Alcee Hastings should have been lynched years ago. Yeah, I know. It’s not PC to use the term “lynch” regarding a black person. But I’m not PC, deal with it.
Charlie Rangel, Anthony Weiner, Eric Massa, Cynthia McKinney, William Jefferson and now Alcee Hastings… again. Are there any ethics at all within the Democrat Party? All of these troubles have been since 2008 and I’m sure I’m missing a few.
Speaking of missing one, we can’t forget the good old Breck girl now, can we? Yup, good old Johnny Edwards!
Let’s get down to current news about that despicable slug, Alcee Hastings:
The House’s independent ethics office is looking into sexual-harassment claims leveled months ago against Rep. Alcee Hastings, D-Fla., the Wall Street Journal is reporting.
Citing sources familiar with the inquiry, the investigation, which began at least a month ago, is being conducted by the independent Office of Congressional Ethics and not the House Ethics Committee.
A lawsuit, filed against Hastings on March 7 by the conservative group Judicial Watch on behalf of Helsinki Commission staffer Winsome Packer, alleged that the congressman sexually harassed Packer over the course of more than two years and threatened retaliation if she tried to report it.
If that isn’t bad enough news, you may remember Hastings is an impeached judge. He accepted bribes. You know what baffles the mind? The dumbasses that elected this crook to congress, then continue reelecting the bastard. What the hell is the matter with you people?
Let’s go back in time when Alcee Hastings was a judge:
In 1979, Alcee Hastings was appointed a federal judge for the Southern District of Florida by President Jimmy Carter. Two years later, Hastings was indicted on charges of conspiring to solicit a bribe from two defendants awaiting sentencing in his court. Hastings was unanimously acquitted of the charges in 1983. The Judicial Council of the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals, however, soon launched a separate investigation into the matter which lasted nearly four years. Ultimately, the council (which was led by former Watergate prosecutor John Doar and comprised of the active appeals court judges for that circuit and three U.S. District judges) found that Hastings not only had solicited a bribe, but also repeatedly lied during his trial. Following this report, the House Judiciary Committee approved seventeen articles of impeachment against Hastings. Sixteen dealt with the bribery case, while one centered around Hastings’ improper revelation of sensitive government information obtained through a federal wiretap in 1985. In late 1988, the articles passed the House by a vote of 413-3. The Senate, following a trial by a twelve-member committee, chose to convict Hastings on eight of the articles, but opted not to restrict him from seeking federal elected office in the future (which it had the authority to do). In 1992, a federal judge remanded Hastings’ conviction back to the Senate, arguing that Hastings should have received a trial by the full Senate. The Supreme Court, however, had ruled in a similar case that the courts have no jurisdiction over impeachment proceedings, and Hastings’ conviction was therefore upheld. Later in 1992, Hastings was elected to Congress in Florida’s Twenty-Third Congressional District. In 2006, after being reelected for the seventh time, Hastings was considered to chair the House Intelligence Committee in the 110th Congress. Facing pressure as a result of Hastings’ troubled past, Speaker-elect Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) ultimately declined to give Hastings the job, choosing Rep. Silvestre Reyes (D-Texas) instead.
Can you see why this SOB should be lynched? A bribe taking crooked judge turned sex criminal. Just shoot that f—er in the head and be done with him.