04-02-2013, 08:05 PM
August West wrote:
Somehow, it seems that if these were republican politicians, the hoards on this forum would decry this as some sort of republican/conservative characteristic - instead of the folly of "individuals."
There were Republicans charged also.
A Democratic state senator, Malcolm Smith, is charged with bribing Republican officials, with help from Queens Republican city councilman Daniel Halloran, as part of his attempted bid to get on the GOP mayoral ticket. Bronx Republican Party Chairman Jay Savino and Queens County Republican Party Vice Chairman Vincent Tabone are accused of taking bribes to help Smith get on the ballot as a Republican. The bribe money came from a real estate developer who was actually an undercover agent (aren’t they always?); in exchange for the cash Smith agreed to help the developer get funding for a project in Spring Valley, New York.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-...explained/