That's the percentage of voters in the CA-04th Congressional District who voted for Lt. Col. Charlie Brown. In a district that has only 32% of its registered voters, registered as Democrats. What a feat. And it's not even close to over. That may not make sense to some of you and that's OK. I'll be telling you a lot more about that in the VERY near future but for now just know that it's a good story with lots of plot twists. Including such story lines as an impending indictment, another disgraced Republican Congressman and a California election law mandated Special Election.
It should be obvious to anyone paying attention that John Doolittle is one of, if not THE MOST corrupt members of the US Congress. His ties to convicted felons Jack Abramoff and Duke Cunningham... His support of the corrupt government of the Northern Marianas Islands... The fact that his wife takes a 15% cut off the top of every single donation to his campaign... All of these things illustrate a Congressman who only cares about his own enrichment. But now the Washington Post is reporting that Doolittle has taken multiple junkets to first class tropical resorts that were paid for by lobbyists who were fronting for foreign governments such as Malaysia. Trips costing nearly $30,000 and including such luxuries as private butlers and massages for Doolittle and his daughter.Early last year, two little-known nonprofit groups paid for Rep. John T. Doolittle (R-Calif.) and his 12-year-old daughter to travel to South Korea and Malaysia. Their last stop was the Berjaya Beach & Spa Resort on the Malaysian island of Langkawi, where they bunked at an oceanfront chalet staffed with a personal butler, got massages and rode water scooters on Burau Bay.
Doolittle's junket, which cost $29,400, was among the most expensive privately sponsored trips by members of Congress in recent years. The two groups that split the bills were not ordinary nonprofits. They were fronts for vigorous lobbying campaigns bankrolled by foreign entities and were operated by a Washington lobbying firm, Alexander Strategy Group, according to public records and people who worked with the firm.
and...Some of the lawmakers on the trips were in positions to help other Alexander Strategy clients. Doolittle, who serves on the House Appropriations Committee, told The Washington Post this year that from 2002 to 2005 he sponsored $37 million in spending-bill earmarks that went to a firm controlled by a key Alexander Strategy client. The client, Brent R. Wilkes, is a target of the federal investigation stemming from the bribery case and guilty plea of former representative Randy "Duke" Cunningham (R-Calif.). Doolittle's wife, Julie Doolittle, was hired by Alexander Strategy to help keep the books for the Korean nonprofit.
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It's time for some honest and representative government for this great nation. It's time to get rid of crooks like John Doolittle. It's time for Charlie Brown!