More Culture Of Corruption
Ever wonder why the Democrats have stopped using that meme?
Vernon L. Jackson, 53, owner of Louisville-based iGate Inc., pleaded guilty to conspiracy to bribe and bribery in U.S. District Court in Alexandria. Federal sentencing guidelines call for a prison term of up to nine years for the crimes, which occurred from 2001 to 2005.
Jackson is the second person to plead guilty to charges of bribing the eight-term Democrat to promote iGate's broadband technology — including Internet and cable television — in Nigeria, Ghana and Cameroon. Jefferson denied any wrongdoing in the case yesterday, but his legal problems are steadily mounting and have undercut his party's efforts to portray the Republicans as the party of political corruption.
We've said all along that was a bad road to go down, that both parties were equally culpable on this issue. It is bad for everyone that this culture is so deeply embedded in Washington. Both parties need to address this issue and clean up. Neither party has the high ground on this issue. That's bad for everyone, I think.
UPDATE: Props to Balloon Juice for Tim F.'s take on this story.
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