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Maxine Waters: After 1000 Days and $1.3 Million, Most Powerful Black Woman in Congres
I bolded the last paragraph just to point out that the Tea Party, which is often accused of being racist, actually exonerated so far 5 of the 8 people they were investigating, all of whom happened to be black.
After nearly three years and over a million dollars spent, the House Ethics Committee has exonerated Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA) in the matter of a seemingly never ending ethics investigation that has featured many twists and turns.
The Waters probe has included an outside counsel and six members of the Committee recusing themselves from the investigation. In general terms, the way the investigation proceeded featured several unprecedented moments — particularly with regard to hiring an outside counsel at taxpayer expense.
Rep. Waters sat with her husband, Sidney Williams, and her Chief of Staff, who is also her grandson, Mikhail Moore, testified to the committee. Ethics Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-VA) announced the exoneration yet indicated the three plus year investigation may continue on Waters’ chief of staff.
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At the time Waters’ investigation was launched in November 2009, all eight active ethics investigations by either the House Ethics Committee or the new Office of Congressional Ethics were on Black members of Congress. Five of the eight Black members being investigated in late 2009 have now been exonerated.
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Re: Maxine Waters: After 1000 Days and $1.3 Million, Most Powerful Black Woman in Con
They spent all that money investigating something the people in the Obama administration have been doing regularly for the last 4 years. Seriously ... we need a cap on these witch hunts ... all they do is pad people's wallets. Billy Martin made a name for himself thanks to Monica Lewinsky - he is a political version of an ambulance chaser.
Re: Maxine Waters: After 1000 Days and $1.3 Million, Most Powerful Black Woman in Con
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Originally Posted by Patters
I bolded the last paragraph just to point out that the Tea Party, which is often accused of being racist, actually exonerated so far 5 of the 8 people they were investigating, all of whom happened to be black.
After nearly three years and over a million dollars spent, the House Ethics Committee has exonerated Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA) in the matter of a seemingly never ending ethics investigation that has featured many twists and turns.
The Waters probe has included an outside counsel and six members of the Committee recusing themselves from the investigation. In general terms, the way the investigation proceeded featured several unprecedented moments — particularly with regard to hiring an outside counsel at taxpayer expense.
Rep. Waters sat with her husband, Sidney Williams, and her Chief of Staff, who is also her grandson, Mikhail Moore, testified to the committee. Ethics Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-VA) announced the exoneration yet indicated the three plus year investigation may continue on Waters’ chief of staff.
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At the time Waters’ investigation was launched in November 2009, all eight active ethics investigations by either the House Ethics Committee or the new Office of Congressional Ethics were on Black members of Congress. Five of the eight Black members being investigated in late 2009 have now been exonerated.
It's dirty politics. Sarah Palin went through how many ethics investigations that were exonerated? I'm endorsing Palin(not fan of either Waters or Palin) by any means but these witch hunts are politically motivated, not racially motivated.
Re: Maxine Waters: After 1000 Days and $1.3 Million, Most Powerful Black Woman in Con
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Originally Posted by PatsWSB47
It's dirty politics. Sarah Palin went through how many ethics investigations that were exonerated? I'm endorsing Palin(not fan of either Waters or Palin) by any means but these witch hunts are politically motivated, not racially motivated.
This is an area we often tread thoughtlessly through. When one makes distinctions between politics, race and religion, they risk being forced to answer the question, "Where does one begin and the other(s) end?"
Pretty often, we have posters ask why some thread isn't in the Religion Forum because the theme drifts into that area. If you think about it, there's lots of overlap between race and politics. Why is it we don't have a "Race Forum"? This looks like a witch hunt that's both racially and politically motivated if my opinion means anything...and it does!
Re: Maxine Waters: After 1000 Days and $1.3 Million, Most Powerful Black Woman in Con
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Originally Posted by wistahpatsfan
This is an area we often tread thoughtlessly through. When one makes distinctions between politics, race and religion, they risk being forced to answer the question, "Where does one begin and the other(s) end?"
Pretty often, we have posters ask why some thread isn't in the Religion Forum because the theme drifts into that area. If you think about it, there's lots of overlap between race and politics. Why is it we don't have a "Race Forum"? This looks like a witch hunt that's both racially and politically motivated if my opinion means anything...and it does!
I meant to say I'm not a fan of Palin or Waters. Aside from Waters, I'm not aware of what other African Americans were investigated but when polarizing figures like Waters and Palin open their traps they invite investigations or any other means partisans resort to, to get rid of them.
Re: Maxine Waters: After 1000 Days and $1.3 Million, Most Powerful Black Woman in Con
Waters' hand in the mortgage mess is 2nd only franks
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Re: Maxine Waters: After 1000 Days and $1.3 Million, Most Powerful Black Woman in Con
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Originally Posted by wistahpatsfan
This is an area we often tread thoughtlessly through. When one makes distinctions between politics, race and religion, they risk being forced to answer the question, "Where does one begin and the other(s) end?"
Pretty often, we have posters ask why some thread isn't in the Religion Forum because the theme drifts into that area. If you think about it, there's lots of overlap between race and politics. Why is it we don't have a "Race Forum"? This looks like a witch hunt that's both racially and politically motivated if my opinion means anything...and it does!
For the most part I agree with you but I can't imagine Republicans investigating any politician who happens to be a minority where the race card won't be played by some degree.
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