Dickhead of the Week - William Jefferson

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Imagine this: another Dickhead nearing Shitbird status. And this time a Democrat!

Congressman William Jefferson, who shares two names wth former president Clinton, has apparently been recorded taking bribes. Oops.

Jefferson's defiant. He promises not to resign even if indicted. Dude. Tom DeLay is almost without argument the Biggest Dickhead of All-Time, and even he resigned.

And, naturally, the Democrats aren't handling this terribly well. As Titivil so aptly pointed out, corrupt Democratic officials manage to be corrupt without the institutionalized help of the corrupt K Street Project funneling millions into the corrupt party. (Titivil also deserves credit for reminding me that Shitbird is the preferred moniker for jailbirds.)

But are the Demo-craps washing their hands of Representative William Jefferson? No. Rather than sending a clear message to the public that the Democratic Party won't tolerate corruption by demanding his resignation, an ethics committee investigation has been requested. Boy, that'll show 'em. The ethics committee has been emasculated for years.

The ethics committee is dead! Long live the ethics committee!

Bribery and corruption aside, John Nichols, writer for The Nation, makes the argument that the Democratic Party shouldn't stand by Jefferson anyway. To paraphrase Nichols in my own vernacular, it appears that Jefferson has been a Dickhead for quite some time, not much more than a corporate crony.

Party loyalty is short-sighted and, well, fucking bullshit. Demand Jefferson's resignation, idiot Democrats. This is but one way to separate your party from the one that calls itself Republican.