Crooked Democrats

There are so many crooked Democrats, it might be easier keeping track of the honest ones

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Democrat Party crookedness without a specific crook

House members trading stocks on insider info - May 25, 2011

"An extensive study released Wednesday in the journal Business and Politics found that the investments of members of the House of Representatives outperformed those of the average investor by 55 basis points per month, or 6 percent annually, suggesting that lawmakers are taking advantage of inside information to fatten their stock portfolios."

Pigford settlement a giant scam - December 19, 2010

"...Othello Cross, an attorney for Pigford claimants with about fifteen years of experience on the case, admits that he is personally aware of hundreds of cases of fraud in the state of Arkansas alone. Furthermore, he explains how easy it was to commit that fraud and receive a $50,000 check from the government..."

Rangel sympton of bigger problem - November 22, 2010

"In a year when 62 Democrats were defeated – a 25% reduction in the bloc of 252 Democrats in the current Congress – the reduction of the bloc of 41 black Democrats was zero. The average poverty rate in the districts of Congressional Black Caucus members is 20.3% - six points higher than the national average. The average child poverty rate in these districts is 28.8%."

Did DNC get illegal campaign loan? - October 27, 2010

"The question is, will the DNC come clean and open their books on this transaction?"

Dems take in twice as much “foreign” money - October 18, 2010

"Democratic leaders in the House and Senate criticizing GOP groups for allegedly funneling foreign money into campaign ads have seen their party raise more than $1 million from political action committees affiliated with foreign companies."

CBC: Corruption, Belligerence, and Cronyism - September 22, 2010

"...the numerous ethics investigations conducted in the last 5 years alone are a sign of great moral decay."

70 congressional Democrats are socialists - August 13, 2010

"The Socialist Party of America announced in their October 2009 newsletter that 70 Congressional democrats currently belong to their caucus."

73 earmarks for Dems, 1 for Republicans - June 28, 2010

"All earmarks in the proposed Homeland Security spending bill for 2011 went to Democrats — save one."

CBC wants to rein in ethics office - June 2, 2010

"Stung by a series of inquiries, nearly half the members of the Congressional Black Caucus want to rein in an independent ethics office that Democrats trumpeted after gaining control of Congress."

Democrats and vote fraud - May 19, 2010

"...despite the looming prospect of electoral dismemberment in November, the Democrats continue pushing a radical agenda: piling up debt and creating new entitlements, with crushing tax increases inevitably to follow. Why the evident lack of concern? Perhaps they intend to cheat."

Dem senators spend weekend with lobbyists - February 1, 2010

"Twelve Democratic Senators spent last weekend in Miami Beach raising money from top lobbyists for oil, drug, and other corporate interests that they often decry..."

Democrat AG says no right to secret ballot - January 29, 2010

"Consider the following words argued in Champaign County Court in Illinois by the Illinois Attorney General’s office headed by Lisa Madigan: 'While plaintiff attempts to suggest to the Court that there is a fundamental right to a secret ballot, no such right exists.'"

Are Ohio Dems trying to rig the census? - January 27, 2010

"In the crucial bellwether state of Ohio, the Democratic governor has created a heavily partisan committee that may be able to tip the scales on the upcoming 2010 census."

Democrat handing out absentee ballots on election day - January 19, 2010

"Why Is This Woman Handing Out Absentee Ballots?"

Democrats admit cheating in 2004 election - January 15, 2010

"As one Democratic operative recently put it to me: "We cheated, and he still beat us.""

Democrats refuse to investigate Panther case - January 14, 2010

"The Democrat-controlled House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday rejected by a 15-14 vote a resolution of inquiry that would have forced the Justice Department to tell Congress why it dismissed a civil complaint against members of the New Black Panther Party who disrupted a Philadelphia polling place in the November 2008 election."

9 of 10 most corrupt politicians are Democrats - December 2009

"Judicial Watch, the public interest group that investigates and prosecutes government corruption, today released its 2009 list of Washington's "Ten Most Wanted Corrupt Politicians.""

Virus in NY-23 voting machines - November 19, 2009

"The computerized voting machines used by many voters in the 23rd district had a computer virus - tainting the results, not just from those machines known to have been infected, but casting doubt on the accuracy of counts retrieved from any of the machines."

Big money donations tend to go to Democrats - undated

"The top 10 donors from 1989 to 2004 have a combined total contribution of almost $283 M. Of that 10, the donors ranked 1, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 gave at least 90% of their contributions to the Democrats, with the donors ranked 9 and 10 giving at least 60% and 70% of their contributions, respectively, to the Democrats."

Ohio Dems in pay-for-vote scandal - November 3, 2009

"Ohio’s top Democrat this morning chided Athens County Democratic Party Chair Susan Gwinn for allegedly running a campaign that promised $5 cash bonuses to Ohio University student Democrats for helping to get out the vote. Meanwhile, the county party's treasurer said he knew nothing about the program and doesn't approve of it."

Dems refuse to allow audit of Federal Reserve - October 30, 2009

"Representative Ron Paul, the Texas Republican who has called for an end to the Federal Reserve, said legislation he introduced to audit monetary policy has been “gutted” while moving toward a possible vote in the Democratic-controlled House."

Democrats lock Republicans out of committee room - October 20, 2009

"Rep. Edolphus Towns (D-N.Y.) locked Republicans out of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee room to keep them from meeting when Democrats aren’t present."

Countrywide phone tapes destroyed - September 28, 2009

"The discovery that Countrywide Financial Corp. recorded phone conversations with borrowers in a controversial mortgage program that included public officials -- and that those recordings have been destroyed -- has prompted new congressional calls for more information about the program."

50 richest members of congress - September 14, 2009

8 of the top 10 are Democrats.

Description of how Democrats use absentee ballots - September 5, 2009

"The most important lesson of Greene County is that absentee ballots are extremely vulnerable to voter fraud. The case shows how absentee ballot fraud really works, and it is a reality very different from the claims of partisans and advocacy groups. More broadly, the case shows how voter fraud threatens the right to free and fair elections and how those most often harmed are poor and minorities. This directly rebuts the usual partisan conspiracy theories about voter fraud."

Democrat fundraiser charged in Citigroup fraud - August 26, 2009

"Nemazee was a national finance chair of U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's 2008 presidential campaign, and a supporter of John Kerry's run for the White House in 2004."

Congress gives itself an upgrade - August 7, 2009

"Congress plans to spend $550 million to buy eight jets, a substantial upgrade to the fleet used by federal officials at a time when lawmakers have criticized the use of corporate jets by companies receiving taxpayer funds."

House Democrats bought bought votes for climate bill - July 17, 2009

"Three House Democratic leaders who were whipping members on the climate change bill gave tens of thousands in campaign cash to party moderates around the time of the 219-212 vote on June 26, according to Federal Election Commission records."

Democrat programs caused housing and economic crises - July 8, 2009

"Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac were the chief culprits in the housing crisis because they encouraged people who could not afford payments to borrow money, according to a congressional report released Tuesday. The claims in the report have long been advanced by conservatives, who argue that the Community Reinvestment Act and other federal programs fed the housing bubble that burst in 2007 and led to the economic downfall in 2008." [Read the actual report here.]

New York Democrats fire all the white people - July 7, 2009

"During the first five months of this year, with the Senate under the control of its first African-American majority leader, [State Senator Malcolm] Smith, top Democrats bemoaned the lack of minority Senate staffers. But instead of trying to recruit new hires, they fired nearly 200 almost exclusively white workers and replaced them with a large number of minority employees, many of whom were seen by their fellow workers to be unskilled at their new jobs."

Congress's travel tab swells - July 2, 2009

"The spending on overseas travel is up almost tenfold since 1995, and has nearly tripled since 2001, according to the Journal analysis of 60,000 travel records. Hundreds of lawmakers traveled overseas in 2008 at a cost of about $13 million. That's a 50% jump since Democrats took control of Congress two years ago."

NY's Paterson "coke snorting, staff-banging governor" - June 26, 2009

"Albany's dysfunctional follies veered further into the inane on Thursday: Gov. Paterson cut off some Senate pay, a lawmaker branded the governor a "coke snorting" womanizer and the Senate - once again - accomplished nothing."

Veteran Latino-rights advocate charged with voter fraud - June 25, 2009

"Felony charges have been filed and an arrest warrant issued for a well-known Orange County political activist suspected of committing election and voter registration fraud, the California secretary of State's office announced Wednesday. Investigators in the agency's election-fraud unit said Nativo V. Lopez, 57, of Santa Ana leased office space in Boyle Heights and registered to vote using that address although he lived with his family in Orange County."

Alaska Democrats Photoshop image of Trig Palin - June 24, 2009

"Disgusting. You should be ashamed of yourself. Is this the position of the Alaska Democratic party?"

Governor threatens New York senators - June 22, 2009

"Since two dissident Democratic senators teamed up with Republicans to form a coalition government and oust Majority Leader Malcolm Smith, angry Democrats have refused to take part in Senate sessions and have hidden bills and agendas from the coalition. Paterson threatened both sides that they'd better show up to the special session or he'll schedule sessions on weekends and holidays until they find a resolution."

Lobbyists unlimited in paying off lawmakers - June 10, 2009

"Despite a ban on gifts to lawmakers and limits on campaign contributions, lobbyists and groups that employ them can spend unlimited money to honor members of Congress or donate to non-profits connected to them or their relatives."

Republicans win vote, Democrats cut power - June 9, 2009

"During the coup, Democrats fled the chamber, turned out the lights, and cut off the Internet feed of chamber proceedings, leaving Republicans and their two Democratic friends to take the vote in the dark."

Lawmakers bill taxpayers for TVs, cameras, Lexus - May 30, 2009

"Florida Rep. Alcee Hastings spent $24,730 in taxpayer money last year to lease a 2008 luxury Lexus hybrid sedan. Ohio Rep. Michael Turner expensed a $1,435 digital camera. Eni Faleomavaega, the House delegate from American Samoa, bought two 46-inch Sony TVs."

White House closing Republican car dealerships - May 27, 2009

"Evidence appears to be mounting that the Obama administration has systematically targeted for closing Chrysler dealers who contributed to Repubicans."

Democrats refuse to investigate Pelosi claims - May 21, 2009

"House Democrats on Thursday defeated a Republican push to investigate House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's claims that the CIA misled her in 2002 about whether waterboarding had been used against terrorism suspects."

Jury Convicts Hsu Over Fund Raising - May 20, 2009

"Norman Hsu, a former top fund-raiser for the Democratic Party and convicted Ponzi-scheme operator, was found guilty Tuesday of illegally funneling tens of thousands of dollars to U.S. political candidates."

Timeline showing Democrats ignoring impending financial crisis - September 24, 2008

Watch Barney Frank, former gay pimp, insist that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are "not in crisis" and are "fundamentally sound".

Pelosi puts CAIR candidate on Judiciary Committee - February 7, 2007

"When Mrs. Boxer rescinded an award that her office had given to a CAIR official, she cited the group's terrorist ties and its inability to condemn Islamic terrorist organizations. Faced with the same public record, Mrs. Pelosi weeks afterward decided to place a freshman congressman who was heavily backed by CAIR on the Judiciary Committee, which oversees all domestic counterterrorism legislation."

Black Caucus pushes Alcee Hastings for Intelligence chairmanship - November 1, 2006

"The first order of business of the CBC chairman would be to protect his members, and Alcee Hastings has the seniority, the knowledge and the experience to be chairman of the intelligence committee."