Ney Pleads Guilty, Says He'll Resign

[sirduckjr]

www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6106130



Ney is the latest in a string of once-influential men convicted in a scandal that so far has caught several lobbyists and two members of the Bush administration.
Abramoff, the Republican super-lobbyist, admitted guilt in January after secretly cooperating with prosecutors for weeks.

 

[gilliam]

Only this one is not new. He just drew out the inevitable.

 

[vern_humphrey]

Only this one is not new. He just drew out the inevitable.

No, it’s not. But at least he finally resigned. There is a long list of politicians who did as bad or worse, and didn’t resign.

 

[rascal_one]

Typical.

Republicans resign when they are guity - Democrats fight back and stay on.