REPUBLI-CRATS ANGRY AT FBI, DEMAND RETURN OF SEIZED ITEMS

My quick take on this:

Why are the Republicans really concerned about the FBI raid on the offices of Democratic Congressman William Jefferson? It certainly has nothing to do with their love for Democrats. So what is really going on?

What is really going on is that Republicans are scared to death that the FBI raid of a Congressional office (supposedly the first of its kind ever) could set a new standard that could put them in the same situation. With all the corruption scandals involving Republicans- which is a huge amount right now- Republicans don't want to have their offices raided.

I heard a few of the usual brainless TV & radio pundits mention that the Republican/Democrat cooperation on this issue had something to do with Republicans wanting fairness for the Democrat. LOL NONSENSE!!!

Republicans are worried about their own necks. And I can imagine that the paper shredders are probably working overtime in those Republican offices. They are shredding and burning all kinds of evidence at this point, if they hadn't already. lol

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Report from CBS


Lawmakers Livid Over FBI Raid
Hastert, Pelosi Demand Return Of Documents; Jefferson Remains Defiant
WASHINGTON, May 24, 2006

(CBS/AP) In rare, election-year harmony, House Republican and Democratic leaders jointly demanded on Wednesday that the FBI return documents taken in a Capitol Hill raid that has quickly grown into a constitutional turf fight beyond party politics. "The Justice Department must immediately return the papers it unconstitutionally seized," House Speaker Dennis Hastert, R-Ill., and Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., said in a statement.

The outrage was so heated that that the White House was worried House Republicans could call for Attorney General Alberto Gonzales to resign, CBS News has learned. However, Hastert and Pelosi said Democratic Rep. William Jefferson of Louisiana must cooperate with the Justice Department's bribery investigation against him.

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