communist China to keep it going.
Wow, what planet do you live on Pat? Obama created his own mess, so yes, he has a lot to clean up. As soon as he signed the stimulus bill and wasted all that money, this became his economy. As soon as he took control over GM to save the UAW, this became his economy.
I hope the next person elected in 2012 has the balls to clean up the even bigger mess Obama is leaving the country with. I'm betting if it's a Republican in 2012, you'll never hear him (or her) blame Obama. They have the professionalism and class to keep their mouths shut and will demonstrate what a leader should do. I've heard nothing but attacks and fear mongering from Obama and his administration. Obama is a disgrace to our country - I can't wait to vote him out!
What the frank? Obama walked into a worse situation than other presidents. Give me a freaken break. Obama had a bad start, but not as bad as others. Yep, Reagan had a cake walk. Yep, higher unemployment than Obama walked into. An even worse economy. A cold war, etc. etc. You know what the difference is, Obama has not stopped whinning about the job he chose to pursue. The other presidents were mature and adults about their personal plights.
OMG, Pat!
Why don't you go the white house and volunteer to wipe his ass. I've never seen such delusional ass kissing in my life.
Pat is the typical Mass. Liberal. Probably has an alter with Obama's picture. Bow's to him every morning and every evening. The people spoke in Nov, and we will again in 2012.
Pat, Pat, Pat.....again.....Pat !!!
This article is about Congresswoman Waters !! OVER.....OVER.....OVER
Get it ???
david-382188.....Sorry, but Pat is already running down the hall to the Oval Room.
Oh waaa, being pwesident is so wery hard...I do not know all the facts about this case but I must assume that is all George Bush's fault,,,all corrupt, lying,. cheating , stealing democrats now get a pass because George Bush was President,,and global warming is his fault, and the rainforest being deforested, and the Civil War, and WWI, and WWII, the incarceration of the Amerrican Japanese (oops that was a Democrat) , and Korea, and Vietnam , and Chappaquiddick (oops another democrat), and everything else is George Bush fault, nothing can be the fault of a democrat (hey Beverly, FDR put people in prison if they opposed the war, and he was as close to a dictator as the USA has ever had)
Don't forget Reagan bailed out Chrysler right after he took office, I guess he wanted to help the UAW workers. Reagan was a socialist puppet of the UAW union.
That was President Carter, not Reagan!
http://uspolitics.about.com/od/economy/a/chryslerBailout.htm
Jeez, in this modern internet connected world of instant information, there is no reason for ignorance!
Are you a comedy writer, because this must be some kind of a joke. Obama is the most divisive and ineffective president in the history of the country. He has done nothing positive to end the recession and has in fact prolonged it. He has embarrassed our country with his apology tour and has emboldened our enemies through his weakness.
Well Pat, this is really a piece of garbage you wrote and this past mid-term election was a good message on your Obama and his thugs in office. Just wait for 2012.
What a steaming crock of sh*t...
Most of the world is laughing at us because of this President.
The last report from the investigation actually cleared Waters by stating that she had no involvment in the process that decided who recieved funds and who did not, OneUnited qualified, Period That in itself kinda puts the screws on the Committee to come up with something or some reason for even having the hearings and has Republicans scrambling for some secure footing in the case other than we wanted to get her in the news and some bad light shown on Democrats. Looking like another $20 million of taxpayers money blown on investigations by the GOP to me. When are we going to start insisting that the GOP fund their OWN investigations then they can be reimbursed if there is actually a crime committed.
During the meantime idiots on these blogs are screaming throw them in jail,,,,,,,No matter what this will not happen, They have not been accused of a CRIME and even the ethics violations are fairly ridiculas
Bo-1925019
That in itself kinda puts the screws on the Committee to come up with something or some reason for even having the hearings and has Republicans scrambling for some secure footing in the case other than we wanted to get her in the news and some bad light shown on Democrats. Looking like another $20 million of taxpayers money blown on investigations by the GOP to me.
Yes, indeedy deed. Just wait until those bullsh!it investigations come from Issa including "impeachment". Some crazy birthers want the President to show his birth certificate to Rush Limpballs. Pul-eeeze, don't these nuts trust their government?
Those investigations are a waste of Taxpayers money. This President has done more than any President since FDR. He has saved this country from a great depression. FOX NOISE HAS THE most listeners. And for every thing he does the right wing will lie and confuse the low information voters.
If MSnbc would not do lock-up on the weekends; I do believe the ignorant could learn something besides hate, bigotry and lies from Fox.
The Republican/Tea Baggers have no pride. The Republican/Tea Baggers have made US become ugly Americans now in the world.
No, Beverly, we don't trust our government anymore. And you do? And what is a 'low information voter," is that someone not as smart as you liberals?
Politics is the oldest profession in the world.
Maybe the FCC should "terminate" the license of ABC, NBC, NPR, MSNBC and the like, then the public will really get to hear what is happening in this Administration in regards to their complete Liberal Social Justice venom.
Yep, I will trust this Administration the minute after all of them are thrown into the unemployment line. Coming to you from "a low information voter".
Hey Bo-hole, the ethics committee is comprised of politicians from both parties. Get over your insecure self. The Democrats don't need any help from the Republicans to dig up dirt, they spread it daily all by themselves!
Geez, ldo - yeah, why not only have one source of "news"...I'm sure Goebbels would be proud. And thanks for proving that you are, indeed, a low information voter, and one that wants all voters to be in the same position. Is there anybody that you would favor as the Minister of Propaganda? Beck? He's already been fitted for the uniform, so why not?
When will Eric Cantor face an investigation for the (stimulus I believe) money that his wife's bank received?
I don't care what color Maxine Waters is, I do care that she has spent so much time in Congress and has the same entitilement attitude that so many others have.
If she did break the rules, then she should be punished to the fullest extent possible.
Charlie Rangel got caught and I have no doubt others will be as well when we start shing the light on them.
Why even bother? All they do is waste our tax dollars and slap them on the wrist. We need real punishment. I watched Charles get away with all he did only to get censure. Well wooptie freakin do.
It's all out war between the parties until it comes to getting rid of one of their own. It's high time we take away the ability for governmrnt to govern itself.
Fed up Senior
Of course Waters wants to focus on the process, because she wants none near the evidence that she is corrupt and wanted to ensure her husband's (her's) financial holding in the bank were in tact. If the new evidence had cleared her, then they would not have referred it back to investigating committee. I agree that they should have a speedy trial... try her quickly and get her out of there!!! Of course, she probably figured she can get her slap on the hand easier from Democrats than when the Republicans take over! Her arrogance is astounding!!
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According to the ethics committee charges, Waters' husband, Sidney Williams, had an investment in OneUnited that was valued at more than $351,000 on June 20, 2008. It had dwindled to $175,000 by Sept. 30, 2008, the time period when Waters was monitoring the TARP legislation.
If OneUnited had not received federal financial help, the charges said, the investment could have become worthless.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101125/ap_on_bi_ge/us_waters_ethics_3
Thievery and malfeasance is just not existent in corrupt Democrats. The list of White Republicans and Democrats that engage in influence peddling, conflict of interest, bed ties with lobbyists, nepotism, commit campaign financial violations and improprieties is a boat load.
Furthermore, why are the chosen ones those who are the most identifiable, outspoken, and vulnerable? That'd be African-American Democrats. Why was Maxine Waters on the political hot seat three months before the 2010 mid-term elections?
You know why.
House Democrats were being blamed for "big government take over" by Republican/Tea Baggers. Of course, Republican/Tea Baggers wanted to set the scenario, and make good on Pelosi's oft quoted vow to "cleanse the swamp" in Congress. Waters and Rangel again has little to do with the actual charges whether they have merit or not. It's politics, pure and simple. Just like START, tax cuts, unemployment and the 400 bills seating in the Senate. Republican leaders are dirty, greedy, bastards and will do anything to regain power.
Republicans are so over the top they can't be ignored. However black politicians that are accused of wrongdoing, or actually do wrong, are called out far more than whites.
The Reagan Justice Department initiated 465 political corruption probes of elected officials. A disproportionate percentage of the investigations were against black elected officials even though they comprised only three percent of US elected officials.
A decade later the pattern was repeated. Then, half of the 26 members of the Congressional Black Caucus were the subjects of federal investigations. To put the racial magnitude of the investigations in perspective, this was equivalent to bringing charges against 204 of the 409 white congressional representatives.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/earl-ofari-hutchinson/maxine-waters-the-democra_b_668340.html
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Republican/Tea baggers want A new Jim Crow because they are afraid of Black Power.
If you don't believe me then why have they done any and everything to President Obama and his supporters. Don't give it not color; it's his policy. That's Bullsh!h.
I guess you are right. Blacks are racists because 96% of them voted for Obama.
Ethics? What's that......Ethics is redefined based on the person being investigated......
Some behavior BAD,......some behavior not so BAD.....
Why is Ensign still in the Senate?
Yeah...
Poor old Maxine and Charlie... they are just VICTIMS of the system... VICTIMS of the political game... the same system they have been part of and the same game they have played for decades...
VICTIMS I'M SURE!
chilled -
Because the Senate ehics committee must investigate Senate members and the House ethics committee investigates House members. Different rules for each body.
Your reference to Huffington Post tells posters a lot about you and your post.
Boo Hoo Hoo and Wah, Wah Wah!
Race Race Race Race Race Race Race Race Race Race Race Race Race Race Race Race Race Race Race ?
You've got to laugh at these Parasitic Liberal Progressive Socialist Poverty Pimp Race Baiters.
They have NO ideas, NO solutions, NO results and NEVER accept RESPONSIBILITY. Always the VICTIM but rarely the VICTOR?
All they know how to do is WHINE, COMPLAIN & BLAME everyone else while begging for another government handout.
Then there are "other famous Americans", born in to terrible conditions and faced overpowering hardships that NEVER COMPLAIN... no, these "other famous Americans" JUST DO IT!
These "other famous Americans" just happen to be known as "Black Republicans" and have names like Rev. Martin Luther King Senior and Junior, Dr. Alveda King, Condoleezza Rice, Angela McGowan, J.C.Watts, Star Parker, Rod Paige, Kevin Jackson, Colonel Allen West, Sen. Edward Brooke, Clarence Carter, Jackie Robinson, Harriet Tubman, Sojourner Truth, Tim Scott, Booker T. Washington, Lynn Swann, Clarence Thomas, Walter Williams, Thomas Sowell, Frederick Douglass, Eldridge Cleaver, James Meredith and so many more who overcame far more difficult odds, in spite of enormous prejudice and became FAMOUS CHAMPIONS by "doing the right things" and always "LEADING by EXAMPLE.
These are the kinds of people that make us proud to be Americans.
Mad Maxine? Al Sharpton? Jesse Jackson? Louie Farakhan? Jeremiah Wright?
Nothing but "users" who take advantage of "their own constituents" and are disgraceful embarrassments?
I hope she gets railroaded just like she has railroaded Repubs for years with her racist remarks. Problem is, she can't be railroaded because she is guilty.
How do you know she's guilty?
Miss Cleo?
milcon
I hope she gets railroaded just like she has railroaded Repubs for years with her racist remarks. Problem is, she can't be railroaded because she is guilty.
There's no proof. So how can you say that?
The allegation that she arranged a meeting on behalf of the National Bankers Association, a minority banking group,seemingly that's not true.
Waters did not attend the meeting in question and had no input in the decision by the Treasury to eventually give $12 million in bailout funds to minority banks. On that f@*#ed up charge there is no proof that Maxine Waters' arm twisted Treasury officials to give money to the bank or any other minority bank; for that matter.
Everyone had their hands out for TARP bailout money including lying Republicans who said they didn't.
Most of those donations went to Republican candidates which corporations gave to non-profits and other groups that were spent on political ads against democrats
http://blogs.forbes.com/brianwingfield/2010/10/25/tarp-recipients-give-primarily-to-republicans/
First of all you need to STOP using blog entries to back up your twisted logic. BLOG entries are ALL OPINION. Everything you spew is hinged on what someone wrote on a blog. Yes, even the HuffPost is a BLOG.
Oh I forgot;;;;; It's Bush's Fault......
Bush's fault
LOL! Isn't everything according to liberals?
Another reason for term limits. Too many people in Congress build their power base and influence and it doesn't take much for them to forget about what we hired them to do. These people scream their innocence and in the end, you find out they're just liars.
There is only one way we will ever get Congressional term limits and that is when every voter joins the Popular Amendment movement to petition for two constitutional amendments: election/campaign finance reform and term limits. Go to www.faircampaignreform.us to get involved.
The first amendment will help to control some of that greed, corruption, and fraud and the second will further that effort by limiting a person to no more than two terms in any federal office with a maximum of six total (House, Senate, President.)
I don't know what all the ranting is about. The only thing that will change is the chairmanship and they will either find her guilty or not, give he a slap on the wrist and if the same morons who voted for her continue to do so, she can go back to lying and stealing just like the rest of the politicians.
Hello America, humm wikileaks? humm ? """ She said the document leaks "tear at the fabric" of responsible government and that the U.S. "deeply regrets" the disclosures. While maintaining that the leaks erode trust between nations, Clinton also said she was "confident" that U.S. partnerships would withstand the challenges posed by the latest revelations.""" well it certainly tears at the Obama Goverment and Hillary Clinton, of course know one wants to see our troops put into danger, but, but its really nice to be able to see what the diplomats and DEA are upto in our goverment, as for the young soldier computer specialist, I suppose if you saw so much vast conspiracy communications coming past your post one might be tempted to expose the conspirators to the rest of America, for that I am grateful, now one of the wikileaks claims that the DEA made no attempt to arrest the brother of the Afghan President Karzide, even tho they new he had pilfered $50 million dollars in drug money, the question then needs to be asked "how many of the Mexican Drug Cartel has the DEA turned a blind eye to in the United States and what would be the reasons?" these are the things that the American people need to know about their goverment officials, as for losing face to these other countries, who the Sam Hill cares what Saudi Arabia or Pakistan thinks? I for one donot, as far as I am concerned they are just a bunch of leaches that just use the American people for guppies. now there have been some wikileaks that claims that Maxine Waters is crying foul play because she feels she should have a chance to occupy the Democratic Minority Seat in the House, she claims that she was unduly passed over by Nancy Pelosi and Charlie Rangel, Maxine claims that even tho she did not attend the Selma, Alabama marches like Charlie Rangel that she too is well qualified to represent the Democratic Party Leadership in the House, so could some bright journalist check out these wikileaks for the rest of us? :) sincerely Fezzy Bear
A simple question? How many days, weeks, months or years can one watch Fox News without hearing any mention of the Tom Delay felony conviction? Just wondered. My family wasted Thanksgiving watching for one! Sorry if your sheet is showing, Buford!
I bet that at the drop of a hat the late, Martin Luther King would say that they are guilty. (RIP)
Actually, I sincerely doubt that...while he had his faults, I think he subscribed to the text of the Bible, which would preclude him from being judgmental. You might not be aware of this, but she has not been found guilty of anything yet, and perhaps she won't ever be. But don't let that stop you - go ahead and judge others even though you have heard no actual testimony and seen no evidence yourself.
just audit her state and federal tax returns.
Does Maxine take ugly pills ?
I believe all Democrat women do.
Nah, not really... It's just part of their base DNA (Democrats Not Attractive... ;-)
I see all the kiddies are out. Great arguments, though; should work well for you when you grow up
God I hate this biotch. Her fellow democrats run congress and she is claiming failure of due process? F her. Congress works on their own clock, not Waters.
But of course she was denied due process...we all know it's because she's black, right? After all, they are treated way better than a white republican is treated when they cheat the system and abuse their power. Look, Charlie got a slap on the wrist, and so will Waters. It's the law of the land these days. Liberals make sure they get away with their @!$%#. They whine, blame and use the race card all the time.
Too bad we can't drain the swamp...the Dems won't let us because they ARE the swamp dwellers.
I wonder why MS Waters makes no comment as to her innocence only that she is being denied due process. This has put off for Lord knows how many months so I certainly do not see it as a Lame Duck session priority.
Hello America, and Welcome World, let me just say while I have your attention, To all those citizens of the World, To Whom It May Concern: WE THE PEOPLE will no longer beheld responsible for the conduct and finacial expenditures of the United States Goverment, so let us say once and for all, we declare bankruptcy, and will no longer be held responsible for any Foriegn Aide by the current U.S. State Department, if anyone, has incurred lending or borrowing monies to the United States Goverment WE THE PEOPLE now claim no responsibilty for any such claims, if you want to collect your monies you will have to state your gievences at the Compound in Hyannus Port, Massachusetts, just off of Uncle Roberts Road, just bang on the door and ask for you monies back, We The American People officially declare bankruptcy, and will no longer honor any such Foreign Aides or Loaned Monies or Obligations made by the said goverment, sincerely Fezzy Bear
It does not take a rocket scientist to know she is guilty. Her, her husband and grandson (her cheif of staff) were all involved to some degree. Her and her husband had lost roughly 175-200k value in OneUnited Bank. Waters was the main reason the Finance/TARP committee were meeting with the group of small banks. OneUnited did not qualify for a bailout. Lo-and-behold....only Waters husband showed up to meet with the committee. As others have mentioned she never says she is not guilty only hides behind technicalities. Same as Rangel. "I'm not a crook". Yeah right Charlie you evaded taxes on the Bahama beach property for 17 years.
Beverly: It is not hard to see you are very biased. Rangel evaded taxes on the Bahama resort for 17 years. Waters is just as guilty. If you want to read race or political party into that...go for it. I personally don't care if they are little green men from Mars and part of the We Could Careless Party. If they are crooks let's get rid of them. You are using the old "Johnnie did it" excuse. Well just like your parents said. If Johnnie jumped off a cliff would you? Write your senator, congressperson, govenor or anyone you can if you know of anyone in congress guilty of anything.
Good thing YOU aren't biased, huh, Jim?