Top Ten: Most Corrupt Politicians - Page 2

classicman · 06-21-2011, 08:07 AM

No Spexx - I was referring to the top 10 wealthiest.

Spexxvet · 06-21-2011, 08:20 AM

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Originally Posted by infinite monkey

Edwards! Weiner! Edwards's weiner!

Boehner's Boner

TheMercenary · 06-21-2011, 04:43 PM

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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).

I love it....

classicman · 06-21-2011, 04:59 PM

Hey merc - did you even read the original post in this thread?
lol

TheMercenary · 06-21-2011, 05:02 PM

From the beginning. Why?

classicman · 06-21-2011, 05:10 PM

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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...

Cuz you posted the link to the posted link that started the thread.

TheMercenary · 06-21-2011, 05:11 PM

Because you basically had it hidden, and I posted it without it being hidden and thought it was quite entertaining.

classicman · 06-21-2011, 05:12 PM

lol - the idea was not to give away their answers...
instead to pick your own - like everyone else was.

TheMercenary · 06-21-2011, 05:14 PM

I hate them all....

ZenGum · 06-22-2011, 12:47 AM

Seriously, though, this is only about the top ten *US* politicians. By global standards, they're pretty lame.

Mubarrak is said to have stolen something like $50 billion, and given lush jobs to his entire extended family. Assad has had thousands of his own citizens killed. Gaddafi has organised mass rapes of dissident populations.

That's corruption.

Your pollies are freakin boy scouts by comparison.

DanaC · 06-22-2011, 07:21 AM

It's like the big furore over MPs expenses over here. Loads of MPs scotched the system, claiming for second homes that weren't really second homes, or for wages for assistants who turned out to be sons and daughters who had never worked for them etc. But much of it involved silly shit like claiming for repairs to houses that they shouldn't have claimed for, or cleaners that they should have paid for themselves. The actual amounts were mostly quite low. Only a handful were involved in large amounts and even those compared to most countries were pitiful.

There are a few who've been sent to gaol for fraud. But the amounts they've defrauded the tax-payer for are pretty low all things considered. LIke £20-30k across 5 years.

TheMercenary · 06-22-2011, 01:07 PM

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Originally Posted by ZenGum

Seriously, though, this is only about the top ten *US* politicians. By global standards, they're pretty lame.

Mubarrak is said to have stolen something like $50 billion, and given lush jobs to his entire extended family. Assad has had thousands of his own citizens killed. Gaddafi has organised mass rapes of dissident populations.

That's corruption.

Your pollies are freakin boy scouts by comparison.

Good point.

BigV · 06-24-2011, 11:26 AM

I agree with you ZenGum and mercy. It's a problem, but a good one to have.

Still, in our own local political ecosystem, local standards apply. Our society, and yours and many others, are built, function at all, because we're a nation of laws. Ironically, it is this very adherence by most that makes the corruption effective.

ZenGum · 06-24-2011, 08:52 PM

I see what you mean, it is like Churchill's point that democracy is the worst form of government except for every other form that has been tried.

There are times, though, when we need a strong leader to say something like "screw your campaign contributions, screw your vested interest lobby groups, screw your poll results, screw your marginal electorates and swing states, I'm in charge here and were doing [insert necessary but unpopular move here]!"

Alas, for someone to be able to say that, they'd need to have roughly absolute power, and we have an adage about that, too.

classicman · 06-24-2011, 08:59 PM

Didn't Jimmy Carter try to do something like that?

06-21-2011, 08:07 AM	#16
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	No Spexx - I was referring to the top 10 wealthiest. __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

06-21-2011, 04:59 PM	#19
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	Hey merc - did you even read the original post in this thread? lol __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

06-21-2011, 05:02 PM	#20
TheMercenary “Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo” Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Savannah, Georgia Posts: 21,393	From the beginning. Why? __________________ Anyone but the this most fuked up President in History in 2012!

06-21-2011, 05:11 PM	#22
TheMercenary “Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo” Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Savannah, Georgia Posts: 21,393	Because you basically had it hidden, and I posted it without it being hidden and thought it was quite entertaining. __________________ Anyone but the this most fuked up President in History in 2012!

06-21-2011, 05:12 PM	#23
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	lol - the idea was not to give away their answers... instead to pick your own - like everyone else was. __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

06-21-2011, 05:14 PM	#24
TheMercenary “Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo” Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Savannah, Georgia Posts: 21,393	I hate them all.... __________________ Anyone but the this most fuked up President in History in 2012!

06-22-2011, 12:47 AM	#25
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	Seriously, though, this is only about the top ten US politicians. By global standards, they're pretty lame. Mubarrak is said to have stolen something like $50 billion, and given lush jobs to his entire extended family. Assad has had thousands of his own citizens killed. Gaddafi has organised mass rapes of dissident populations. That's corruption. Your pollies are freakin boy scouts by comparison. __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

06-24-2011, 11:26 AM	#28
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	I agree with you ZenGum and mercy. It's a problem, but a good one to have. Still, in our own local political ecosystem, local standards apply. Our society, and yours and many others, are built, function at all, because we're a nation of laws. Ironically, it is this very adherence by most that makes the corruption effective. __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

06-24-2011, 08:52 PM	#29
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	I see what you mean, it is like Churchill's point that democracy is the worst form of government except for every other form that has been tried. There are times, though, when we need a strong leader to say something like "screw your campaign contributions, screw your vested interest lobby groups, screw your poll results, screw your marginal electorates and swing states, I'm in charge here and were doing [insert necessary but unpopular move here]!" Alas, for someone to be able to say that, they'd need to have roughly absolute power, and we have an adage about that, too. __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

06-24-2011, 08:59 PM	#30
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	Didn't Jimmy Carter try to do something like that? __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

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