Congressman Alcee Hastings is no stranger to controversy. After his appointment as a United States 
District Judge for the Southern District of Florida by President Jimmy Carter, Hastings was arrested on charges of accepting a bribe from the Mafia. According to the indictment filed against him, the judge agreed to enter a judgment returning nearly $1 million forfeited to the government in exchange for a six figure payment. After a criminal trial in the Federal Court where he once presided, Hastings was found not guilty. His defense was that William Borders, a long-time friend and associate, had used Hastings’ name without the judge’s knowledge to secure the bribe. However, that explanation found no favor within the ranks of the Federal judiciary or among members of Congress. Hastings was impeached by the House of Representatives and convicted by the U.S. Senate on the bribery charges, which resulted in his removal from office and disbarment. For his part, Borders refused to answer any questions about the matter either at Hastings’ criminal trial or at the impeachment proceedings. He has remained silent on the affair to this day, was convicted of the bribery attempt, and was eventually pardoned by President Bill Clinton in his last day in office.
However, Hastings’ checkered past did not become an impediment when he ran for office in South Florida’s 23rd congressional district. He was elected to Congress in 1992 and has represented that predominantly-African-American district for the past 18 years.
Today he is a prominent member of the Democrat leadership and sits in the powerful House Rules Committee. His comments made this morning in connection with the health care reform bill, scheduled to be voted on later tonight, provide a telling glimpse on the process which the Democrats have followed. In a nutshell, there are no rules. They make them up as they go along. Hastings’ words follow:
(Above right: Alcee Hastings official photo).
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Thank you Alcee for showing one more time that you are nothing a but a criminal low life thug !!! Now you are in good company with the chicago outfit right Alcee?? In jail you will end up this time.
What has happened to our country? Alcee Hastings is a criminal and is now on the Rules Committee? Truly, the inmates are running the asylum.
When members of Congress can say things like this and the people do not rise up an demand they be expelled, its over. We haven't seen anything yet.
When members of Congress can say things like this and the people do not rise up an demand they be expelled, its over. We haven't seen anything yet.
Alcee Hasting is a criminal! How can black Americans continue to elect this crook just because of his skin color? That is racism.
A possible SCOTUS nominee. Has the correct moral compass settings...
Low life, morally devoid, how can a black community vote this man in as a representative? Is this how they want to be seen by the country? Or dont they care? Vote anyone in as long as they are black?? Who is rascist here???
Boy, tons of context in that quote.
It's pathetic that your readers buy into your crap when you post something like this. You can't even tell what he's talking about in the 9 seconds of video you provide.
And all I had to do was google it to find out why you only show 9 seconds. It's completely disingenuous of you to post such a thing. It should also be noted that the original cropping of this quote came from minority leader John Boehner's office.
Which group can't be trusted again?
Here is the full quote.“I wish that I had been there when Thomas Edison made the remark that I think applies here. ‘They ain’t no rules around here, we’re trying to accomplish something.’ And therefore, when the deal goes down, all of this talk about rules – we make ‘em up as we go along. And I’m here now 18 years and a significant time under the leadership of the Republicans, who at no time, even when they claim all they did for the prescription drugs, they left that big old donut hole in. And they never talk about that they did not pay for it, while they are here now claiming that they are fiscal conservatives.
Disingenuous? Really? You tell me what Rep. Hastings was referring to when he paraphrased Edison, if it was anything other than the process the Democrats followed in order to pass the health care reform bill. Context? He was talking about the health care reform bill and what the Rules Committee, of which he is a member was doing.
"The American public overwhelmingly voted for socialism when they elected President Obama."
~ Al Sharpton, March 21, 2010 on Fox News
Sharpton doesn't get it quite right. Obama is a Marxist.
This nation is in for a very dangerous ride. 53% of the voters installed a Marxist cockroach into the White House in spite of the ample evidence of his Marxist credentials.
"When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.”
~ Benjamin Franklin
And this is exactly where we are. It would be nice to think we can push this tyranny back at the ballot box, but it may well be that far too many have become addicted to sucking on the federal teet.
SEPARATION may be the only realistic solution. It's time to at least begin thinking seriously about separation.
I'm afraid the ride we are on is only going to get far worse.
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YOU WILL BE SHOCKED!
Yes, disingenuous. Check out non partisan mediaite.com for a full analysis. Hastings was referring to using every possible angle to pass such an important bill, JUST LIKE THE REPUBLICANS DID.
You guys are so screwed up in the head I'd ask you to at least consider the possibility that you may not be getting good information. One minute, Obama is a marxist, and the next he's giving away sweet deals to corporations.??? What the hell is it with you guys?
Fact-The MArket is up about 40% since he took office and about 70% since the stimulous bill was passed. All this after the markets lost a third of their value under Bush. Who's the commy here?
Bush left Obama with an economy that was losing 750,000 jobs per month and the largest companies in our country going belly up.
The jobs picture has improved for 11 consecutive months, an astonishing accomplishment. Check it out for yourselves.
Unemployment doesn't get better until you create roughly 150,000 jobs per month, due to population issues. We are well on our way to that figure and as you can see, the unemployment number has stabalized and is going in the right direction now as well.
Facts have to hurt when you support so called conservative ideals.
Your Bush derangement syndrome cannot change one word that came out of Rep. Hastings' mouth.
Clearly Ted doesn't understand the markets. To think Obama policies have made the market increase is short sighted. I suppose you believe "cash for clunkers" helped reduce our debt also.
Isn't it just wonderful that when someone violates the law, and his or her oath to uphold it, they can then be elected to the body that makes the law. To those who would elect such a sorry individual, I say that you deserve whatever bad laws that come out of the body in which you placed this man.
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