Congressman John Conyers' Wife Pleads Guilty to Accepting Bribes
Monica Conyers, wife of Rep. John Conyers and Detroit City Council member, has just pled guilty to awarding a sludge contract to a Houston company in exchange for cash bribes.  It is an offense punishable with up to five years in prison.

In reality, this video has nothing to do with her malfeasance; it does, however, perfectly illustrate the kind of person she is.  In it she attacks a fellow council member, calling him "Shrek."  She also complains about how he was "disrespectin'" her.  Well, although I wouldn't be surprised if she wriggles out of prison time, I'd like to see how much she be respected in the big house.

If you're wondering why I've covered this, it's just because I want to return the favor.  After all, during the immigration debate in 2007, Rep. Conyers cited me on the House floor, saying:

In the current debate on immigration, for example, conservative commentator Selwyn Duke just yesterday inveighed against any immigration (legal or not). He warned, ‘‘[R]eplace our population with a Mexican or Moslem one and you no longer have a western civilization, you no longer have America. You have Mexico North or Iran West.’’

As we have heard in other hearings before this Subcommittee, however, nothing can be further from the truth.

So now I want to give him some exposure as well.  And since he was kind in his rejection of my incisive commentary, I'll return that favor also.  Rep. Conyers, there are no hard feelings whatsoever.  If you have to be married to the harridan in the above video, you have my sympathy, buddy.  You have my sympathy.

 You know, given that Rep. Conyers will actually have some peace if his better half does a stretch, I can just see him lobbying on her behalf: "Listen, if you give her more than five years, I'm reeeeeally going to be upset!  Really, really upset.  I dare you!"

Comments

[Ray Hicks]

Is that the Detroit City Council or is Soul Train back on the air?

…Ray

[Philip France]

I have been a frequent visitor to the once-great state of Michigan and I have watched its plummet into deterioration. This is especially true in Detroit despite and urban revitalization that brought them Comerica Park, a Hard Rock Cafe and more.

I have watched its de-evolution under Governor Jennifer Granholm. I have witnessed the results of the tax increases that have strangled a once vibrant economy. The is Democrat politics at its worse and it portends what America the Beautiful will face under the current administration and Congress.

Voters who are registered Democrats and Republicans are excepted from the following accusation; this is directed exclusively at the politcal leadership in BOTH parties: Democrats are childish Marxists and Reblicans are sissified Socialists.

My concluding thought is to paraphrase Lord Acton who observed that power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely. We should have term limits on Federal and State congresses. We should also have a mid-term evaluation to permit us the opportunity to recall them before they can do any more damage than they have inflicted to that point.

Rod Blogojevich was nothing more than a prankster compared to the political corruption in Lansing and Detroit.