I'm tired of John Conyers being trotted out like he's kryptonite when people criticize Alcee Hastings. Make your own case - don't stand behind John Conyers. Arlen Specter and Orin Hatch voted to acquit Hastings of the impeachment charges. Does that neutralize the magic Conyers defense or do Specter and Hatch need to hit a tanning salon to have cred in the case?

You said "The CBC should get its ass kicked" for supporting "shits" and now you've gone all tea party on me when I throw a little coarse language back in your face. Sorry to offend, me lord.

A federal district judge who reviewed the Hastings impeachment found that it did not constitute a fair trial. Unfortunately for Hastings the Supreme Court later ruled that impeachment trials are not reviewable. But the fact remains that a US District Court, after hearing the details of Hastings impeachment, found it to be an unfair trial.

And never forget he was acquitted in a court by a his a jury of his peers on the same charges.

If you haven't noticed - sometimes Congress passes things all the time by overwhelming margins not because they are hellbent on doing the right thing, but because a given thing is popular. 2/3 of the impeachment committee that actually heard the evidence in the case voted to acquit Hastings of the charges including Hatch, Specter, and Bingaman. I choose to trust their judgement, not the likes of Strom Thurmond and Jesse Helms who voted to impeach in the full Senate but didn't HEAR THE EVIDENCE. And did I mention Hastings was acquitted in a court of law?

If you think Hastings isn't clean that's your right to think it. If you think you're going to start shooting blunderbuss accusations at the 'shits' in the CBC and not get called on it then you've got another thing coming.

Wynn is DLC thug but that doesn't make him a criminal. Let's make him a private citizen and elect Donna Edwards in '08.

Jefferson is the unnamed Representive in recent guilty pleas as taking bribes. He's under investigation. Let's elect Karen Carter and make former Rep. Jefferson irrelevant to the 110th Congress.

Hastings was acquitted in court. The Senate committee that actually heard the evidence against him voted by 2/3rds to acquit. He was impeached by the full Senate. A district court later ruled that trial was not fair because not all Senators viewed the evidence for and against impeachment.

They are three separate cases.

Lumping all three together comes suspiciously close to saying black Congresspeople are corrupt. I didn't see you throwing in Allen Mollohan or Jane Harman's AIPAC investigation or John Murtha's ABSCAM involvement. No ass kicking for them?

I'm a Democrat. I hate corruption. If you're going to make charges - hit your target. Blanket criticism of the CBC is weak. If you have specific criticism - bring it.