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2006/5/24

Scoffing at democrat minority leader nancy pelosi's Request to Resign, william jefferson Play Race Card

@ 09:21 PM (25 months, 22 days ago)

 

What a shocker.  The only shock is that it took so long for him to play the race card.  THIS IS YET ANOTHER EXAMPLE of who the real racists are.  This joker is playing the Cynthia McKinney script.  Isn't the infighting among the democrats fun to observe?

WASHINGTON — Louisiana Democratic Rep. William Jefferson said Wednesday that he won’t submit to calls for his resignation from a House panel while he is under investigation in a federal bribery case.

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., sent Jefferson a letter asking him to step down from his seat on the tax-writing House Ways and Means Committee.

"In the interest of upholding the high ethical standard of the House Democratic Caucus, I am writing to request your immediate resignation from the Ways and Means Committee," Pelosi wrote.

Jefferson responded in a written statement, saying he will not resign. Jefferson has not been indicted and has denied wrongdoing.

"None of the matters reported to be under scrutiny involve issues under jurisdiction of the Ways and Means committee. Therefore, such a request would be even more perplexing and unreasonable. If I agreed, it would unfairly punish the people of the 2nd District and I will not stand for that," Jefferson said.

"Further, such a request would be discriminatory, in as much as no other member currently under federal investigation has been asked to step down from a relevant committee assignment. Therefore, I will not give up a committee assignment that is so vital to New Orleans at this crucial time for any uncertain, long-term political strategy," he added.

Jefferson then headed off to yet another taxpayer financed dinner at one of DC's fine restaurants.

Comment(s) »

  1. At the kind of profit he's turning, maybe I should run for Democratic office. I could do whatever I wished with impunity, so long as I flop the race card.:roll:

    Comment by Brooke— 2006/05/25 @ 05:34 PM — (Reply)

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