this is coming from a guy who lives in the state that's elected Alan Grayson, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, and Alcee Hastings.
"There ain't no rules here, we're trying to accomplish something. . . .All this talk about rules. . . .When the deal goes down . . . we make 'em up as we go along."
Alcee Hastings -
the last Federal judge impeached by Congress.
In another memorable quote from this "intellect" Hastings, he insinuated during the last presidential campaign that Sarah Palin was bigoted against blacks and Jews because she hunts moose!
Here is the exact quote from Hastings' speech to the NJDC in August 2008:
"If Sarah Palin isn't enough of a reason to get over whatever your problem is with Barack Obama, then you damn well had better pay attention. Anyone toting guns and stripping moose don't care too much about what they do with blacks and Jews. So, you just think this through."
Even Jewish Democrat Susan Estrich thought that Hastings' statement was idiotic.
In 1981, Hastings was charged with accepting a $150,000 bribe in exchange for a lenient sentence and a return of seized assets for 21 counts of racketeering by Frank and Thomas Romano, and of perjury in his testimony about the case. He was acquitted by a jury after his alleged co-conspirator, William Borders, refused to testify in court (resulting in a jail sentence for Borders).
In 1988, the Democratic-controlled U.S. House of Representatives took up the case, and Hastings was impeached for bribery and perjury by a vote of 413-3. He was then convicted in 1989 by the United States Senate, becoming the sixth federal judge in the history of the United States to be removed from office by the Senate. The vote on the first article was 69 for and 26 opposed, providing two votes more than the two-thirds of those present that were needed to convict. The first article accused the judge of conspiracy. Conviction on any single article was enough to remove the judge from office. The Senate vote cut across party lines, with U.S. Senator Patrick J. Leahy, Democrat of Vermont voting to convict his fellow party member, and U.S. Senator
Arlen Specter voting to acquit.
The Senate had the option to forbid Hastings from ever seeking federal office again, but did not do so. Alleged co-conspirator, attorney William Borders went to jail again for refusing to testify in the impeachment proceedings, but was
later given a full pardon by President Bill Clinton on his last day in office.
Hastings filed suit in federal court claiming that his impeachment trial was invalid because he was tried by a Senate committee, not in front of the full Senate, and that he had been acquitted in a criminal trial. Judge Stanley Sporkin ruled in favor of Hastings, remanding the case back to the Senate, but stayed his ruling pending the outcome of an appeal to the Supreme Court in a similar case regarding Judge Walter Nixon, who had also been impeached and removed.
Sporkin found some crucial distinctions between Nixons case and Hastingss, specifically, that Nixon had been convicted criminally, and that Hastings was not found guilty by two-thirds of the committee who actually tried his impeachment in the Senate. He further added that Hastings had a right to trial by the full Senate.
The Supreme Court, however, ruled in Nixon v. United States that the federal courts have no jurisdiction over Senate impeachment matters, so Sporkins ruling was vacated and Hastingss conviction and removal were upheld.
In 1990, Hastings attempted to make a political comeback by running for Secretary of State of Florida, campaigning on a platform of legalizing casinos. In a three-way Democratic primary, he placed second with 313,758 votes, or 33%, behind newspaper columnist Jim Minters 357,340 votes (38%) and ahead of former Ku Klux Klan Grand Dragon John Paul Rogers 275,370 votes (29%). In the runoff, which saw a large dropoff in turnout, Hastings lost to Minter in a landslide, 300,022 votes to 146,375. Minter would go on to lose the general election to incumbent Republican Jim Smith.
Hastings was elected to the United States House of Representatives in 1992, representing
Floridas 23rd district. After placing second in the initial Democratic primary for the post, he scored an upset victory over State Representative Lois J. Frankel in the runoff and went on to easily win election in the heavily-Democratic district. From that point on he has yet to face a serious challenge for reelection.
He is a member of the Congressional Black Caucus and was elected President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe in July 2004. Today, as a Senior Democratic Whip, Hastings is an influential member of the Democratic leadership. Representative Hastings is also a member of the powerful House Rules Committee and is a senior Member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (HPSCI). On the HPSCI, Hastings is the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations.
He was one of the 31 who voted in the House not to count the electoral votes from Ohio in the 2004 presidential election.
Alcee and the Congressional Black Caucus were also instrumental in returning that murderous communist thug Aristide to power in Haiti under Slick Willy Clinton.
Theres a huge Haitian community in that district and the Republican is a Haitian hero and human rights activist who saw 14 members of his family killed by Duvallier. (Side note - yes, thats the guy who Alcee chose to threaten).
The Haitian community is fully backing Bernard Sansaricq. Acee's defeat may be a shocker of monumental proportions.
Bernard was The Speaker of the House in The Senate of Haiti...before the thugs came to kill him and his family his daughter is a member of the United States Air Force..
Alcee Hastings: Political Thug, Terrorist, Communist, Socialist.
Hastings threatened the life of his 2008 opponent and he has done the same again this year, why isn't this headline news in the NY Slimes???
This past Sunday, at a retirement home in Belle Glade, Florida, a United States congressman threatened the life of his opponent in front of an entire group of senior citizens.
Democrat Congressman Threatens Opponent’s Life, Again
Florida?s Sansaricq Backs Term Limits in Congress
When you have congressmen with nine terms [such as Sansaricqs Democratic opponent, Alcee Hastings], thats when you have entrenched corruption,
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Sansaricq also will fight to put members of Congress in the same Social Security system as the rest of the citizenry. When you make laws and they dont apply to you, thats a no-no, he says.
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Sansaricq supports repeal of the new healthcare law. I have seen socialist healthcare systems, especially in France, where some of my family members live. It can take a year to see a specialist there, he says. Sometimes its too late.
The United States has the best healthcare system in the world, while socialist healthcare systems have failed everywhere in the world, Sansaricq says.
Oh and wait, while ACLG overlooks the garbage in his own back yard and questions the intelligence of the good people of Delaware, let's not forget those good people of Delaware saw fit to elect Rosary Joe 'the strangler' Biden who is as corrupt a politician as has ever graced the halls of congress.
The average street whore is a paragon of virtue compared to 'show me the money' Biden.
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