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Rep. Paul Kanjorski, (D-PA), is in deep trouble following a YouTube video showing him telling his constituents that Democrats stretched the truth about their ability to end the war during the 2006 campaign. Here's what's being reported on The Crypt:
Rep. Paul Kanjorski (D-Pa.) was caught on a year-old video clip telling some of his constituents that Congressional Democrats oversold their ability to end the war during the 2006 campaign.
"We really in this last election, when I say we, the Democrats, I think pushed it as far as we can, the envelope. Didn't say it, but we implied it, that we, if we won the Congressional elections, we could stop the war," Kanjorski said in the video. "Now anybody who is a good student of government would know that wasn't true. But you know, the temptation to want to win back the Congress, we sort of stretched the facts, and people ate it up."
The NRCC and Pennsylvania GOP both pounnced on Kanjorski's statement. Here's the NRCC's statement:
Here's the Pennsylvania GOP's press release:
"In light of his admission that he and other members of the Democrat Party lied, I believe that Congressman Paul Kanjorski should do the honorable thing and resign immediately. He violated the trust of the people of his district and betrayed them through his purposefully deceitful remarks. I demand that other members of the Democrat delegation come clean as well and let the public know if they were part of this conspiracy.
"Paul Kanjorski said that the Democrats 'stretched the facts' for political reasons during the 2006 election cycle. As a veteran, I find Congressman Kanjorski's admission to lying about the facts of the War startling. The fact that Paul Kanjorski and the Democrats put their own political interests and thirst for power above the lives of the brave men and women fighting to protect our country sickens me. By misleading the nation and the world about the progress being made in Iraq, Kanjorski and the Democrats put the lives of our troops in danger, and they should be deeply ashamed of themselves. This is a sad day in American political history."
I wish I could say that this is startling but it isn't, especially considering this:
Cornerstone Technologies LLC, a research company owned by relatives of U.S. Rep. Paul E. Kanjorski and funded with $9.2 million in federal defense earmarks secured by the congressman, won't pay a penny of the $1.34 million it owes to its creditors, a bankruptcy trustee said Thursday.
I didn't think I'd ever say this but it appears as though Rep. Kanjorski is as corrupt as John Murtha. This type of familial nepotism should be more than enough to get Kanjorski run out of the House. Combine that with what he did in the campaign and it's way more than enough to get him ejected. What will happen? I'd doubt that a ethics complaint will even get filed. It it does, I'd bet against it getting a hearing, much less it getting voted on.
When Ms. Pelosi was elected speaker, she said that she'd run "the most ethical...congress in history." We already know that that isn't the truth. The only thing that hasn't been decided is whether she's run the least ethical congress since the House Banking Scandal and House Post Office scandal.
If Speaker Pelosi doesn't harshly punish Rep. Kanjorski, then that needs to be hung around the Democrats' necks. Certainly, Lou Barletta should use it against Kanjorski as he seeks to unseat Kanjorski. Follow this link if you'd like to contribute to Barletta's campaign. Contributing to his warchest would be a great way for us to help rid Congress of a corrupt politician like Rep. Kanjorski.
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