Ex- Rep. Bob Ney (R-OH) was recently found guilty for being a scumbag and a crook. Okay 'scumbag' wasn't an official charge but it certainly fits. Ney reasoned that alcohol made him do it and that he was a morning to night drunk. Of course alcohol can make you do many foolish things but this goes over the top. Sober people can be just as cruel to their constituency and lose the trust of those around them as well.
From MSNBC:
WASHINGTON - Former Ohio Republican Representative Bob Ney, the only member of Congress to be criminally charged in the Jack Abramoff-lobbying scandal, was sentenced today to 30 months in prison and fined $6,000 by U.S. District Judge Ellen S. Huvelle.The Justice Department had asked for a term of 27 months in prison. The sentence was harsher than recommended by prosecutors or Ney's lawyers, Huvelle said, because Ney had violated the trust place on him as a public official. "Both your constituents and the public trusted you to represent them honestly," she said.
It is good to see justice being served. He is the first of dozens of corrupted elected officials surrounding Jack Abramoff's ring of crime. I hope to see many more be taken down in the same fashion. Criminals need to be dealt with accordingly and there are no exceptions given for those in Congress or the Bush Adminstration.
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