Tuesday, June 10, 2014

Louisiana Representative admits out loud that his vote can be bought.

Courtesy of The Hill:  

Rep. Vance McAllister (R-La.) was franker than most lawmakers, when he admitted last week he expected to receive a campaign contribution after he voted against a bill. 

The congressman, perhaps best-known for getting caught on tape kissing a staffer and returning to Congress despite vigorous calls for his resignation from Louisiana GOP leaders, said he was relaying the advice allegedly given to him by a colleague in the House as a cautionary tale of how "money controls Washington," according to The Ouachita Citizen. 

In comments made to a meeting of the Northeast Chapter of Louisiana CPAs last Thursday, McAllister said he “played dumb” with the colleague, who told him to vote “no” on legislation related to the Bureau of Land Management because he would receive a bigger kickback from a special interest group that way. 

“I played dumb and asked him, ‘How would you vote?’ ” McAllister said. “He told me, ‘Vote no, and you will get a $1,200 check from the Heritage Foundation. If you vote yes, you will get a $1,000 check from some environmental impact group.’ ” 

“‘Are you serious?’ ” McAllister said he asked the colleague, “and he told me, ‘Yeah, wait and see.’ ” 

He wouldn’t offer the lawmaker’s name because he “did not want to put their business out on the street.” 

It’s unclear what bill McAllister was referencing, but he said he ultimately voted no but received no check, because the group and Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal (R) are “upset with me.” Jindal and the chairman of the state Republican Party called for McAllister to resign, after the video of him kissing a staffer who was not his wife went public. 

No way can I be surprised by this, except for the fact that this moron said it out loud of course. 

Of course this guy has never demonstrated a great deal common sense or integrity.

11 comments:

  1. Funny how so many of them can find their blunt honesty once they're rendered political toast. Maybe he'd be auctioning pictures of Vitter in his diapers if he had them.

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  2. Anonymous12:26 PM

    So, he would sell his vote for a piddly $200 difference between payoffs? Hmmm....he should talk to Sarah & Bristol to learn how it's really done.

    Wild Tortoise

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  3. Anonymous12:44 PM

    Republicans Seek Revenge Against Ted Cruz

    ...Not only are business groups not giving to Cruz, they aren’t giving to many of the outlets that helped elect him, like the Senate Conservatives Fund. “There’s been a push to consolidate the party behind the Establishment and stop the divisive freelancing that has twice cost us the Senate,” says another big GOP fundraiser, referring to the 2010 and 2012 cycles where Tea Party candidate losses prevented Republicans from gaining the Senate majority.

    Turning off the big money taps is just one form of revenge.

    http://time.com/2842539/ted-cruz-republicans-2016/

    GOP’s real Ted Cruz problem: Why party’s revenge plot is silly and self-defeating

    ...The truth about the Republicans’ “Ted Cruz problem” is that the “problem,” such as it exists, is their own damn fault. If one were asked to single out the single most damaging action Cruz has inflicted upon the GOP, the easy answer is the Obamacare-inspired government shutdown, for which Cruz was the chief proponent and agitator.

    http://www.salon.com/2014/06/10/gops_real_ted_cruz_problem_why_partys_revenge_plot_is_silly_and_self_defeating/

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    1. Leland1:16 PM

      "...the easy answer is the Obamacare-inspired government shutdown, for which Cruz was the chief proponent and agitator."

      But to hear Ted describe it, it was Obama's fault for not taking out ACA!

      He keeps saying it was the president's fault. And we keep adding: Yeah, for not yielding to extortion!

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  4. This is the same guy who, when asked by a friend when he got religious, replied "When I needed votes".

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  5. Anonymous12:52 PM

    I'm sorry.

    I can't stop twitching at the thought of anyone kissing that greasy mug.

    Did he say something stupid?

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  6. Anonymous1:52 PM

    This all kinds of illegal.

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  7. Caroll Thompson2:13 PM

    At least he is truthful. Better the truth than a pack of lies.

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    1. Now he's walked it back, saying that he was taken out of context. But his words were reported verbatim from a SPEECH, not an interview.

      Now he also says he is reconsidering running for reelection in the fall. LA has "Open" primaries with all parties on the same ballot, with the top 2 vote-getters in a runoff against one another if no one has a 50%+1 majority.

      He might be strong-arming the GOP for a payoff to stay out.

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  8. Anita Winecooler7:15 PM

    And his mistress can be leased by the hour in case you're wondering. He's got to represent the GOP, Family Values and constitutional right to pursue happiness.

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  9. Anonymous8:17 PM

    I can't believe the idiot wife stayed w/the cheating greasy hypocrite, after she pumped out 4 kids to grease his "family values" creds.

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