“freedom fries“ Bob Ney going to jail

[tocqueville]

A Freedom Toast to this news

Posted by SuperFrenchie
in Bashed in America ( at 7:04 am)
- 27 Comments
After denying any wrongdoing for months, 6-term Ohio Rep. Bob Ney has admitted improperly accepting tens of thousands of dollars worth of trips, meals, sports tickets and casino chips while trying to win favors for a disgraced Washington lobbyist and a foreign aviation company run by a gambler known as “the Fat Man.”

Prosecutors have recommended 27 months in prison. He is expected to formally plead guilty next month.

Does the name Ney rings a bell?

If so, that’s because he was also the guy that led the push to rename the French fries in the House cafeterias “freedom fries“ to protest France’s refusal to back the U.S. invasion of Iraq. It was in his role as the panel’s chairman that he ordered the name change.
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[Sydnie]

1. Yep, but when will he formally resign?

[Downtown Hound]

5. He could use a good freedom fry right now

It's the only freedom he'll have for some time.

[madokie]

2. only one of many headed his way, I can assure you

[LuckyLib]

3. It would be cosmic justice if the prison would

serve 27 months of french fries.

[longship]

4. Sounds like he's gonna have a couple of years of "Incarceration Fries"

We hope that you don't dislike meat loaf too much, Mr. Ney.
NOT!

[Rex]

6. So Mr. Super Patriot is going to jail?

I hope he stays there, fucking Repuke scumbag! They ALL suck! Act like changing the fucking name of a FOOD is patriotic!?! He should go to jail for being a stupid douchebag.

[wtmusic]

7. I had freedom fries at the Longworth cafeteria

The attendant said they were really french fries (you can't trust anyone these days) :crazy:

[TahitiNut]

8. Los Angeles Times: "Lawmaker (Ney) Pleads Guilty to Corruption"

Lawmaker Pleads Guilty to Corruption
Ohio Republican Ney admits accepting illegal gifts from lobbyist Jack Abramoff.
By Richard B. Schmitt, Times Staff Writer
September 16, 2006

WASHINGTON — In court documents, he was known only as "Representative 1," an anonymous member of the House who always seemed to have his hand out when super-lobbyist Jack Abramoff came calling for favors for his clients.

On Friday, the lawmaker, Ohio Republican Bob Ney, officially emerged from the shadows and acknowledged his guilt.

Ending months of denials that he had betrayed the public trust, the politician once known as "the Mayor of Capitol Hill" agreed to plead guilty to federal corruption charges.

Ney, 52, admitted in a plea agreement with federal prosecutors filed in federal court in Washington that he had accepted tens of thousands of dollars in illegal favors from Abramoff and from a Syrian businessman nicknamed "the Fat Man."

The lawmaker said he had agreed to use his clout on behalf of Abramoff clients in return for gifts and other largesse that included nights of casino gambling in London and a lavish golf junket to Scotland. In a statement, he said that alcohol abuse had contributed to a downward spiral in his life, and that he had checked himself into a rehabilitation facility for treatment.

Prosecutors said they would recommend a sentence for Ney of 27 months in prison, although his crimes carry a maximum penalty of up to 10 years. He is expected to formally enter his plea at a hearing in federal district court in Washington on Oct. 13.

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:bounce: :party: :applause: :woohoo:

[jilln]

9. I wonder if he accepted free French fries (nt)

[Ellipsis]

10. Le bâtard de rat!

I did not realize it was Ney... on the french fry thing. Hah!

Thank you for posting this.

à votre santé
:toast:

[Chipper Chat]

11. The "Freedom-Fry" incident is a good metaphor for the Iraq War.

Iraq had nothing to do with the war on terror, but we attacked them.
France has nothing to do with french fries. They are from Belgium. But we attacked France, which simply calls the Belgian treat "fried potatos."