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WaPo headline: Cunningham Friends Baffled By His Blunder Into Bribery
Blundering into bribery. Don't you hate it when that happens? You're at a party, having a good time, and the next thing you know you've accepted a 42-foot yacht? Or, a defense contractor invites you in to "check out his stereo" and, well, one thing leads to another, and suddenly you're walking out of there with $100,000 in cash?
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Its been a few days at least since weve beaten up on the Washington Post, but Majikthise called my attention to an odd Post headline: Cunningham Friends Baffled By His Blunder Into Bribery. The article tells the heart-warmi... [Read More]
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Shorter WaPo: While it may not necessarily be OK if you are a Republican, it's certainly understandable.
Posted by: Uncle Kvetch | December 05, 2005 at 05:18 PM
and the next thing you know you've accepted a 42-foot yacht?
Happens to me all the time! I'm tripping over yachts.... I wish.
Posted by: Haida | December 05, 2005 at 06:17 PM
Oh, who needs a fucking yacht? Or any number of conspicuous consumer items? These people are pathetic. They greedily try to acquire a bunch of shit in order to feel superior.
And Cunningham is a closeted faggot. Icing on the sick cake.
Posted by: isabelita | December 05, 2005 at 08:35 PM
See above comment on Tom Delay.
Posted by: ghostcatbce | December 05, 2005 at 11:42 PM
Reminds me of the Irish pol who found an envelope with several 100k Euros on his doorstep and told the inquiry he had no idea how it got there.
Posted by: chris | December 06, 2005 at 04:51 AM
Actually, I think getting to keep his taxpayer funded pension is even worse than the bribery.
Posted by: Kathy | December 06, 2005 at 08:43 AM
Not to mention the health plan. I'd take the healthplan Congresscritters get over the pension anyday.
Posted by: StealthBadger | December 06, 2005 at 09:38 AM
Perhaps Cunningham had been drugged with Rohypnol didn't know what was happening. Or maybe ecstacy, making him love and trust everyone. The poor guy.
Posted by: John Emerson | December 06, 2005 at 10:36 AM
>Reminds me of the Irish pol who found an envelope with several 100k Euros on his doorstep and told the inquiry he had no idea how it got there.
And he walks into a bar. Then the rabbi says...
Posted by: 1984 Was Not a Shopping List | December 06, 2005 at 04:05 PM
As Dan Savage would say, "How'd that happen?"
Posted by: KCinDC | December 06, 2005 at 08:01 PM
Things would be much funner the Roman way, where political bribes went straight to the people instead of being imbezzled by the middle managers.
Posted by: theogon | December 07, 2005 at 06:11 PM
The subhead is almost as good:
"Navy Ace-Turned-Congressman Didn't Act Like Big Spender"
He was just a regular guy. On weekends, we'd grab a sixpack and some bait from the market and go out fishing on his 42 foot yacht.
Posted by: gordo | December 09, 2005 at 10:45 AM