The primary reason Dianne Feinstein never considered joining the Republican Party?

Because the (D) next to her name prevents her from being jailed for corruption.

Anyone who knows much about real power in Congress knows that almost every member of the House and Senate lusts after a seat on the Appropriations Committee and hopes one day to achieve the status of Cardinal. The Cardinals, of course, are the folks who chair the various Appropriations Committee subcommittees and literally control the billions of dollars that pass through their hands.

California Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D) chairs the Senate Rules Committee, but she’s also a Cardinal. She is currently chairwoman of the Interior, Environment and Related Agencies subcommittee, but until last year was for six years the top Democrat on the Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies (or “Milcon”) sub-committee, where she may have directed more than $1 billion to companies controlled by her husband.

If the inferences finally coming out about what she did while on Milcon prove true, she may be on the way to morphing from a respected senior Democrat into another poster child for congressional corruption.

The problems stem from her subcommittee activities from 2001 to late 2005, when she quit. During that period the public record suggests she knowingly took part in decisions that eventually put millions of dollars into her husband’s pocket — the classic conflict of interest that exploited her position and power to channel money to her husband’s companies.

In other words, it appears Sen. Feinstein was up to her ears in the same sort of shenanigans that landed California Rep. Randy “Duke” Cunningham (R) in the slammer. Indeed, it may be that the primary difference between the two is basically that Cunningham was a minor leaguer and a lot dumber than his state’s senior senator.

But don’t worry if you missed the 60 Minutes exposé or the in-depth review of every facet of her dirty dealings on the Today show… they have yet to show interest in the story.

1. I thought Nancy was going to clean up this sort of “corruption.” Perhaps labelling the GOP as the party of corruption was a bit premature…

   Comment by Old Soldier — 6:21 am
   

2. Hypocrites, hyprocrites…all of the Libs have this little problem and with the current media ignoring this obvious swindle of money into her personal accounts…there just never will be justice. The only way to get justice on issues such as this one is to continue to post about it, continue to talk about it, continue to keep it in the news. Eventually, hopefully, someone will dig up the absolute truth. I know he deals from the top of the deck but I sure would love to see the President say something about this kind of stuff once in a while. The guy sure does know how to turn the other cheek.

   Comment by Flakeyone — 9:35 am
   

3. Feinstein will get a pass from the Media, and a pass from everyone else. Unlike Democrats who promise investigations into every little thing Republicans do (even if they know it’s legal), Republicans don’t seem to call for investigations into anything the Dems do.

   California Conservative has more on this scandal.

   Comment by thegentlecricket — 1:03 pm
   

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6. Feinstein’s Corruption Ignored

   Well, at least SOMEONE is writing about the corruption charges against Diane Feinstein.   If nothing else proves to you that there is a huge bias involved in our MSM this incident should.  I mean imagine if there was an investigation…

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