Reply #1: I must be missing your basic premise

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the fact that Gonzales' goons took over his office will have huge repurcussions for years to come. But that is not the issue.

If we have a video-taped congressman, taking money intended to bribe a foreign leader, and that money is found in his freezer, how should we react?

Let me put it bluntly. If we fail to support Nancy Pelosi on this, and her call for a complete ethics investigation of Jefferson, we do not deserve to win in November. If we do not hold ourselves to a higher moral, ethical standard than today's Neocons and GOPers, we should not hold office. Because to do so would be nothing more than changing labels on the same package of shit.
A true democrat does not take bribes, does not break ethics rules and does not lie to his constituancy. One problem I always had with Clinton was his lying under oath. I also had a MAJOR problem with the special persecutor and his witch hunt, but that is another matter. Had Bill told the truth, or said that he refuses to answer, the matter would have died then and there. INSTEAD, we empowered the GOP, angered law-abiding citizens, and left us with people sceptical about Al Gore. And see where it got us?

No, we have no choice but to call Jefferson precisely what he is. A law-breaking scum who does NOT deserve to sit in Congress. And we MUST be the ones to be pushing him out. In doing so, we will show the voters why we deserve to replace the criminal class known as the GOP in November.