Gee, was there a letter from the Mossad as well detailing all the help Ney gave them by allowing an Israeli telecom company to wire the US Congress with mobilephone nodes? Yep, gee, thanks Mr. Ney, Hero of the Great Republic of Israel.

This also goes to show that traitors like Bud Light just as much as the next guy; a populist to the end.

OH..BOOO-HOOO, poor, poor, pitiful Bob....if he had any integrity, which obviously he didn't...he would have excused himself from "lawmaking" and sought out help..before he soiled his "office" and screwed up so badly..like any decent human being with an ounce of concern for his country, would have

Yeah, right. Ney would have been honest if he was sober. He couldn't have been that drunk since he never claimed he did not remember committing any crimes nor did he claim that he was so drunk, he did not right from wrong.

If Ney's judgment was so impaired, why did all of these people testifying now about his "raging" alchoholism let Ney weigh in on issues of grave national importance year after year? Where is the evidence that any of these people urged Ney to seek help in the past?

Ney violated public trust which is a far more serious crime than selling a few ounces of coke to support a drug habit. Rehab is offered within the prison system which is where Ney belongs for a few years.

A basic tenet of AA is that an alcholic has to accept responsibility and make amends for his or her wrongdoing, something Ney apparently is reluctant to do.

drinking beer in the morning and being a crook does not go hand in hand.
I like to drink.
But I don't rob everybody.

Two things.

1) It is really difficult to get drunk on light beer.

2) Nye, along with all criminal politicians, should be locked up in the general population.

Talk about ethics reform, we would have an overnight turnaround.

Who even thinks that "I'm an alcoholic" is a reasonable defense? It doesn't work for bank robbers and murderers, why should it work for betraying the public trust and ripping off the taxpayers.

I just don't get why this "mitigation" isn't laughed out of court.

Of course, I was equally incensed when Mrs. Andy Fastow didn't want to go to prison at the same time as her husband, because no one would be home to raise their children. Guess I'm just a judgemental old hag.

I don't begrudge the Fastows separate sentences, except that if a couple was caught with dope, or robbery, or even two separate DUI's, could they argue for the same deal? No, those kids get hauled off to foster care.
Let's review....in the legal system, nowadays which of these leads to the most bias/special treatment:

a) race
b) gender
c) power/politics
d) money
e) sexual orientation
f) fame

My bet is on d.