I am not without compassion and I don’t want to gloat. I just want justice. And yesterday, I go me some. As Duke Cunningham’s lawyer told the jury:
“This man has been humiliated beyond belief by his own hand. He is estranged from those he loves most and cares most about,” Blalack said. “All his worldly possessions are gone. He will carry a crushing tax debt until the day he dies. He will go to jail until he’s 70 years old.”
And that is as it should be, because as the judge told Cunningham:
“You weren’t wet. You weren’t cold. You weren’t hungry, and yet you did these things.”
We are going to see a lot more Republicans standing before a judge and saying:
“No man has ever been more sorry. I made a very wrong turn. I rationalized decisions I knew were wrong. I did that, sir.”
Randy ‘Duke’ Cunningham was sentenced to eight years and four months in a federal prison. Before this is over there will be many other lawmakers joining him. Most likely, all those lawmakers will be Republicans. If any Democrats are implicated…good. I hate crooks. Let them all go to jail. They weren’t wet, they weren’t cold, they weren’t hungry, and yet they did these things.
‘Depart from me, you cursed, into the eternal fire which is prepared for the devil and his angels; for I was hungry, and you didn’t give me food to eat; I was thirsty, and you gave me no drink; I was a stranger, and you didn’t take me in; naked, and you didn’t clothe me; sick, and in prison, and you didn’t visit me.’ -Matthew 25: 41-46
