American Thinker: The GOP primary in June for Staten Island promises to be newsworthy and a difficult decision for residents of this conservative NYC borough. The race will be between two men I have supported in the past and for whom I have great respect, but I plan to vote for Michael Grimm, described in the mainstream media as the disgraced former congressman who served seven months in prison for felony tax evasion. It is my hope that the president will pardon Grimm and Dinesh D’Souza, another individual who was also railroaded for being conservative.
These men both admitted they made the mistakes; however, their sins have always been ignored when perpetrated by Democrats. President Trump just pardoned Scooter Libby, another soul railroaded by the left, so I’m hoping he’ll rectify the damage done to Grimm and D’Souza.
Michael Grimm was sent to prison for felony tax fraud committed when he under-reported business income and paid employees under the table. Frankly, about 90% of businesses in New York do the same thing, it seems to me, but they aren’t the targets of a congressional cabal. Way back in 2012, I wrote the following, comparing what Rep. Grimm had encountered in D.C. to what the fictional character portrayed by Jimmy Stewart in the prescient film, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington:
Soon after his ascent to office he held a town hall meeting to inform his supporters of his first impressions and he said a shocking thing. “Nobody here cares,” he said and he was referring to those on both sides of the aisle. Getting reelected is their first priority, he concluded. MORE
Most of them are felons—-they just haven’t been caught yet.
If the “felony” were being conservative – HELL YES!
The sad fact is most quality conservatives aren’t interested in subjecting themselves to the character assassination, attacks, attempts to ruin and destroy their entire being that comes with running for office. Hence we have to decide to vote for felons and decide between good and bad felons. Really shows what a once in a lifetime DJT is.
There are at least 5,000 federal criminal laws, with 10,000-300,000 regulations that can be enforced criminally, scattered among 50 titles and 23,000 pages of federal law. It is clear that the United States Code is a compilation of laws arranged by subject. However, similar to the Statutes at Large, it does not include case law, regulatory provisions or 10s of thousands of state laws and regulations.
Would I vote for a felon?
What amazes me that we aren’t all felons given the propensity of “Lawmakers’ creating more laws by the day. Are any of us guiltless?
paid employees under the table
Euphemism for employing illegal aliens. He’d have to find another line of work than representing me.
@Anonymous April 19, 2018 at 1:44 pm
The simple fact is that men of good conscience must refuse to serve The Party.
No, that’s why Trump’s the President.
Such a loaded question. In the early days of courts and justice only the most egregious and heinous of crimes were considered felonies. Made it easy to distinguish the truly bad. Now almost any misdemeanor can reach the level of felony, it is a watered down and meaningless word. Some locales even charge felony speeding. I can only assume that charge is saved only for those traveling the speed of light through a school zone
Florida to .http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/04/19/florida-felons-are-latest-point-contention-in-fight-for-battleground-states-votes.html
The criminal family cuomo . http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/04/19/andrew-cuomo-claims-hes-undocumented-challenges-officials-to-deport-him.html