Ladies and gentlemen, this week, the congressional watchdog group CREW (Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington) announced their third annual report on the Most Corrupt Members of Congress.
This year they have named twenty-two senators and representatives to the list, along with two “dishonorable mentions”. The list includes 18 Republicans and 4 Democrats — four of them are senators, the rest representatives. Topping the list is none other than Senator Ted “A Series Of Tubes” Stevens of Alaska (Republican), who is the subject of a number of investigations, most notably for accepting bribes from a company called VECO. Yesterday it was revealed that the FBI has been secretly taping his phone conversations with the CEO of VECO, who has already admitted in court to bribing Stevens.
In fact, the entire Alaska Congressional delegation (two senators, one representative) is on this list for their involvement in any number of crimes and misdemeanors, and it’s looking like they could all go to jail.
There’s no eliminating petty corruption in politics — it’s the grease that keeps the wheels of government turning at every level from the smallest city council on up to the White House — but some of these people simply go beyond the pale.
OMG… I had no idea our congressmen were corrupt!!! ;)
Imagine me saying this in my Yosemite Sam voice: “I hates Ted Stevens”