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It's time to cut bait on race loyalty
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| Contributor | Eddie |
| Last Edited | Eddie Jun 15, 2006 06:11am |
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| Category | Opinion |
| News Date | Wednesday, June 14, 2006 12:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | By Clarence Page
WASHINGTON -- Some members of the Congressional Black Caucus have raised the bloody shirt of racism in defense of their embattled colleague Rep. William Jefferson (D-La.). I appreciate their sense of loyalty to a friend, but Jefferson hasn't given them much to work with.
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While corruption probes are nothing new in politics, this one leaves Jefferson's fellow Democrats in what Washington insiders call "an awkward" position. It is hard for House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi and other party leaders to continue pummeling the Republican "culture of corruption" while Mr. Freezer Bucks remains perched on his prestigious House Ways and Means Committee seat.
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