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Rick Renzi Indicted: McCain Co-Chair Hit For Fraud, Etc.

huffingtonpost.com — Republican Rep. Rick Renzi (REN-zee) has been indicted for extortion, wire fraud, money laundering and other charges related to a land deal in Arizona. (Straight Talk express goes off a cliff & explodes in fiery wreck)

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  • mreal197, on 02/23/2008, -5/+47Wow.. The flood gates are opening
  • davemartin7777, on 02/23/2008, -7/+72Republican Family Values: Apathy, Callousness, Greed, Self Serving Self Interest, Narcissism, Inhumanity, Death, Looting, Plundering.
    • MadKennyP, on 02/23/2008, -4/+28Don't forget Adultery.
      • Homerr, on 02/23/2008, -2/+17Should read "Don't forget Adultery with either sex. Oh, and Hypocrisy."
      • plr4ever, on 02/23/2008, -9/+2Bill Clinton anyone?
    • cageybee, on 02/23/2008, -11/+26sorry guys, but that is not Republican party values. McCain is not a Republican. The only true republican is Ron Paul. Our GOP has gone in a totally different direction and we need Ron Paul to put GOP in a direction it was set to go long time ago.
    • Picaroon, on 02/23/2008, -10/+11Yeah, because the Democrats never do anything wrong, right?
      Face it, you can't pin crooks to a party. They exist everywhere.

      Even Ron Paul gets pork for his district while speaking against spending and voting against the bills themselves, knowing they will pass.
    • tgc1, on 02/23/2008, -1/+3So, Pirates basically.
    • lizajane999, on 02/23/2008, -2/+6also: sodomy, pederasty
    • shodanx, on 02/23/2008, -2/+0they sound vogons
    • shodanx, on 02/23/2008, -2/+0they sound vogons
  • bigp3rm, on 02/23/2008, -3/+49Once again the GOP shows they are full of good, honest, and overall moral people.
  • tehbeermang, on 02/23/2008, -4/+25I guess he didn't need to have an affair with a lobbyist to end his presidential aspirations after all.
  • dunderballer, on 02/23/2008, -2/+35Rather than being repulsed by Renzi's actions, McCain seems to draw on sympathy in his statement, since, after all Renzi was a family man. Washington crooks like this have been robbing the American people for too long. His actions are more than unfortunate mistakes.
    • Cyrus042, on 02/23/2008, -1/+2What would you like him to say? Or is this another attempt to try and drag McCain through the mud because it's convenient? If Renzi is guilty then shame on him. He's certainly deceived his fellow congressmen, party members and most importantly his constituents.
  • jkbowman, on 02/23/2008, -2/+22Rick Renzi and Bush (pic) -- http://tinyurl.com/3x9scj
    • debunkthelies, on 02/23/2008, -2/+5Birds of a feather. EOM
    • historicity, on 02/23/2008, -0/+6Bush: I can't believe you like money too. We should hang out.
      Renzi: Totally.
  • highlymodified, on 02/23/2008, -5/+15The elephant is DEAD.
    • d03boy, on 02/23/2008, -7/+5the donkeys are... still asses
    • GhengisKhan, on 02/23/2008, -7/+2Oh yeah, and we all know that asses are full of ***** .
    • waynetheman, on 02/23/2008, -1/+9Too bad the donkey didn't die along with it.

      To think of what a world it would be with BOTH of those power-hunger dens of corruption gone....
  • madfrogurt, on 02/23/2008, -2/+14"We fear that the Department of Justice may have allowed the investigation to have been influenced by political considerations, which should never have a place in the administration of justice."
    -Renzi's attorney

    It's amazing how we had to boot out the Attorney ***** General out over his involvement in politicizing the judicial branch, and this ***** can immediately start blaming those crafty democrats without batting an eye.
  • debunkthelies, on 02/23/2008, -0/+3Renzi has done nothing for the state of Arizona unless he personally profited, and what about Shaddig....Hmmmm. Where does he fit in, and why is he un-retiring on the same day?
  • SheilaNoya, on 02/23/2008, -3/+21Is THIS the so-called "miracle" that Huckabee has been waiting for?

    I find it kind of sad that Huckster's supporters are rooting for God to pick off the other candidates so he can win. I guess that's what happens when you start using religion as a sleazy political tool.
    • MrLevite, on 02/23/2008, -12/+1I'll root for a vocabulary for you. In the mean time, lets think about how religion ties into this scandal. Wait a second...it doesn't
  • rzxc, on 02/23/2008, -3/+12No doubt McCain considers this guy honorable too.
  • 13OOM, on 02/23/2008, -28/+3I don't get all this hysteria about McCain. He isn't really a conservative, hes just a sneaky democrat trying to bring this country down. It is obvious that he is worse than Obama! Of all of the candidates only Hillary and Mitt Romney have the heart and experience to save our country from the zombaic American Sheeple.
    • Qtip42, on 02/23/2008, -1/+20If you can't see past the douchebaggery of romney (who supports mccain) or the lies of hillary, I don't think you should be calling anyone a sheep.
    • ezco506th, on 02/23/2008, -0/+10Troll. You spit out the same ***** all the time.
  • GuacamoleSan, on 02/23/2008, -3/+17Republicans...stand for morals...right?....
    • Pake, on 02/23/2008, -0/+6Some do, just like some Democrats do. Most politicians though... yeah, they'd stab their own grandma in the back for $5.
    • d03boy, on 02/23/2008, -1/+5pretty sure we stand for small government.. well.. we used to
    • GhengisKhan, on 02/23/2008, -3/+2Why all the dots? Do you stutter?
      • bjornski, on 02/23/2008, -0/+2He's speaking slowly, so you understand it the first time.
  • djvchris, on 02/23/2008, -5/+2Now all we need is a big enough casket to fit the entire campaign.
  • dupswapdrop, on 02/23/2008, -3/+14Oh those silly Republicans! What will they do next?
    • ATLien74, on 02/23/2008, -3/+8Well they won't do anything sensible like nominate Ron Paul.
      • alittleroy101, on 02/23/2008, -3/+3You and I apparently disagree on the definition of sensible.
  • NullzipZero, on 02/23/2008, -7/+5No wonder why Mike Huckabee didn't drop out of the race... he must have known this was coming?
  • Goodbyeworld, on 02/23/2008, -12/+3Wanna see another type of rick?

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2b1D5w82yU
    • peestandingup, on 02/23/2008, -0/+3Too obvious. I didn't even look at that & I know its a rick roll.
    • ezco506th, on 02/23/2008, -2/+0damnit! you almost got me.
    • Borgcube636, on 02/23/2008, -0/+1Damnit! I thought it would be some new, cheesy Rick Roll remix type thing. Get's me every time....
  • Lutremi, on 02/23/2008, -9/+1Huckabee is almost as tolerable than McCain now. Almost.
  • soot, on 02/23/2008, -1/+15Republican values!
  • xenuxenuts, on 02/23/2008, -2/+5This won't matter a bit to many republicans, they'll still vote for him. And if they win, we'll be stuck with even higher debt yet again.
    • prahareturns, on 02/23/2008, -1/+4So, I'm guessing the Democrats are going to reign in spending and reduce our debt? Neither the Republicans nor the Democrats will resolve our financial issues. We need to clear out both houses of congress every two terms and bring accountability to our government. The only problem is that the majority of this country doesn’t care about the national debt as long as they continue to get their hand outs. No personal accountability allows for no government accountability.
  • OOOOOOOOOOOOOOO, on 02/23/2008, -23/+1As I state in my reply Barack Hussein Obama, Jr.
    Born to a Kenyan father and an American mother, Stanley Ann Dunham, he spent most of his childhood in Honolulu, Hawaii. From ages six to ten, he lived in Jakarta with his mother and Indonesian stepfather. Indonesia is world's fourth most populous country and the most populous Muslim-majority nation,
    source is below
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barack_Obama
    • orca94, on 02/23/2008, -2/+12What the ***** are you even trying to say? Damn you're ***** stupid.
    • ezco506th, on 02/23/2008, -1/+10Buried, reported.
    • indicas, on 02/23/2008, -1/+11what orca said, and i add: what the ***** does it have to do with this story?
  • Zlorp, on 02/23/2008, -4/+12wow greedy republican. who could have ever imagined.

    it sickens me the way these greedy assholes hide behind "morals" and "family values".
  • bentman78, on 02/23/2008, -10/+10Wow...this is just as bad as Harry Reids corrupt land deals with the Mafia....
    http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/artic ...
    http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1561650/p ...

    Doesn't matter what side of the aisle they're on, they're corrupt. Playing Democrat/Republican is going to do nothing. Hold all accountable regardless of party and stop blasting all Republicans because of some shady characters. We could also go on about senators who drive cars into lakes and kill women and shady real estate deals in Arkansas as well.
    ..buried because Huff Blow is one sided...
    • cswnow, on 02/23/2008, -11/+1But Ted Kennedy is a God. (Hicup) There are plenty of democRATs out there. They are just ignored by the MSM. Fienstien is crook.
      • heystoopid, on 02/23/2008, -0/+2And somewhere on the other side of the fence in Washington DC , some one is playing the old J Edgar Hoover dirty file trump cards to keep both her and her husband on a very tight leash !
    • deadcrickets, on 02/23/2008, -0/+1"and knowing is half the battle", GI Joe
  • cswnow, on 02/23/2008, -13/+1The NYT story has been put to rest. This has nothing to do with McCain. Keep trying libtards. Meanwhile Demtwit Jefferson still is in Congress. I guess getting caught on tape taking a bribe is not enough to send you to jail. Demtwits will make you a hero.
    • p0s3r, on 02/23/2008, -8/+1No *****, Jefferson was caught red-handed with bribe money in his freezer, and the Dem's promoted him. The hypocrisy of the Left mind-blowing.
    • indicas, on 02/23/2008, -0/+8demtwit, that's a new one. did ann coulter teach you that one too?
  • right75, on 02/23/2008, -2/+2It doesn't matter, McLame is going to lose anyway.

    Most likely he will lose to this no-name community organizer, Obama, someone who nobody knows.
  • diggdowner, on 02/23/2008, -0/+4Did his last name really need that pronunciation guide?
    • greatcaffeine, on 02/23/2008, -0/+2I thought I was the only one puzzled by that.
  • DjViral, on 02/23/2008, -2/+9mccain is fraud.
  • DamnMan, on 02/23/2008, -10/+10***** republics, ***** democrats, ***** um all. As I read this I cant help but see the almost gleeful nature of some of the comments. The whole things like the intellectual equivalent of sports hooligans. Tomorrows it'll be back to Hillery being a dirty bitch somehow. Pro wrestling for the white collar, upper-middle class masses.

    "The issues? oh err... hey look over there! an assholes taking bribes!"
    • ZenMojo, on 02/23/2008, -0/+1Uh...white collar, upper-middle class masses? Kind of an oxymoron.
      • DamnMan, on 02/23/2008, -1/+1and why exactly would it be an oxymoron?
      • Acewrap, on 02/23/2008, -0/+1Not really. Ever see what a good motivated plumber can make in a year?
    • ATLien74, on 02/23/2008, -1/+6Ron Paul is different. Seriously... If you would have told me I was gonna vote in the primaries for a white texas republican a year ago, I would have said you are out of your mind. He is very different.
  • ZenMojo, on 02/23/2008, -1/+9McCain's lobbyists are "honorable," not like all those other lobbyists.
  • bgberger, on 02/23/2008, -0/+2great vetting - on a par with guliani buddying up to kerick

    so mccain can't control crooks getting next to him

    how does a friend.ally, i.e. renzi - knowing what he did - dare get close with possibility to taint mccain



  • NSResponder, on 02/23/2008, -0/+8This is why the media wanted McCain to get the nomination.

    -jcr
    • muckemuck, on 02/23/2008, -1/+6They wanted him to get the nomination because he's supported by the same people who back the media - and ironically the same people back Hillary and Obama. So they've stacked the deck against the American voter and the media really doesn't care whether McCain or Hillbama wins.
      Who loses? We the American people do. We'll end up with a president who pushes us into a North American Union and most of the voters in the US don't even realize that it would be a bad thing.. Ugh.
      • BubbaChopper, on 02/23/2008, -0/+2I couldn't have said it better myself mickemuck!!
        I wonder if all the future elections will be this way, or whether we will just end up with a dictator. Oh wait, are we officially part of the EU yet?
  • heystoopid, on 02/23/2008, -0/+4This is getting to be more fun then the disgraced medal winning former war hero Randy(puke) Cunningham down San Diego way !

    Most interesting , this explains why all repukes express an interest in preaching the rule of honesty , integrity and the rule of law to hide all the backhanders and playing with other balls like that other no good Senator soliciting the gay vote on the QT !

    So one could say politics US style is one of opposites , where the vast majority of the candidates and elected members say one thing when they mean and do the exact opposite !

    But since this a system where the long gone and dead candidates get to be elected to any office and aspiring candidates stand no chance against the departed , why am I not surprised at the sheer number of thieves and charlatans holding public office hiring criminal thugs in blue uniforms !

    This also begs the question , who else had his greasy hands on the laundered money as well
  • Leomarth, on 02/23/2008, -1/+10I live in his district. When he ran for office a few years ago, he ran on the issue of integrity and conservative values.

    I've never really liked him. He's always been the kind of republican who will give up freedom and a small government for religion, war and terrorism.
  • leilani19, on 02/23/2008, -0/+1wow! really
  • y0y0howsdajell0, on 02/23/2008, -4/+5It's amazing how everyone will slam republicans like they're the only ones that do this. Clinton's had her own financial problems and been accused of rigging primaries. McCain is a bastard, but so is Clinton. Clinton believes in "family values" too, yet she's in the pocket of big corporation. Stop looking at the party and look at the issues. That's what this is about. Washington is corrupt, and it'll take a march on it to even TRY to fix anything. Instead of complaining and voting for the "lesser of two evils", why not do something about it? March on Washington! Get the word out, but don't slam one party when the other is just as guilty...
    • ATLien74, on 02/23/2008, -5/+4RON PAUL!!!
      • alittleroy101, on 02/23/2008, -4/+2What is it going to take for you guys to get off of digg?
    • NelsonR, on 02/23/2008, -0/+1But, for now our great decider, Bush who is Republican leads us. So the brunt of my personal argument for this exact moment is against the Republican elitist party of god. Pelosi and Reid shine with corruption along with most in D.C. I totally agree.
    • BubbaChopper, on 02/23/2008, -1/+4Is it still two parties or just one masquerading as two now?
    • cidman2001, on 02/23/2008, -1/+3I think BubbaChopper hit the nail squarely on the head...and the rich get richer.
    • clickmyface, on 02/23/2008, -1/+1I bet you're an Obama supporter. I like how you didnt mention his corruption's or corporate backings. You're willing to over look them. Not mention them in your statement. Why is that?
      • y0y0howsdajell0, on 02/23/2008, -0/+1Actually, I'm not. I REALLY don't want Obama to be president. Yes, Obama has corporate backings, but at least he didn't use his campaign list as collateral to get a loan to bail his campaign out...I'm a Paul supporter, if you must know...
  • NelsonR, on 02/23/2008, -2/+3Reality check, Americans citizens are overwhelmingly onto the past and present Republican party. Suggestion to these righteous, cede the campaign to the Democrats, why waste money campaigning, give it to the poor and elderly. In other words for once Republican's do something honest and noteworthy. McCain hasn't one chance in hell being President, the war mongering old passe politico.
    • bjornski, on 02/23/2008, -0/+2Republicans?

      Do something honest and noteworthy?

      Surely, you jest.
  • cidman2001, on 02/23/2008, -1/+6The more this crap comes out (from both sides) the more one gets the sense that the whole system needs a radical overhaul. We should start with getting rid of the rules that allow lobbyists to influence Washington. Then we should remove the constraints both parties have placed on us that force us to tolerate the two party system. How can you call that democratic? The regular people lost control to the rich over a century ago. Since we are in an election year, let's start with getting rid of the electoral college and return to the popular vote. We should be offering an X-prize for the private sector entity that can come up with a system that allows us (the people) to vote on individual bills from the comfort of our homes, At that point, those of us who give a ***** enough to let our opinion to be heard can have a voice that is unencumbered by the Dems,Republicans or the slanted media. The technology exists and can be a tool to measure accountability in Washington. Surely we could use fingerprint or retina scan technology to identify (anonymously) individual voters as authentic. The sooner we can give the power back to the people and restore individual states rights, the sooner we can cleanse the system of sleaze like Renzi and Jefferson...etc.
    Perhaps we're not ready to give this kind of power to individuals, but even if your local elected officials could provide a voice in Washington that is separate from the rhetoric and sleaze of Congress we could start to improve the system.
    One only needs to look at the demise of wildly popular candidates (right or wrong) like Ross Perot, Ron Paul or Howard Dean to see how scared the two parties are of anyone who gains some populist momentum. They get buried (even by their own party) before they can actually affect any real change. This politics as usual crap is getting really old and frankly sickening. This ***** should be a wake-up call for America....but somehow it never gets us to do anything more than lift an eyelid before we return to our blissfully ignorant slumber...and the rich get richer.
    One other side note: It was interesting to see that CNN failed to mention that Renzi is McCain's Arizona Co-chair....
    http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/02/22/renzi.indic ...
    • CatcherInTheWhy, on 02/23/2008, -0/+2Restore individual rights? Like the right to free speech?
  • ebolaworld, on 02/23/2008, -1/+2And they thought he wasn't Conservative enough!
  • topgigmedia, on 02/23/2008, -2/+2Curious... why isn't this story all over the main street media?
    • Cyrus042, on 02/23/2008, -0/+4It's mainstream media and it is "all over". I read this last night on CNN Politics or maybe Politico.
    • digitallysick, on 02/23/2008, -1/+1same reason ron Paul was kept quiet by fox news and CNN
  • drachasor, on 02/23/2008, -0/+7The biggest problem I am starting to have with McCain is that he has said that a politician shouldn't do anything that LOOKS improper. However, he repeatedly doesn't follow his own standard of behavior and seems blunder into these things repeatedly. I am not saying he has done anything wrong (there's no proof of that as of yet), but if he says he has a standard of behavior and then doesn't follow it, that kinda ruins his main appeal (to me) of integrity and high principles as far as I can tell.
  • patpl22391, on 02/23/2008, -7/+3Why is no one bashing Obama for Reznik or Norman Hsu? Yet this is somehow an idictment of McCain
  • mal1964, on 02/23/2008, -0/+1"If you tear it down,They will come"
  • yenik, on 04/30/2008, -0/+5I hate to be that guy, but where are the other Ron Paul supporters here.. Anything tearing down McCain is great news for those of us who want to take over the Republican party with our message of getting back to the basics. Ron Paul versus Obama is a dream match. The Champion of the Constitution versus the Warmonger on Pakistan.
    Sorry Digg, I know you're on an Obama kick for now, but Obama's foreign policy is a nudge in the right direction when Doc Paul smacks the taste right of America's mouth.
    • wonderworm, on 02/23/2008, -3/+2Ron Paul supporters are all becoming Obamicans, or that is, Republicans for Obama. The two are actually alot closer than many think and they are the only 2 to speak out about the war way back in 2002 and they also believe in the Constitution and preventing government waste and corruption.
      • yenik, on 04/30/2008, -0/+5I like Obama. But I told myself that I'd never again throw my vote away on a pointless mainstream Democrat or Republican. I'm a fiscal conservative, social libertarian.
        If I vote in McCain, what have I really gained. If I vote in Obama, I am compromising on my fiscally conservative viewpoint, but I'm at least gaining respect for civil liberties. That's my view on Obama.

        That said, he has yet to get the nomination in the bag.. and I fear for his safety. Beyond that, I hope when he does get into office he essentially lied to us and refuses to continue our interventionist foreign policy.
        If the Democrats, (who betrayed my vote when they didn't hold out on cutting off war funds after our 2006 votes) don't give me Obama as a choice.. I refuse to vote for Hillary or McCain. McCain, nuff said... Hillary, too much of a socialist for me.. I reject her mandatory healthcare/garnished wages idea wholeheartedly.
        I'll write in Ron Paul if Hillary/McCain is my choice. I'm sick of wasting my vote.
  • wonderworm, on 02/23/2008, -0/+2Geez, Were not even done with all the Bush scandals and now we already have the McCain scandals coming to continue the tide of corruption that has infested every living part of the Republican party political system.
  • forgottenhope, on 02/23/2008, -0/+1the new york time is playing reverse sychololgy. The ***** article they wrote about mccain is supposed to be a repeating statement he will use for all allegations brought up against him.

    the nyt endorsed mccain for the love of god. why would they write a story that is a bunch of he said she said *****? To make mccain look like he is getting attacked with business as usual, getting the sympathy votes, because no one in their right mind could vote for george bushs twin, god help us all.
  • RPliberty, on 02/23/2008, -0/+2Betting on vetting - and then there were two. RP2008
  • chase001, on 02/24/2008, -0/+1Hey at least he wasn't banging a lobbyist for favors with the FCC while his wife was on chemo.
  • jcalex, on 02/24/2008, -0/+3All Ron Paul has to do is challenge all other candidates to a Debate.Not a "Fox",or,"CNN" debate,NO! a debate where the public ask the questions.
    Ron Paul would be the only one to show up.....any bets?
  • DodgeCity, on 02/24/2008, -1/+2If you dig deep enough, you'll find Sen John McCain involved in this deal. McCain's only signed legislation in the 109th congress had to do with AZ land and transfers of valuable public lands near highways in exchange for acreage in the outback. http://thomas.loc.gov/
    More at http://www.aliciapatterson.org/APF2101/Olsen/Olsen ...
  • john2kdiggs, on 02/25/2008, -0/+2I wonder if this means the media will begin focusing more on Ron Paul and Mike Huckabee...
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