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http://readersupportednews.org/opinion2/277-75/20569-blow-by-blow-10-politicians-linked-to-cocaine
Freshman Congressman Trey Radel (R-Florida) became the first sitting U.S. representative to be convicted for a cocaine offense this week. The 37-year-old Radel pleaded guilty to misdemeanor possession charges, following from his attempt to score about 3.5 grams of coke for $250 from an undercover cop in late October. (Radel had recently voted with Republican colleagues to drug-test food stamp recipients - an irony not lost on minority leader Nancy Pelosi, who remarked, "It's like, what!?" Radel, blamed his "extremely irresponsible choice" on "the disease of alcoholism." The first-time offender was sentenced to one year of probation.
Radel is far from the first politician to be linked to the drug - and certainly not the highest ranking. Here, a few lines about nine other politicians and their (alleged) histories with cocaine.
RKP5637
(67,108 posts)same traits as the populace, good, bad and indifferent. Some try to place them on godlike pedestals, but they are really cut from the same cloth ... and for some problems will appear.
Recursion
(56,582 posts)... more frequently than any other city.
You think Congress would get more stuff done, though...
RKP5637
(67,108 posts)kelliekat44
(7,759 posts)I remember well the Moral Majority members who openly criticized gays and the politicians who passed laws to hurt the LBGT communities only to be found hiding in the closet themselves.
RKP5637
(67,108 posts)strength their mask of hiding.
RiffRandell
(5,909 posts)I can have empathy if one has an addiction problem as I truly wouldn't wish that on anyone, but not if you want to drug test people on welfare while you're doing blow or getting arrested for DUI.
Here in GA, at least 2 Republicans in Congress got DUIs (one twice) yet they were for mandatory drug testing for welfare recipients.
Guess what happens if you get convicted of a DUI here? Mandatory drug and alcohol tests for at least a year.
No sympathy from me.
RiffRandell
(5,909 posts)They still sell eight balls at the same price.
hobbit709
(41,694 posts)I doubt very much if it would have been a misdemeanor if he had been black or brown.