Foes want Ohio's Ney to follow DeLay; he says no way

[Judi Lynn]

Foes want Ohio's Ney to follow DeLay; he says no way
Wednesday, April 05, 2006
Sabrina Eaton
Plain Dealer Bureau

Washington -- Former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay's departure from Congress fueled calls on Tuesday for the resignation of Ohio's Bob Ney, whose involvement with lobbyist Jack Abramoff is being scrutinized by federal law enforcement authorities.

"For more than a decade, Bob Ney has loyally served Tom DeLay's corrupt Republican leadership," said Chillicothe Mayor Joe Sulzer, who is among four Democrats running in the May primary for the chance to take on Ney this fall. "Now he should take another cue from Tom DeLay and re tire for the good of Ohio."

Ney, Repub lican of Heath in Licking County, said he has no plans to do so.

"While I respect Tom DeLay's decision, I am not Tom DeLay," Ney said in a press statement. "I have absolutely no intention of retiring. My constituents will make that decision in the next election and I am grateful for the very strong support I receive when I travel around the district."
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http://www.cleveland.com/news/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/news/1144226586101640.xml&coll=2

[MADem]

1. Well, DeLay is only Representative #2, Ney has the #1 Slot

Court documents filed as part of guilty pleas in the lobbying scandal say that Ney accepted perks including sports tickets, meals and a trip to Scotland from Abramoff in exchange for official actions. Federal prosecutors have subpoenaed records and testimony from Ney's office. Ney has not been charged, and has repeatedly proclaimed his innocence.

Ney, whose district became more Republican after the last census, believes he hasn't been wounded as badly as DeLay by the allegations against him. Ney faces a political newcomer in May's Republican primary and boasts of endorsements from all 16 county GOP chairs in his district, as well as from the national and Ohio Right to Life committees.

....Democrats in Ohio say Ney grows more politically vulnerable every time his conduct is cited in criminal cases against Abramoff and his associates.

"People in the district are starting to understand more and more of what's going on," said Ohio Democratic Party communications director Brian Rothenberg. "It is an insider issue, but it is starting to resonate." ...

Geez, starting to resonate? I should hope so!! What parts of BRIBERY and CORRUPTION are really all that difficult to understand???

[aquart]

7. Sweet dreams are made of this.

[darkmaestro019]

15. who am I to disagree? : )

(insert some of them want to use/abuse you quip here)

[truthisfreedom]

2. nice rhymes. delay, ney, no way.

[Cooley Hurd]

3. He doesn't want to be mugshotted...

...because they'll rip that rat pelt off his head.

[saigon68]

4. That's a bleached Wolverine Pelt on his melon

LOL

[Binka]

5. Nah It's Organic Pubic Hair From His Granny

RePubes are kinky like that!

[saigon68]

19. Yikes

[Solly Mack]

6. " My constituents will make that decision"

And a corrupt constituency would re-elect a corrupt representative

that's just one of the problems in America...

corrupt "leadership" returned to government

and if they're not returned to government, they go to less than ethical corporations and lobbying groups that have unfettered access to government and the shaping of government policy.

the "government/corporate revolving door" - another one of the problems in America

[MADem]

8. Well, he hopes so, but who really knows--the FEDS could move that goalpost

any day now:

DeLay himself was formally designated as "Representative #2" in the documents, a title that cannot be considered a good omen. The lawmaker designated in the same documents as Representative #1 -- Rep. Robert W. Ney (R-Ohio) -- has been cited by the Justice Department as having received "things of value" for performing official acts.

Ney has not been formally named a target of the probe and denies wrongdoing. But he agreed last October to sign a Justice Department document waiving the five-year expiration of the statute of limitations on any alleged crimes until late April....
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/04/03/AR2006040302145.html

[rodeodance]

9. Feds need to play ball hard! NOW

[Solly Mack]

13. and I hope Ney gets what he deserves

but his cocky statement about his constituency isn't without basis (and was what I was addressing)

some voters are all too willing to send the corrupt back to Washington.

[MADem]

18. Cross fingers, pray for verifiable ballots! And hope for sanity! n/t

[dusty64]

17. More like the corrupt

machines that he forced on everyone in the country. Wasn't he the author of the Hack America Vote Act? If so one would think the "liberal" media would be making a deal outta that.

[salin]

10. Look folks, says Ney, there is still some lucrative money

for me to squeeze out of DC, and I haven't yet got lined up a big lobbying job. When I hit those goal posts, then I'll wave bye. Til then keep electing me, and now I can carry on with no guilt (not that I really felt guilt before) because I will know that you know what I do - and will have reelected me willingly... suckers.

(salin's interpretation of the words behind the words)

[greekspeak]

11. I thought Florida and Missouri had some dirty politics...

Ohio's politics seem to be filthy, at least the puke side anyway. The machines in that state must not let people vote at all, or this slime would not win time and again.

[liberal N proud]

12. One of the most corrupt machines in the country if not world

[boobooday]

14. Tom Delay was saying the same thing a week ago

I predict that soon Ney will fold as well.

[zbdent]

16. The head chopped off is not a snake, but a cockroach

You chop off the head of a snake, the snake dies . . . you chop off the head of a cockroach, the cockroach still can live on . . .

The Repukes aren't snakes, they are cockroaches . . .

[UpInArms]

20. related: Ney brushes aside calls to resign

http://www.coshoctontribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=200660405001

WASHINGTON — Embattled Rep. Bob Ney, R-Heath, lashed out at Democrats on Tuesday for calling on him to follow former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay’s example and resign from Congress, saying the only thing the two share are names that rhyme.

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Ney also has been linked to Abramoff, who claimed in court papers that he used a golfing trip to Scotland and other gifts to try to bribe Ney for official favors. Last week, former DeLay aide Tony Rudy pleaded guilty to conspiring with Abramoff to bribe officials, such as Ney and DeLay.

“Our names rhyme, but I am a different human being,” Ney said of DeLay. “He has different reasons for resigning. I wish him the best. ... I am not resigning.”

Chillicothe Mayor Joe Sulzer and Dover attorney Zack Space, who are seeking the Democratic nomination to challenge Ney in November, called Tuesday for Ney to resign.

“For more than a decade, Bob Ney has loyally served Tom DeLay’s corrupt Republican leadership,” Sulzer said in a statement. “Now, he should take another cue from Tom DeLay and retire for the good of Ohio.”

...more...

:dem:

[WhiteTara]

21. I love it that so many papers are now

printing the story of their corruption. It seems like the monkey see monkey do thing is in effect here. So here's to the avalanche :toast::party:

[Zorra]

22. Ney may actually be more corrupt than Delay. He's a lying weasel

that has clearly worked to subvert our voting process and democracy in order to bring about a one party republican controlled totalitarian corporate state.

This outright, unrepentant traitor needs to go to prison for a long time for his crimes against the people of the US.

[blackhorse]

23. Heh,

... the Ney in command of Hungarian SS-Regiment Ney in 1945 also had no plans to step down, but the Red Army of Workers and Peasants dictated otherwise.

BH