Cunningham has been sentenced to eight years and four months

[ProSense]

BREAKING NEWS: Cunningham Sentenced To 8 Years, 4 Months

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Former Rep. Randy "Duke" Cunningham has been sentenced to 8 years, 4 months in prison for taking $2.4 million in bribes in return for unduly influencing the awarding of Defense Department contracts.

Watch 10News Live Coverage Of Cunningham Sentencing

Judge Larry Burns ordered Cunningham to pay almost $2 million restitution in back taxes.

Burns also told Cunningham he will be sent to prison next Friday. He recommended Cunningham go to Taft prison near Bakersfield.

Berfore the sentencing Cunningham told Burns, "No man has ever been more sorry. I accept responsibility."

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/kgtv/20060303/lo_kgtv/3306180

BREAKING NEWS Former Rep. Randy "Duke" Cunningham has been sentenced to eight years and four months in prison for corruption.

http://www.cnn.com/

[rocktivity]

1. CUE THE VONAGE THEME!

:woohoo:
Eight and a third out of a possible ten? I figured he'd get a "discount" for confessing, but I'm delighted that it wasn't a deep one!


:bounce:
rocknation

[Jack from Charlotte]

30. Note to me: Buy Randy soap-on-a-rope for birthday. *

*

[scab_picker]

44. Re: Mud Flaps, (Keep them down)

See my post regarding Mud Flaps: the perfect gift for those facing hard time.

[cdsilv]

2. I'll bet he gets sent to Club Fed on Eglin AFB here in FL n/t...

[saigon68]

56. CHECK THIS SHIT OUT

The Federal Bureau of Prisons (FBOP) has awarded the contract for the management of the Taft correctional institution, in Taft, California, to Wackenhut Corrections.

The decision to privatize the Taft correctional institution, as a 5 year "Demonstration Project" to evaluate the potential effectiveness of privatizing future FBOP facilities, was based on Congressional action. The FBOP will continually monitor the Taft correctional institution in order to ensure the public safety.

LINK: http://www.bop.gov/news/press/press_releases/ipataft.jsp

This place is for guys who cheat on their taxes

[Semi_subversive]

3. Taft is such a lovely place in the Summer

It'll give him an idea of how hot Hell will be after he cacks. Poor baby.

[loudsue]

4. Is Taft prison one of the "privatized" prisons?

If so, his corporate buddies will protect him there. The man should be sent to gitmo.

I'm glad he's at least doing some jail time. One down, 2,000 republicans to go. They're ALL a bunch of mafia thugs. This country needs to be done with them.

:kick::kick::kick:

[gordontron]

59. wasn't cunningham a dem? nt

[ewagner]

5. Justice is served

but there's no need to rejoice.

Cunningham deserved everything the judge gave him.

He violated a sacred trust between him and the public he was supposed to be serving.

He deserves to be made an example to others who violate that trust.

But it's sad to see a man fall from a place of honor like that.

I'm glad he's going to prison but I won't rejoice.

[bonito]

7. Well said n/t

[klook]

45. I agree.

I felt not one bit of mirth reading this news. How many more scumbags like him are still running our country into the ground? But jail time for the DukeStir is a start.

On edit: I wonder if this is a prison that has those fancy French toilets? :eyes:

[Faygo Kid]

6. Rush will be outraged. Not.

A crooked GOP politician. Who coulda thunk it?

[angryxyouth]

8. Presidential pardon out in 2

[Faygo Kid]

10. Bush is leaving office in two years?

You are the very definition of an optimist. Me? I predict martial law.

[angryxyouth]

23. Wow!! I've never been called an optimist before.

That was me being cynical. I'm more of a "The glass is broken kind of guy". In reality I think that your assessment is closer to the truth. Depending on this next election cycle, I might be stockpiling weapons.:patriot:

[scab_picker]

37. Arms dealers bazaar coming up in your neighborhood

AP news: America arms itself. Recent activity among the NRA indicates that suburbanites are flocking to gun shows in record numbers. Asked what they were doing there many replied that they were looking for automatic weapons so they could defend themselves against the on coming martial law edict expected soon. Said one suburbanite, " I don't have a clue how to use these things, but by god I'm going to learn". In a related story, Winchester Arms is being besieged with orders for AK 47 ammunition.

[Independent_Liberal]

9. Washington has become Corruption City.

I don't want to vacation there right now. It stinks from all the corruption. You can probably smell it all the way to Maryland and Virginia. :D

[Faygo Kid]

13. I am moving there! It looks like, as of today.

Last time I looked, the Lincoln Memorial still stood. I love Washington. No other city has a downtown where you can walk without being in 100-story building canyons, because no building can be taller than the Capitol or Washington Monument. When they throw the dirt on me someday, one of the single greatest joys of my life will have been my studies in American history, and DC, Maryland and Virginia have so many places to visit. I will always love my home state more than any other, but I miss my dear, dear friend, and her three dogs and two cats. It looks very good as of today to get the job in DC that will take me there. I smell cherry blossoms in April, and a backlash that will sweep this crowd out of office, and I want to be part of it. I am not at all young, a Truman baby, but can't wait to walk where Lincoln walked. And so many others. Daily.

[MuseRider]

15. I agree with you.

I love the city, a great place to visit. Good luck to you, it would be a very fun place to live.

[scab_picker]

40. Washington DC?

Excuuuse me. Washington DC was filled with "women who entertained gentlemen" since the beginning of this nation. The first lobbyist were Whores. You know that don't you. I've been to Washington DC but how many of those residents have been to anywhere west of the Mississippi?

[Independent_Liberal]

47. I was just joking around when I said what I said above.

Washington, DC is a great place. I was just saying I wouldn't want to visit it right now because of all the corruption.

[madrchsod]

11. 7 full years unless pardoned

still has to pay 2 mil in taxes...he`ll be paying a hell of alot of money for the rest of his life

[rfranklin]

12. Neeeeeeeeeeeeeext! Calling Mr. DeLay....calling Mr. Hastert.........

calling Mr. Santorum...and all the other Republicans assholes who have been tormenting us for the past ten years. Maybe they can get a group rate at the Federal Penetentiary.

[scab_picker]

38. Ten years, did you say ten years!

I want you to know that ever since the Repukes fucked Adlai Stevenson back in 1952 I have been pissed. You have a lot to learn 'Grasshopper'.

[Up2Late]

14. Did he Cry!?!? Somebody please tell me he cried!

On the radio they have been saying with his current state of health, he might not live more than 7 years. Awwwwwwwwwwe. :nopity:

[anitar1]

53. Too much of the rich life on taxpayer money. n/t

[wryter2000]

16. Janean covering the story now

:applause:

[Beelzebud]

17. Good! Rot in jail you war profiteering BASTARD.

[scab_picker]

39. Now you are talking my language.

Rotting in hell? That would be a favor, lets let him rot away in Gitmo.

[Talismom]

18. Oh please! May it be the start of a trend---many more to follow! n/t

[Mr_Jefferson_24]

19. Careful, don't drop...

...the soap there, Dukey Boy, you sleazeball.

[Sarah Ibarruri]

20. Now if they would only send all the rest of the crooks! nt

[Sarah Ibarruri]

21. Now if they would only send all the rest of the crooks! nt

[FreedomAngel82]

22. Wow that's quite a long time

[Hand]

24. It's an oldy but a goodie, so here it comes...

Nah nah NAH nah, Nah nah NA-AH nah, Hey HEY-EY, GOO-OOD BYE!:evilgrin: :rofl: :woohoo:

[neoconvict]

25. The anti-Election Fraud Congressional Candidate

Great, Duke is gone, but another NeoCon shall rise from the ashes to replace him...

No one be surprised when amazingly, despite all the polls showing Dems retaking Congress this year, they make little headway. "Election day miracle," the media will say.

My ass.

Reality: it's Karl Rove's election fraud machine.

But then there's Clint Curtis. Clint Curtis is mounting a congressional bid in Florida against Tom Feeney. As many of you know, Curtis was the programmer hired by Feeney to write election-stealing software a few years back. Since then, much has happened, including the suspicious death of the Florida Inspector General Raymond Lemme looking into the matter and the total media clampdown of any serious discussion of electronic election manipulation in Florida and across the nation. Curtis, a former Republican, became so disgusted by what he saw that he became a whistleblower. The whole sordid tale is chronicled on www.bradblog.com.

Here's Curtis in his own words:

My name is Clint Curtis. I am considering running for the U.S. House of Representatives in Florida's 24th Congressional District. This great district is currently represented by one of the most corrupt politicians in history. Having personally attended closed-door meetings where Tom Feeney spoke candidly about his aspirations of corruption forces me to provide this district with an alternative to this man. I will need your help.

http://www.clintcurtis.com

Now Curtis is considering a congressional run against the VERY well-funded Feeney. He promises to fight for fair elections and to expose electronic vote fraud. He is the ONLY candidate who will take it to the NeoCons on this issue. And he needs our help. He's got to raise $300K in the next month in order to take on Feeney. Note that being a man of integrity, if he does not run he plans to return all contributions.

Because of his willingness to take on election fraud, I believe Curtis may be the single most important candidate for the progressive community to promote. Please visit his web site and offer to help, donate even $5 if you can spare it, and help spread the word. It's time to TAKE BACK AMERICA--and Mr. Curtis may be own only chance of overcoming a rigged election system.

http://www.clintcurtis.com

[penchant]

26. Cunningham guilty - so are the defense contractor who bribed him.

Defense contractior taking bribes?
Who would have guessed.

It is also a crime to bribe a government official!!!
Which defense contractors?

Where is the list of criminals that bribed
Ex-Congressman Randy Cunningham?

Where are the indictments?
We the people got beef!

[neuvocat]

27. Delay is next.

He's going down too.

[LaCrosseDem]

28. hey Duke- check your six

Where's your wingman Duke? No wingman in the joint... guess you're screwed.

[f-bush]

29. All Republican legislators belong in prison

[Trevelyan]

52. That reminds me, where is Abramoff? Haven't heard about him in a while.

I read that Earle was bribed off the case by another case or was that another Repug scandal. Need a map to keep them "straight". kpete wrote about:

"100+ page "Culture of Corruption" Report from Rep Louise Slaughter

"...We wanted you to have an exclusive PDF version which you can copy and paste out of. I am also enclosing for you a document titled "Corruption Index," which has a list of names of all the GOP current and former House Members, current and former House Congressional Leaders, and current and former Bush Administration officials who have either a direct or indirect link/connections to this massive web of Republican corruption. Here are some of the names from that list with references to page numbers of the report ...)"

more at: http://www.mydd.com/story/2006/2/21/19222/3684 "

[f-bush]

58. I loved Slaughter's detailed report!

[ronnykmarshall]

31. Heard on local Air America radio ...

he wanted permission to see his 91 year old mother before he was sent away. The judge said .... NO!

Hey Duke, you should have thought about your mother before you broke the law, asshole!

[WatchWhatISay]

32. What happens to his yacht ?

And all the other illegally acquired loot?

[Penndems]

35. His possessions were probably seized by the FBI and/or

the U.S. Marshalls Service, and used as evidence at his trial.

They'll eventually be put up for sale at a public auction would be my guess.

[Penndems]

33. It couldn't happen to a more deserving crook

Unless it's Tom Delay.

Or Katherine Harris, Conrad Burns, Tom and Bernadette Noe, or Virgil Goode . . . and so on, and so on and so on.

Some people never learn that public service and the public trust are NOT for sale. :mad:

[agincourt]

34. I am suprised,

at the severity of his sentence. Are they unloading on him so others can get off? Makes me wonder.

[connecticut yankee]

36. Sorry?

Before the sentencing Cunningham told Burns, "No man has ever been more sorry. I accept responsibility."

He's only sorry that he was caught.

[scab_picker]

41. Amen!

I'm so glad that he had a chance to address the judge before he got hauled off. You know that recognizing your sins is the first step in forgiveness. Unfortunately, I don't believe in forgiveness for Repukes!!

[SupplyConcerns]

43. I'm sure he's sincerely remoseful, but..

maybe now he understands what it's like for the millions of people who have their lives thrown away because of petty drug charges and the like.

[PurpleChez]

42. I wonder how much the pig cried at his sentencing.

Wah! Wah!

That's right, Randy, we're all laughing at you.

[scab_picker]

46. Hogs don't cry, they squeal.

As a former hog farmer, I object to your inclusion of this piece of work, Cunningham, as a hog. My porcine friends would never cry, just squeal like a, forgive the expression, stuck hog.

[PurpleChez]

55. My unlimited love to your piggies

I bet they smelled better than a rethug

[SONUVABUSH]

48. 2.4 million - 8 years

If he was a black man robbing the liquor store for $50, he'd get 20 years.

[scab_picker]

49. Amen!

You bad, bro.

[Ammonium]

50. No parole for federal time either

Loser!

[Trevelyan]

51. Wonder how much of that time he will actually have to serve?

What ever happened to the wire he was said to have worn for the prosecutors to find out how many other Congresspersons were involved? How many billions of dollars in taxpayer money went to phony defense contractors and then into Republican coffers. Will the Republican National Party be required to reimburse the BILLIONS not MILLIONS they stole from Americans?

What ever happened to those poor people at Enron and World Com who had their pensions stolen? They have been waiting a long time to see if they can get anything back from the money they paid into their pensions for decades that was stolen by Ken Lay who used the jet paid for with money stolen from his employee pensions to pilot Bush to HIS inaugural.

[NJCher]

54. he'll hire himself a prison consultant

What ever happened to those poor people at Enron and World Com who had their pensions stolen?

Well, I can only speak for a relative, who was the corporate pilot for the Enron president before Ken Lay and his Merry Bank of Crooks took over. This relative thought he had a secure retirement and he and his wife spent their retirement years on good causes, mostly related to children. They had a home on a lake, which was their only luxury even though they had a pension of 4 million.

When his retirement funds were lost, a disease that had been under control flared up. He died.

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Regarding the Dukester, I imagine he will hire himself a prison consultant to make his time easier. Oh yes, you heard it right, major league crooks like Bernie Ebbers have "prison consultants" to make their time easier. I heard about it on CBS News and you can read the transcript or watch the video link below.

(CBS) Well-known, well-heeled defendants became captains of industry on their way up — and may have helped create a cottage industry as they went down.

David Novak is doing quite well as one of a small number of prison consultants providing high-priced advice to white-collar convicts, reports CBS News correspondent Richard Schlesinger.

What is foremost in the minds of Novak's clients? "Am I going to be OK?" he says. "Am I going to be raped? ... Am I going to be beat up?"

Novak won't name his clients, but he was seen walking behind Bernie Ebbers, the former head of WorldCom, during his trial last year. Ebbers is now appealing a 25-year sentence for fraud.

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/03/03/eveningnews/main1367220.shtml

The best part of this story is how one white collar criminal described entering prison as "entering hell." I hope Dukey's entire eight years and four months is hell because that is what violating the public trust deserves.




Cher

[GOPFighter]

57. Jail is too good for these GOP law-breaking assholes

Don't send Duke to jail, send him to the Bay County (FL) boot camp, you know, the one where they beat that 14 year old black kid to death. I'm just fuckin' sick of holier than thou rich white guys telling the country it's all about "personal responsibility" and that the poor have got to take personal responsibility for their actions. They feel no remorse when a 14 year old kid gets beaten to death, because he "broke the law" (stole his grandmother's car and wrecked it) and now he must take responsibility for his actions.

Okay, if that's the way the game's going to be played, it's time to start sending all those Republican white-collar criminals to boot camp where they get beaten daily just for the fun of it. Or better yet, they should be sent to Gitmo where they will never be heard from again!

"Duke, quit your blubbering and take some damn responsibility for your actions like you and your holier than thou shit-don't-stink Republican partners in crime."

They just make me so damn sick! :puke:

[radio4progressives]

60. He'll serve four months, and then get pardoned by his pal in the WH..