WTF Is It Now?!?

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From the does a bear sh*t in the woods? dept
Was Rep. Smith bribed by GOP leaders?

"Rep. Nick Smith, R-Mich., says that sometime late Nov. 21 or early in the morning Nov. 22, somebody on the House floor threatened to redirect campaign funds away from his son Brad, who is running to succeed him, if he didn't support the Medicare prescription bill. "Promising to direct $100,000 to Rep. Smith's son's campaign clearly meets the legal definition of bribery. The only question, then, is who to prosecute. The AP had Smith attributing threats to support his son's opponent to 'House GOP leaders,' but that was a paraphrase, and it is possible Smith meant someone else when he spoke of an actual offer of $100,000. We know House Speaker Dennis Hastert spent a lot of time that night trying to win over Smith... If Smith witnessed an attempted bribery, he has an obligation as a citizen - and even more so, as member of Congress - to make that person's identity known to law enforcement officials." - - Timothy Noah, in Slate.