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Darn! How I wish the criminal justice system will pursue this matter beyond the conviction of Rep. Jefferson! Gosh, how I wish investigative reporting is still alive and vibrant!

Remember the term "follow the money"? If you really want to know how global corruption is, just trace the source of Rep. Jefferson's ill-gotten money. I bet you the trace will topple some third world governments or at the very least expose them for the criminal juntas they are. Oh, I do know that some African political rulers were quaking baking and shaking in their shoes throughout Jefferson's trial.

Trust me, there are always interconnects between every nefarious happenings at the US federal government level and corruption in most foreign governments served or assisted. One nugget for ya; investigate Halliburton's dealings in Nigeria and you will expose corruption the like of which will shame the former Governor of Louisiana.

I mourn the death of investigative reporting.

He should be hung so the taxpayers don't have to pay for his congressional retirement while he's in prison.

Also, jerry and Bluebonnet should not be allowed to post that kind of garbage in the Ticker, c'mon CNN moderators, this has no place here.

Again, Sniffit is totally wrong, James Traficant, convict of corruption and sent to jail was a DEMOCRAT from Ohio. There's this place called Google where you can actually look this stuff up and get the facts, check it out.

By the way, some of you are insulting Republicans here, this man was a Dem.

Jefferson goes to jail, but Tom Delay who did the same exact thing but on a scale 10 times larger, is allowed to resign and go to Washington to become a GOP Lobbyist.
Justice?
Not that I think Jefferson shouldn't go to jail, but Delay got away free and clear and now reaps millions as a Lobbyist.

What I want to know is how my freezer got in that mans garage in the first place.

At the same time, impeach this south carolina Mark Sandarson idiot too....then John Ensign...ok....these idiots need to be gone....dig in Mitch Mcconnol idiot issues...too...nation benefits....

*LOL* @ morons claiming Dollar Bill Jefferson is a Republican. He's not just a Democrat, he's a poster-boy Democrat!

@JB November 13th, 2009 4:49 pm ET

Manner, what does Sarah Palin have to do with a corrupt Democrat being sentenced for cheating his constituents? Did I miss something in the article?
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It's the way Libs fight. Like 3rd graders on a playground.

We say, "We don't like the direction Obama is taking the country in."

Libs respond, "Ohhhhh yeaaaaah, well Palin is stupid. 8 years of Bush. John McCain is old."

all I can say is....Good Riddance! Corrupt pols like Jefferson are really hindering NOLA's revitalization. Clean 'em out!

Sniffit, the guy is a DEMOCRAT, not a Republican, pretty clearly stated in the article actually, what are you "sniffing" over their, glue?

Manner, what does Sarah Palin have to do with a corrupt Democrat being sentenced for cheating his constituents? Did I miss something in the article?

Hey libs... this guy was a Dem.

We have 50 states: 48 are normal; the Moromons own Utah; and anyone can rent Louisiana.

Give Bill Jefferson the same amount of jail time that "war hero" Duke Cunningham got .for stealing much more than Jefferson did.

However, only in Louisiana do you find every week that some public offical is: under investigation, charged, convicted, and sent to jail.

Sen. David Vitter (R) buys sex from a prostitute, but is the "family values" icon of the Louisiana Republican party.

victim of republican greed November 13th, 2009 1:14 pm ET

One down, and the entire republican culture of corruption to go.
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I guess I will say it again...I suppose if you actually read the article or know anything about this story you would realize that he is a Democrat.

Another black democratic crook. How many are under investigation as we speak?

CNN PLEASE POST THIS

jerry November 13th, 2009 2:35 pm ET
He's black. If that doesn't explain it for you, nothing will

Jerry: Are you trying to say that all blacks are corrupt? Or are you trying to say that all black politicians are corrupt?? Does it give you a warm feeling inside when you post racist comments like this???

hongli November 13th, 2009 3:05 pm ET

A TYPICAL DAY in the life of a REPUBLICAN. You could fool some of the people some of the time, you could fool all of the people some of the time but you cannot fool all of the people all of the time.
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I suppose if you actually read the article or know anything about this story you would realize that he is a Democrat.

Term limits are necessary. Combined total of 20 years of service (representative or senator) and only then do you get retirement.

Put him in prison, that way when we convict all the crooked republicans, they can't whine about being picked on.

And you want these guys to run health care?

victim of republican greed November 13th, 2009 1:14 pm ET

One down, and the entire republican culture of corruption to go.
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He was a democrat.

"victim of republican greed"...you are the sterotypical leftist...a "victim"...get off your mom's couch and fend for yourself, only a fool plays victim...wanna another handout?

victim of republican greed November 13th, 2009 1:14 pm ET

One down, and the entire republican culture of corruption to go
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Apparently, you're a victim of living under power lines as a child, eating paint chips and chewing on lead pencils. I don't think republicans had anything to do with it.

And lots of people voted for this guy even after he was caught blue handed.

If we're not going to impose term limits upon the crooks in D.C., we should at least make people pass an I.Q. test before they can vote.

Term Limits. Mandatory Term Limits. The only legitimate idea I have seen recently from the Repubs, but I like that one a LOT. The Dems should get on board and do it!!!! But both sides would balk at the last second... garaunteed.

you do the crime, you do the time

I wish more of these guys from both sides would go to jail personally.

I would love to see this guy and Delay sharing a cell together. Now THAT would be bi-partisanship!

What about Rangel? Dodd? Pelosi, Reid and Obama? They're all the reason the economy's tanked....with the mortgage fiasco...let's give them a cell too

He deserves the maximum jail time for cheating his constituents.

typical democrat...

Sniffit and Hongli – How about reading the article before you make your ignorant comments.

Is that treason?

Jefferson, a Louisiana Democrat – say it ain't so, a democrat?

as a hard-core, life-long liberal, i want it to be very clear that corrupt democratic politicians should get the same sentences corrupt republicans should get... and, i have no respect for people on either side of the aisle who are willing to excuse the actions of those from their party..

Get him in jail and after the 2012 elections maybe we can investigate dodd,rangel and barney frank for ethics violations and put them in jail. It is for sure the demorat congress is not going to investigate any ethical charges against demorats but would rather investigate those of the opposite party for nothing.

No leniency – show the politician what the others can expect WHEN they are caught.

This is typicaol of the Democrat's corruption. It will only get worse as the further Obama get's into his administration. Finally however, he will come to his time of dishoner.

I do not know how a country that produces so many intellectuals and leading figures in athletics, finance, philosophy, business, religion, economics, politics, journalism, science, literature, engineering, linguistics, and all other skilled areas gives so much attention to this bozo Sarah Palin, common Republican Party please do better.

A TYPICAL DAY in the life of a REPUBLICAN. You could fool some of the people some of the time, you could fool all of the people some of the time but you cannot fool all of the people all of the time.

Well, well ,well. Nice to see a story about a corrupt democrat buried in this section of CNN. If it was arepublican it would have been front page news. The ticker headline would be about something other than Sarah Palin.

No remorse, no admission of guilt, show him no mercy. Sentence him to the MAX and send a message to all the other corrupt politicians. If you're on the take and get caught, you'll spend the rest of your life in prison.

Throw him in jail beside Madoff. They are both crooks.

Poster boy for term limits...

This is clearly Bush's fault!

Leave room in his cell for Pelosi, Reid, Schumer, Dodd, Frank, Rangel, Randell, Waxman, Boxer, Feinstein, Kerry and Obama.

Gitmo will be empty by then. Plenty of room for them to walk around without doing any more harm to America.

Thank goodness you buried the fact he was
a Democrat 4 paragraphs down.... Regardless
of your political persuasion, I see this right up
front when it's the other party, but no – not here.
Not CNN, or NBC, or ABC.

"still rationalizes his own unethical, illegal and immoral conduct."

He's black. If that doesn't explain it for you, nothing will

Frank-Dodd-Waters are next.

The fact that he was a well-paid and powerful Congressman, if anything, should be reason enough to throw the book at him.

That rotten GOP scum bag crooked politician! What? Oh he is a Democrat, gee I guess it is okay then. Maybe he can take over Teddy's Senate seat.... I'm sure this Administration has a high ranking place for him, this automatically qualifies him through their vetting process.

The party affiliation is not in the headlines, must be a democrat!

Thought Pelosi's people were clean and she was going to "drain the swamp"...why isn't this a heaadline story?...oh yeah...you have to keep the focus on Palin...what about the other 40 Dems under investigation?

How about getting the big crooks like Barney Frank and Chris Dodd?

represented new orleans? no doubt he has ties with ACORN.

Why did they catch this small fish? $90,000 is nothing to put in a freezer. Most people have more than that in a couple of freezers, under bed mattress, etc.

Is this the guy who hid a lot of dough in the freezer and still denied any wrong doing? Let the rule of law prevail.

Real leaders assure the masses that everything is going to be alright, Tyrants use fear and intimidation to keep their people scared.

re : "Congressman Jefferson has still not accepted responsibility for his own criminal conduct," prosecutors wrote, and that he "still rationalizes his own unethical, illegal and immoral conduct."

sounds like a typical democrat to me....

Sad day...another good man destroyed.

Let him rot.

The William Jefferson story is a textbook example of how Dems operate. While the Dems were running around accusing certain members of the GOP of being corrupt in 2006, you had scores of Dems ranging from Jefferson in Louisiana to Dodd in Connecticut to Rangel in New York to Murtha in Pennsylvania who were consistently engaging in corrupt practices and despicable betrayals of the American voters' trust.

The traditional media played ball with the Dems & ran numerous, unrelenting stories on a few GOP congressmen in 2006. Yet in 2009, stories about the corrupt practices of Dem leaders are few & far between.

Why is that do ya think? Fox News covers these stories and the tolerant Left claims that they're "not a news organization," yet when mainstream media outlets pay lip service to corrupt Dems, they are lauded as ideal, "objective" news organizations.

Something is not right here.

90 years would be about. right...$1000 for every year for the money found in his frige..27 years is to short. And 10 years is a joke.

I hope he shares a cell with Randy " Duke " Cunningham !

I hope to hear all the "outrage" we heard on these boards after the Sanford news hit the airwaves. The reality is that politicians, no matter what side of the aisle, have proven to be shady at best. We need a strong third party in this country that can stay closer to the center than the Republican and Democrat parties have moved. We also need shorter election cycles so candidates can no longer buy elections by making promises to those that donate the most. Let's be serious, he was supposed to be the candidate of change but President Obama spent more than a quarter billion dollars on his campaign. We know the largest contributor was Goldman Sachs but where did the rest of that money come from and who does he owe because of it? Shady politics all around us people...let's send a message to Washington that we don't like anything from either side of the aisle and we want TRUE change.

150 years would be a little harsh. A little. But corrupt officials need to do some real hard time.

Sarah Palin : modern day cultist.

He'll die in prison like he deserves. That's all that really matters.

Pelosi and Rangel hopefully are not far behind Jefferson.

I'm a lifelong Democrat. Although these days I sometimes can't tell the difference between a Democrat and a Republican. Whether male or female they tend to be a pack of lying, thieving, crooks at best. They should throw ole Mr. Jefferson under the jail and throw away the key.

Jefferson's family tree is littered with criminals and you'd think he wouldn't continue down the same road. He deserves whatever he gets and he really doesn't have a defense, he's a lawyer and you certainly would think he would know what the results of his criminal activity would cause him. Looks like his greed got the better of him.

Put this guy on ICE as he did with the money.....

Too bad we can't sentence William Jefferson Clinton also.......

Hmmmm. Sounds like ACORN.

Randall Duke Cunnigham took worse bribes and only got 8 years. Jefferson getting 30 years while Republicans like Alaska's Ted Stephens walk or only get sentenced to 8 years is not fair. In fact Cunnigham will be out of jail early by the time Jefferson gets to his cell.

I hope they throw the book at Jefferson. An elected public servant who takes a bribe is undermining our democratic institutions. I'm a Liberal who usually votes for the Democratic Party candidate or for a third party candidate if the Democrat is totally unacceptable. All voters have been betrayed by Jefferson. Life in prison is my recommendation.

Typical Liberal.

FINALLY this Democrat CROOK gets justice! The Democrat Culture of Corruption in Congress and across the country needs to be prosecuted fully. When is Dodd going to see justice for his dealings? What about Charlie Rangell??

Dollar Bill goes to prison, his brother Mose goes to prison, his sister Betty is facing trial and will most likely go to prison, but the damage they all did to the city of New Orleans will last for decades. They bred a culture of corruption, reveled in it, and still don't think they did anything wrong. Good bye, and good riddance.

Typical Democrat.

Good riddance! I don't care if you are Democrat or rethuglican. If you are corrupt you need to be punished... severely.

I know rethuglicans are going to say ALL democrats are corrupt. But they don't realize that all politicians are vulnerable to corruption especially if you serve many years. Get one thing straight rethuglicans! There are more convicted rethuglicans than they are Democrats.

Lets continue to clean bothe houses !

Let me guess. OBOZO is going to PARDON him.

Uh oh. The democrats are losing their poster boy. Thank goodness they Traficant to cover.

I am a lifelong democrat and I believe that Jefferson should be given the maximum sentence. Its time that Americans stood up and held our leaders to a higher standard.

Where are the big three CBS, NBC and ABC on this story. If it were a Republican they would be all over it. Also, did you hear anything form them on the House ethics investigations of mostly Dems?

One down, and the entire republican culture of corruption to go.

Still people voted for this guy?......like Obummer?