Jefferson calls Pelosi "tight-assed honkie bitch" ??? & HIS OFFICIAL REPLY

[Laura PourMeADrink]

Up yours honkie bitch
May 24, 2006 08:48 PM / Capitol Hillbillies .
Scandal-ridden Louisiana Democratic Congressman William Jefferson is pissed at the leader of his party in the House. So pissed he reportedly called Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi a "tight-assed honkie bitch."
According to a House aide walking behind Jefferson while he was on a tirade about Pelosi asking him to step down from the House Ways & Means Committee because he got caught taking a $100,000 bribe from an FBI informant, Jefferson called Pelosi a "tight-assed honkie bitch who should mind her own fucking business."

"He sounded really pissed," said the aide who asked not to be identified. (Editor's Note: Although we did verify that the aide who emailed us this report does indeed work in the House of Representatives we could not find a second source who could verify what Jefferson said.)

"In the interest of upholding the high ethical standard of the House Democratic Caucus, I am writing to request your immediate resignation from the Ways and Means Committee," Pelosi wrote today to Jefferson in what the Associated Press described as a one-sentence letter. The FBI has a video of Jefferson accepting a $100,000 bribe and agents raiding his home found about $90,000 of the marked bills hidden in his freezer.

Jefferson's official response, where he left out the bit about asses and honkies and bitches, was longer than one sentence:

Leader Pelosi:

I have received your letter of this date requesting my immediate resignation from the Ways and Means Committee. With respect, I decline to do so.

Through my committee position and since this federal investigation became public, I have secured over $20 billion in tax credits and federal funds for my district after Hurricane Katrina. I authored the GO ZONE Act, the Katrina Public Finance Act, and the Katrina Tax Relief Act, along with my colleague Jim McCrery, which all resulted in massive tax relief for families, seniors, government agencies and businesses in the hurricane-affected region. All of these matters fall within the jurisdiction of the Ways and Means Committee. Additionally, my committee covers trade, which is important the Port of New Orleans. My work on the committee has been important to our port's recovery after the storm.

None of the matters reported to be under scrutiny involve issues under jurisdiction of the Ways and Means committee. Therefore, such a request would be even more perplexing and unreasonable. If I agreed, it would unfairly punish the people of the 2nd district and I will not stand for that.

Further, such a request would be discriminatory, in as much as no other Member currently under federal investigation has been asked to step down from a substantive, legislative committee assignment. It would also be unprecedented, in as much as I have served with Members who have been indicted, tried and won their cases, and who were never asked to step aside from their committee assignments during those processes. Therefore, I will not give up a committee assignment that is so vital to New Orleans at this crucial time for any uncertain political strategy.

Sincerely,
William J. Jefferson
Member of Congress

In other words: "Screw you honkie bitch."

http://www.capitolhillblue.com/content/2006/05/up_yours_honkie_bitch.html

[bryant69]

1. Class act

Bryant
Check it out --> http://politicalcomment.blogspot.com

[Caution]

2. Link to this article?

I find that extremely difficult to believe. Certainly he may be under stress but this sounds like the rantings of someone who wants people to believe that Jefferson is a racist a lot more than something that Jefferson actually said.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

9. sorry, edited to add link

[KingFlorez]

3. What the heck?!?

He needs to resign if he's carrying on like this

[johnaries]

4. Capitol Hill Blue strikes again. But how's the bat boy? n/t

[itzamirakul]

5. Well......

eom

[Virginia Dare]

6. Nice, real nice....n/t

[Supersedeas]

31. Racist sexist and stupid--we better hear further commentary on this

[Virginia Dare]

33. Absolutely, if proven to be true...

which will be next to impossible, he should be run out on a rail. No excuse.

[spanone]

7. According to a House aide walking behind him?

Boy, now that's solid evidence.

[Avalux]

8. It's capitaolhillblue.

Unless this story can be verified somewhere else, I'd chuckle at the creativity of the author but that's about it. ;-)

[Laura PourMeADrink]

11. You may be right -- however, maybe I was sleeping but this is the

first I've seen his reply to Pelosi's letter published. Was I asleep?

[papau]

23. media discussed it yesterday - published - a link and letter below

http://www.2theadvocate.com/news/2865116.html

Jefferson letter to Pelosi

Published: May 24, 2006

Washington -- Today, U.S. Representative William Jefferson sent the following letter in response to Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi's request that he resign immediately from his position on the Ways and Means committee:

The Honorable Nancy Pelosi

Democratic Leader

H-204, The Capitol

Washington, D.C. 20515

Leader Pelosi:

I have received your letter of this date requesting my immediate resignation from the Ways and Means Committee. With respect, I decline to do so.

Through my committee position and since this federal investigation became public, I have secured over $20 billion in tax credits and federal funds for my district after Hurricane Katrina. I authored the GO ZONE Act, the Katrina Public Finance Act, and the Katrina Tax Relief Act, along with my colleague Jim McCrery, which all resulted in massive tax relief for families, seniors, government agencies and businesses in the hurricane-affected region. All of these matters fall within the jurisdiction of the Ways and Means Committee. Additionally, my committee covers trade, which is important the Port of New Orleans. My work on the committee has been important to our port's recovery after the storm.

None of the matters reported to be under scrutiny involve issues under jurisdiction of the Ways and Means committee. Therefore, such a request would be even more perplexing and unreasonable. If I agreed, it would unfairly punish the people of the 2nd district and I will not stand for that.

Further, such a request would be discriminatory, in as much as no other Member currently under federal investigation has been asked to step down from a substantive, legislative committee assignment. It would also be unprecedented, in as much as I have served with Members who have been indicted, tried and won their cases, and who were never asked to step aside from their committee assignments during those processes.

Therefore, I will not give up a committee assignment that is so vital to New Orleans at this crucial time for any uncertain political strategy.

Sincerely,

William J. Jefferson

Member of Congress

[ladjf]

10. If he said it, he should be ousted immediately. However, we

have no hard evidence that he actually said such a stupid, racist, sexist remark.

[Connie_Corleone]

12. This is Capitolhillblue.

The National Enquirer is more credible.

[dogday]

13. If this is true, it sounds

like he wants to draw this out and you have to wonder what are his reasons behind this?


Why would he intentionally want to drag this out and make such outrageous statements???

[Laura PourMeADrink]

18. Well, to me, it sounds like (if true) these were private comments.

spoken in anger, that were overheard. Maybe he couldn't control his anger when he heard about Pelosi's letter asking him to resign his committee post?
I say it was overheard - merely because if not, it would be on every news channel..

[dogday]

20. That would make sense

If true, eventually it will make the news I am afraid...

[_Wayne_]

14. I'm less interested in this sort of gossip

And more interested in whether or not William J. Jefferson is guilty of any crimes.

[deaniac21]

15. You'd be upset too if you had frozen assets....

[Laura PourMeADrink]

19. I am not surprised in the least that he is upset. Guilty or Innocent

his whole entire world has collapsed. Not like Cheney, Rove, and Bush - commit crimes and are allowed "business as usual" privilege to walk around like they are god's gift to the world

[deaniac21]

29. Yep. Those guys just put the money in a bank account and

go on about their business.

[jarab]

16. I doubt the source and I

would doubt that Rep Jefferson said this about Pelosi. jmo
...O...

[DinahMoeHum]

17. Ahem, CapitolHillBlue, like Drudge Report, should be taken

with more than a grain of salt.

:evilfrown:

[aquart]

21. He's right about the other congressmen keeping their committees?

The Republican congressmen? and he doesn't get that if he does the honorable thing, the Dems get leverage to demand the Republicans step down, and, if not, a campaign issue.

[npincus]

22. Jefferson is a CROOK and needs to GO

whether or not he said this dopey remark about Pelosi.

[MikeNY]

24. So if he resigns, it would be punishing people.. Nice logic..

Please throw the book at this guy and stop asking the FBI to put the money back in his freezer... legal arguments aside, this guy is a spineless rat.

[Supersedeas]

35. if it sounds like a rationalization....maybe it is

[saltpoint]

25. Hard to verify who said what, but this is really an ugly piece of writing.

What kind of publication allows this to go out unverified? An editor or two would have gone a long way.

[NoodleyAppendage]

26. Black - White - Brown... I don't care about his color. GET HIM OUT!!!

The guy is a crook who is using the race card like a weapon against the Dems trying to clean our own house of corruption. He is single-handedly DESTROYING any high ground we may have on the ethics front for the 2006 elections. If we fail to take the House or Senate in 2006, I will hold William Jefferson partially responsible for the loss.

This is bullshit. Dem Leadership! Grow a SPINE and KICK HIS ASS OUT or CENSURE HIM! NOW!!

J

[Laura PourMeADrink]

30. You do have to wonder why he would want to stay. With all the

evidence that's come out - jeez, I would be embarassed to hell to even show my face. You have noticed that he hasn't come out and said "I know absolutely nothing about the money in my freezer - check the fingerprints, mine will NOT be on it."

[Catherine Vincent]

27. LOL! Yeah right.

There's no way in hell this guy would actually say that crap out loud. Although he may be thinking it.

[Marr]

28. Sorry, but the only people who say "honkie" are

sheltered white suburbanites whose entire experience with black people consists of watching reruns of the Jeffersons.

[Snivi Yllom]

32. honkie?

Someone at Capital Hill blue has been watching too many reruns of The Jefferson's

[Laura PourMeADrink]

34. Irony: Same last name !

[GreenPartyVoter]

36. First Jefferson I could come up with, too *l*

[wryter2000]

37. Oh, good grief

Consider the source. Have they ever been right about anything?

[Peace Patriot]

38. Pelosi should be manning the barricades against Bush White House

UNCONSTITUTIONAL invasion of Congress, instead of playing their game.

Members of Congress have the CONSTITUTIONAL right and protection to continue with their work in Congress, no matter if they are CONVICTED of a crime, let alone merely accused. This is a special and specific protection, because of centuries of abuse by kings using every means possible, including laws, courts and police, to oppress the peoples' representatives. It is an ESSENTIAL protection. And the Bushites' recent violation of it, with their raid on Jefferson's offices, should merit full censure and impeachment by the House. That's how serious it is.

When you combine it with other Bush inroads on this EQUAL BRANCH OF GOVERNMENT--for instance, his adding codas to laws passed by Congress, saying that HE decides if the law will apply to him and his junta--what we have here is a DISMANTLING of the Constitution. A coup.

These things ALWAYS start with the fascists picking off vulnerable members of the opposition. Someone who has a temper (McKinney). Someone who may be venally corruptible and vulnerable to a "sting" (Jefferson). (My personal opinion: $100,000 is peanuts--almost laughable--when you look at the TRILLIONS and TRILLIONS of dollars this junta is stealing. They are immune. Someone who may not have been playing along with the Cheney/Halliburton game in New Orleans is not. Add in a Bush-purged FBI, and the "little guy", who may have taken some cash but still loves and works for his people, gets stomped on like an ant, while the MegaCrooks get to retire to their taxpayer$$$$$-fortified island in the South Pacific with a direct line to Saudi bank accounts.)

This report on Jefferson's language fits right in with the Bushites' need to curtail Congress' CONSTITUTIONAL powers--its equality as a branch of the government, and its immunities--BEFORE we, the people, take it over this fall, if we can muster enough votes to overcome Diebold/ES&S's 5%-10% "thumb on the scales" for Bushites. We might well do that. The war profiteering corporate news monopolies will be helping the junta out, as always--with poorly sourced, sensationalist crap like this, which shouldn't be reported even if Jefferson DID say it, in a PRIVATE CONVERSATION. It's a witchhunt. A gang rape.

Pelosi should be DEFENDING CONGRESS, not piling on.

And this is not even getting into the matter of "innocent until proven guilty." We have an escalating White House assault on Congress, attacking its most fundamental Constitutional powers, in anticipation of a voter revolt against this junta, and when they set HER up, and come get HER, and drag her from her Congressional office, maybe she will begin to understand where this is goiing.

[TallahasseeGrannie]

39. Whether he said it or not

he remains an embarrassment to the Democratic Party. If Pelosi wants him out, so do I.

[acmavm]

40. Hell, I don't know if this is true or not. The sources are pretty

shakey. But this clown needs to go anyway, as soon as possible.

He'll be fine. Maybe he's got another freezer full of ill begotten chase somewhere. Guys like this usually do.

[originalpckelly]

41. The other William Jefferson (Clinton) said the same of his wife...

"tight-assed honkie bitch."