Top Ten: Most Corrupt Politicians

[classicman]

Who are yours?

Judicial watch did their list for 2010...

Theirs are posted in white below.
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Judicial Watch, the public interest group that investigates and prosecutes government corruption, today released its 2010 list of Washington's “Ten Most Wanted Corrupt Politicians.” The list, in alphabetical order, includes: Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Rahm Emanuel, Former Obama White House Chief of Staff, Senator John Ensign (R-NV), Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA), Rep. Jesse Jackson, Jr. (D-IL), President Barack Obama, Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), Rep. Charles Rangel (D-NY), Rep. Hal Rogers (R-KY), and Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA).

from here

ETA - this site is so partisan you'll wanna puke... but it got me to thinking about a list... maybe even a field of 64...

[Spexxvet]

Ronald Reagan

[infinite monkey]

GW Bush.

[classicman]

Neither of them were politicians in 2010...

C'mon people... list of TEN (10) from 2010

Where the heck is Dana when you need her?
DANA - Paging Dana!!!!!1

[DanaC]

What>?

[classicman]

DAMN! The pager thingy really worked.

[Spexxvet]

Originally Posted by classicman

Neither of them were politicians in 2010...

C'mon people... list of TEN (10) from 2010

Where the heck is Dana when you need her?
DANA - Paging Dana!!!!!1

You didn't say they had to be from 2010.

That list was obviously created by rightists.

[infinite monkey]

Edwards! Weiner! Edwards's weiner!

[Fair&Balanced]

Speaker of the House John Boehner

cry me a river

Anyone crying that often in public is up to no good.

[classicman]

Tom DeLay, Charlie Rangel

[Fair&Balanced]

Paul Ryan, the Republican in the House with the slash and burn budget, cutting $billions from programs that benefit working families and clean energy programs but saying NO to tax cuts for the rich, NO to cutting tax benefits and subsidies to oil companies.

Could this explain it, in part:

When House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan unveiled the GOP blueprint for cutting government spending, he asked Americans to make sacrifices on everything from Medicare to education, while preserving lucrative tax subsidies for the booming oil, mining and energy industries.

It turns out a constituency within his own personal investments stood to benefit from those tax breaks, Newsweek and The Daily Beast have learned.

The financial disclosure report Ryan filed with Congress last month and made public this week shows he and his wife, Janna, own stakes in four family companies that lease land in Texas and Oklahoma to the very energy companies that benefit from the tax subsidies in Ryan's budget plan.

Ryan's father-in-law, Daniel Little, who runs the companies, told Newsweek and The Daily Beast that the family companies are currently leasing the land for mining and drilling to energy giants such as Chesapeake Energy, Devon, and XTO Energy, a recently acquired subsidiary of ExxonMobil.

Some of these firms would be eligible for portions of the $45 billion in energy tax breaks and subsidies over 10 years protected in the Wisconsin lawmaker’s proposed budget.

...the properties have been a lucrative investment for Ryan and his wife, earning them as much as $117,000 last year, and $60,000 the year before, his personal financial disclosure reports show. Overall, Ryan, 41, listed assets worth between $590,000 and $2.5 million, putting him in the top third of the richest members of the House.

Ryan's Shrewd Budget Payday

[classicman]

Interesting.... Still doesn't get him anywhere near the top ten - 7 of which are D's.
Nor does it compare to Gore hawking his bs all over while being invested in all that he was trying to sell. Actually, its about the same thing.

Add them both to the list.

[Fair&Balanced]

Republican Darrell Issa, one of the richest members of Congress and new chair of the House Govt Oversight Committee, who recently conducted hearings on the SEC investigation of Goldman Sachs (the investigation that resulted in one of the largest fines in history - $550 million), claiming that the SEC was politically motivated. Not to mention numerous shady land deals that may have benefited from legislation.

Could this explain it, in part:

CREW would like Issa to explain some of his investments in Goldman Sachs; by the end of 2009, Issa had between $5.1 million and $15.5 million invested in the embattled financial giant’s High Yield Fund. After the Securities and Exchange Commission filed a fraud lawsuit against Goldman Sachs in April 2010, Issa launched an investigation, alleging that the SEC may have timed the lawsuit to bolster the Democrats’ push for financial reform.

Issa issues

Its one thing to take campaign funds from Goldman Sachs - both parties are guilty. Its something else when you own $millions in Goldman Sachs funds and chair the House Govt Affairs Oversight Committee.

[classicman]

Ohhhh Thats a good one - forgot about Issa

[Spexxvet]

Originally Posted by classicman

Interesting.... Still doesn't get him anywhere near the top ten - 7 of which are D's.

That's the top 10 according to Judicial Watch. I don't know that I agree with their assessment.