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Offline Wilfrid

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Randy Cunningham: Vietnam vet and felon?
« on: November 28, 2005, 01:13:14 PM »
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Not wanting to admit he was getting beaten, he called to Willie, "That S.O.B. is really lucky! All right, we’ll get this guy now!" With the MiG at his four o’clock, he nosed down to pick up speed and energy. Cunningham watched until the MiG pilot likewise committed his nose down. "Gotcha!" he thought, as he pulled up into the MiG, rolled over the top, got behind it. While too close to fire a missile, the maneuver placed Duke in an advantageous position.


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SAN DIEGO - Rep. Randy "Duke" Cunningham pleaded guilty Monday to conspiracy and tax charges, admitting taking $2.4 million in bribes in a case that grew from an investigation into the sale of his home to a wide-ranging conspiracy involving payments in cash, vacations and antiques.


Takes 2.4 mil in bribes

Very sad if true.
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Offline Mickey1992

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« Reply #1 on: November 28, 2005, 01:25:48 PM »
The poster-boy of everything wrong in American politics.  I hope he does time, and I hope others learn.
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Offline GtoRA2

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« Reply #2 on: November 28, 2005, 01:26:46 PM »
Just goes to show you, being a damn good pilot, does not make you a good man.
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« Reply #3 on: November 28, 2005, 01:52:59 PM »
If Martha did time for lying while not under oath about something she did that wasn't even illegal but Clinton got a slap on the wrist for lying repeatedly under oath, and the DoD acquisitions civilian got jail time for feeding contracts to Boeing, what is Duke going to get?  He has to cough up a house and some property like rugs and stuff, but the real question is how much jail time does he get?

Unless congress and the justice dept decide to make an example of him, my bet is he does little to no jail time, just like Bill Clinton.
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« Reply #4 on: November 28, 2005, 02:11:17 PM »
Heya Wilfrid! It's been a while! Are you still playing AH at all?
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« Reply #5 on: November 28, 2005, 02:46:42 PM »
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Originally posted by Mickey1992
The poster-boy of everything wrong in American politics.  I hope he does time, and I hope others learn.
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« Reply #6 on: November 28, 2005, 03:07:49 PM »
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Offline Wilfrid

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« Reply #7 on: November 28, 2005, 04:53:10 PM »
Hi Dowding, it has indeed. I've been out of AH for about a year. Don't see you around these here parts too much either :D
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Offline Sandman

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« Reply #8 on: November 28, 2005, 05:47:38 PM »
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Originally posted by eagl
If Martha did time for lying while not under oath about something she did that wasn't even illegal but Clinton got a slap on the wrist for lying repeatedly under oath, and the DoD acquisitions civilian got jail time for feeding contracts to Boeing, what is Duke going to get?  He has to cough up a house and some property like rugs and stuff, but the real question is how much jail time does he get?

Unless congress and the justice dept decide to make an example of him, my bet is he does little to no jail time, just like Bill Clinton.


Ya know... Cunningham was the chairman of the House Intelligence subcommittee on terrorism and human intelligence. You have to wonder what else Randy may have given away for money.
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« Reply #9 on: November 28, 2005, 05:58:54 PM »
Showtime 100 :( Down ...Damn Shame. To me, He was a Hero.

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« Reply #10 on: November 28, 2005, 06:13:48 PM »
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Ya know... Cunningham was the chairman of the House Intelligence subcommittee on terrorism and human intelligence. You have to wonder what else Randy may have given away for money.

No, I strongly don't think he'd have gone there.

I think most likely he rationalized that he wasn't really doing anything that hurt anybody, something that manifestly could not be true if he was selling intelligence data.

I think that is positively not true, and it would have been looked at in the context of this investigation.  You know they ripped his finacial records apart looking for any wrongdoing on his part.
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« Reply #11 on: November 28, 2005, 06:18:47 PM »
It's obvious this is due to post traumatic stress disorder.  I say give him a pass.
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« Reply #12 on: November 28, 2005, 06:23:19 PM »
Proof that politics can ruin a good man.
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« Reply #13 on: November 28, 2005, 06:34:19 PM »
I am very dissapointed.  He always seemed like a straight up guy, but I have no stomach for such blatant corruption.  He needs to do the 10 years because he violated the public trust put in him, and also so others in positions of power understand there is a price to be paid for this type of action.

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« Reply #14 on: November 28, 2005, 06:41:38 PM »
It is regrettable, but the only place he'll do 10 years is as a lobbyist making a million a year
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