John Conyers wife sentenced to three years in prison DAMN!!!!

[bigdarryl]

http://politicalwire.com/archives/2010/03/11/conyerss_wife_sentenced_to_three_years.html

[SteppingRazor]

1. Well, if she didn't want to go to jail for bribery, she probably shouldn't have taken all that money

n/t

[spoony]

2. No, not damn, just about damn time. nt

[w4rma]

3. estranged wife? (nt)

[Bozita]

4. strange for sure

[progressoid]

5. If she behaves, she'll be out in no time.

But it seems she has problems in the behaving department.

[WI_DEM]

6. I guess don't do the crime if you don't want to do the time.

[Jennicut]

7. This woman is a piece of work.

She faught with hotel security and police because she didn’t like her suite at the Democratic National Convention.

[OregonBlue]

8. Estranged wife. They have apparently been separated for years.

[polmaven]

9. Bet THAT little piece of information

won't show up in many of the news reports!

[Bozita]

10. got this from TPM ... "Post portrays the Conyers union as unusually distant"

http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2009/07/report_john_conyers_leads_separate_life_from_corru.php

Federal prosecutors have said they received "no suggestions" that John Conyers had any knowledge of the broader bribery scheme to which his wife has pleaded guilty.

In most marriages, that might seem faintly implausible. But the Post portrays the Conyers union as unusually distant. The paper reports:
Allies of John Conyers, who prizes his record of jousting with the Bush administration over its approach to civil rights and national security, say that he attends to few details outside his legislative duties and largely leads a separate life from his wife of nearly two decades.

And later it adds:
The marriage has been elusive from the start. The former Monica Ann Esters took a job in the lawmaker's Washington office in the late 1980s, before moving on to work on his mayoral campaign. They married in 1990, a month before their first son was born in Detroit's Grace Hospital. Conyers was marrying for the first time at age 61. Esters was 25. Her political ambitions were only beginning.


If John and Monica don't share their lives in the way most married couples do, that could explain how he could have had no inkling of what she was doing.

If nothing else, the whole situation puts the veteran lawmaker in an odd position. After all, when else does a politician actually benefit from the press reporting that he and his wife lead separate lives?

[Festivito]

13. At least the kid's old enough by now.

Good luck in prison Monica. I think you need it.

[Bozita]

14. The kid was busy shoving photographers when Monica showed up at the court bldg.

All 3 Detroit news stations have shown the video.

[butterfly77]

11. Its about time..

[ncteechur]

12. Keep your eye on the sparrow...

don't do the crime if you can't do the time

[SpartanDem]

15. I would say Monica is ghetto trash

,but that would be an insult to ghetto trash. This is something that has always puzzled people why would marry someone like her, the longstanding rumor is that he's gay although maybe he just likes his women trashy like Tiger. Whatever case this couldn't have happened to a better person.