Please read this email, and don't get pissed at ME, It was sent to me!

[napi21]

You can't make up stuff better than this!
Ain't politics grand?

Jesse Jackson's New Staff Member


Mel Reynolds

Jesse Jackson has added former Chicago Democrat Congressman Mel Reynolds to Rainbow/PUSH Coalition's payroll. Reynolds was among the 176 criminals excused in President Clinton's last-minute forgiveness spree. Reynolds received a commutation of his six-and-a-half-year federal sentence for 15 convictions of wire fraud, bank fraud, and lies to the Federal Election Commission. He is more notorious, however, for concurrently serving five years for sleeping with an underage campaign volunteer.

This is a first in American politics: An ex-congressman who had sex with a subordinate...won clemency from a president who had sex with a subordinate...then was hired by a clergyman who had sex with a subordinate.

His new job?

Ready for this??

*********YOUTH COUNSELOR********

IS THIS A GREAT COUNTRY OR WHAT?
***********************************************************

I don't know if any of this is true or not. I'm tempted to send a list back to this person, of all the ex-criminals who are now officials in Shrub's admin!

[global1]

1. This Tells Me There's Hope For All These Lyin Repugs.....

after indictment and jail - they can all work - hearing people's confessions!!!!!

[Wickerman]

2. googling Mel Reynolds got me this

http://www.breakthechain.org/exclusives/reynolds.html

BreakTheChain.org recommends against forwarding the work of another person via e-mail. The potential to misinform is just too high. As this one circulates, I've seen versions combining it with other, less-valid rumors or including false attribution from folks who have passed it along. Break this chain.

[napi21]

4. Sorry, I guess I shouldn't have posted it here.

I hadn't seeen it before, and I was just curious what you all thought. I NEVER forward this crap, but the list of names that was attached to the email that was sent to me was VERY VERY LONG!

[Wickerman]

6. the link at the bottom to Snopes

then says that he is actually be described as a Prison Reform consultant as opposed to youth counselor. The break the chain bit had some good reasons why folks send stuff like this on - I saw some of my relatives in it - well-meaning folks, disgusted with the process in DC, but not really fully aware of what was going on. They think stuff like this opens eyes; they miss that it is a one-sided political smear.

[charlie]

3. It's an oldie

and basically, it's true.

http://www.breakthechain.org/exclusives/reynolds.html

[jobycom]

5. Funny. How many pardoned criminals work for BushCo?

Several were pardoned by his father, IIRC, over the Iran-Contra affair, to keep them from testifying against Reagan and Bush.

[caffefwee]

7. Not your father's GOP