By Charles Barr | The Save Jersey Blog
New Jersey has a habit of electing politicians who don’t hold the best interests of our state or the country in high regard, Save Jerseyans. Unsurprisingly, Bob Menendez is the latest politician to join a long line of predecessors, such as Woodrow Wilson, Jon Corzine, Cory Booker, Chris Christie, and Jim McGreevey, as a politician from New Jersey who clearly puts personal interests before Constitutional oaths.
And, for that matter, embarrasses us.
It’s time to resign.
CNN first reported on March 6 the bombshell news that the Justice Department had prepared federal criminal charges against Senator Bob Menendez, the ranking Democrat member of the Foreign Relations Committee. The allegation? That Menendez used his political influence to secure government contracts with the Dominican Republic for a Florida eye surgeon, Solomon Melgen, who happened to donate more than $33,000 to Menendez’s political campaigns since 2004. Just because, I suppose.
Somehow I doubt it. As a constituent, I am deeply concerned that Bob Menendez would use his high office to further the pecuniary interest of donors over his sworn task to protect and defend the Constitution of the United States. Especially since it may not have been an isolated incident!
Senator, I respect your Constitutional rights (even if you don’t always respect mine with your votes), but even if we presume you are innocent as our system is designed to do, your actions nonetheless embody the prevailing stereotype of an elite Washington D.C. culture that’s severely out of touch with mainstream America. Even if you are ultimately adjudged innocent, it’s clear that you’ve spent an inordinate amount of time in recent years serving a relatively small group of wealthy patrons when you were supposed to be working for us.
I strongly urge you to take some time away from public service in order to remedy the disconnect.
This is not a partisan attack. With all due respect, Senator, this doesn’t have anything to do with electoral politics either, which is more than we can say for the White House. This is about trust and power. New Jersey trusted you to uphold your oath of office by defending the Constitution; you, in turn, abused your awarded power and betrayed that trust by focusing on all of the wrong things. Whether you are innocent or not of whatever specific charges are coming is immaterial; you already failed the larger, all-important ethical test based on the undisputed facts surrounding your case. How, for example, can you tell reporters that you’ve “always conducted myself appropriately and in accordance with the law” when you felt an ethical need to reimburse Dr. Melgen?
And for what it’s worth (I’d argue quite a lot), I can’t see how you could ever right the ship, and get yourself back on course after having gone so far astray, while actively defending yourself against federal criminal charges.
At the moment? You don’t represent me and, quite frankly, you don’t represent the people of New Jersey.
It’s time to go, Mr. Senator.
Why hasn’t obama gone then?
Because
No one has the Nutz to arrest the BIGGEST FRAUD IN AMERICA HISTORY !
If trust were an issue Sweeney and most of the Legislature would have to go as well.
Then you have this P.O.S. TRAITOR
WANTS TO REDUCE MAG CAPACITY.
I PROMIS he has 15 rounds
But your life is NOT worth 15
ALL THESE SCUM BAGS NEED TO BE DRUG OUT ON THEIR ASSES AND TRIED FOR TREASON INCLUDING SWEENEY AND WHINEBITCH
http://www.menendez.senate.gov/news-and-events/in-the-news/sen-menendez-introduces-bill-limiting-ammunition
Let me predict something I have a feeling that after months of investigation, lawyers fees etc the charges will be dismissed…and he will run again and win again 🙁
Trust was gone a long time ago. Gruber voters and hand out seekers kept him in office way too long with nothing to show for it but illegal amnesty and a failed Obamacare travesty.
The Obamination criminal treasonous govt. wants him gone.. He crossed the Obama and Jarrett… He WILL be gone…
I trust him as much as I trust any other politician
Agreed, however, couldn’t they go after someone else right now? Menendez seems to be the only democrat on our side right now concerning isis and terrorism. Oh, maybe that’s why the administration picked him to go after.
Ockham’s Razor: Throw out ALL incumbents. To those who think they are on the side of right, suck it up as altruism for the sake of the party.
Born Jersey, in God I trust.
Trust was never there. The only reason he keeps getting elected is NJ voters are too lazy and uninformed to vote him out.
As a republican, I hate to say this, but let’s wait till all the evidence comes out before we judge… If he has enough rope we can hang him right, and if he hasn’t enough rope, we won’t be guilty of judging him wrongly. I don’t like his policies, or what he’s about, or where he comes from… But lets not lower ourselves to libtard standards, shall we?
I don’t think this error which he corrected rises to the level of criminal charges or him resigning.
resign and go to prison for life
Harrison Williams waited to resign until after his conviction, and before an expulsion vote. I do not expect Senator Menendez to go quietly into that good night.
The stupid voters in NJ knew he was crooked before his election and guess what the fools voted for him again he slithered out of the noose the last time and he will slither out again like the snake he is
If he goes, Gov Lardass should go too, since you can match crime for crime here with what that fat POS has been doing.
Everyone in politics should be limited to a 2 or 4 year term so that they don’t get too “comfortable” if you don’t move up I.e. Senator to governor to president your done and someone else comes in. Get rid of career politicians
He challenged Obama on Isreal, now he is being indicted. Hmmmmm…. he needs to go anyway, but what a coincidence…….
Yeah. THAT’S gonna happen.
sorry no , he has done more to stop Obama than any republican , he never had any trust just another hudson county jersey scum bag ,if Bob goes Iran goes nuclear tomorrow , its scarry but he is one of our best hopes to stop obama
Get rid of obama, forget Menendez