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Jeanine: Still on the DA's Payroll?

By Jeralyn, Section Hillary Clinton
Posted on Fri Aug 12, 2005 at 04:46:48 PM EST
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Jeanine Pirro has attacked Hillary Clinton saying New Yorkers elected her to be Senator and she should be giving them her undivided attention and not spending time running for another office.

"New York deserves a senator who will give her all to the people of New York for a whole term, full time, and not miss votes to campaign in the 2008 presidential primaries," Pirro said.

What about Jeanine? Isn't she still Westchester DA? How many days will she be out of the office campaigning? It was every one of them this week. Didn't the voters elect her expecting that she would give the DA's job her full attention?

Maybe Jeanine should resign her job. Why should Westchester county pay her - including providing a driver and security detail - if she's not busy prosecuting crooks or running the office?

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    Jeanine: Still on the DA's Payroll? | 10 comments (10 topical)
    Re: Jeanine: Still on the DA's Payroll? (none / 0) (#1)
    by Darryl Pearce on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 01:02:16 PM EST
    Gee..., I hope she was as critical of George W Bush when he quit being Texas governor...

    Re: Jeanine: Still on the DA's Payroll? (none / 0) (#2)
    by scarshapedstar on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 01:02:16 PM EST
    Not to mention Bush's reelection campaign. Didn't he have a war to run and terrorists to smoke out? He's the freaking Commander in Chief, not the junior senator from Taxachusetts!

    Re: Jeanine: Still on the DA's Payroll? (none / 0) (#3)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 01:02:16 PM EST
    Thread is about Pirro. Please stay on topic.

    Re: Jeanine: Still on the DA's Payroll? (none / 0) (#4)
    by Sailor on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 01:02:16 PM EST
    It'll be interesting to see how Jeanine Pirro swiftboats Hillary...
    Albert Pirro fathered a child with another woman in the 1990s and in 2000 was convicted of income tax fraud for illegally claiming that $400,000 in personal expenses were business-related. He spent 11 months in prison.
    PLease, please ask for more links.

    Re: Jeanine: Still on the DA's Payroll? (none / 0) (#5)
    by cpinva on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 01:02:16 PM EST
    i only have one problem with this theory: every officeholder running for re-election has the same problem, which, in my mind, renders it moot. it's a little unrealistic to expect someone who holds public office, especially one where they are basically on-call 24/7, to campaign in their "spare" time. technically, they have no "spare" time. this should only become an issue if campaign time becomes a detriment to their continuing to do the job they were elected for in the first place, or if they are commingling tp dollars with campaign events. aside from that, i think it's a non-starter. focus on real issues, not trivia.

    Re: Jeanine: Still on the DA's Payroll? (none / 0) (#6)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 01:02:16 PM EST
    The New York Daily News shows that Jeanine Pirro took 10,000+ from suspected organized crime figures since 2001.

    Re: Jeanine: Still on the DA's Payroll? (none / 0) (#7)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 01:02:16 PM EST
    CP - the point is she seems to be doing the same thing she is accusing Hillary of doing.

    Re: Jeanine: Still on the DA's Payroll? (none / 0) (#8)
    by swingvote on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 01:02:17 PM EST
    TalkLeft, it's a good point, as far as it goes, but the question must remain whether or not she (be it Pirro or Clinton) is doing the job. If Pirro's campaigning interferes with her job to the point that she can't keep up with the work or meet her committments, then it's a problem and she should should either resign or drop out of the race. Likewise for Hillary. And given the recent example of how often John Kerry skipped votes and committee meetings because he was out on the road campaigning for President, Pirro has a point, albeit one she has to deal with as well. But on top of that, there is another issue that Pirro seems to be trying to raise. In running for President, should she ever declare, Hillary will be tailoring her message and her votes toward winning the Democratic nomination for President, not toward serving the people of New York. As noted above, this is true of any sitting politician running for a higher office, but that doesn't mean it is irrelevant. It may also be one of the reasons why the track record of sitting senators running for president is so poor. BlackBolt, That's an interesting link, but it seems strange that you declare, on a defense lawyer website, that what the story says are firms and families with "alleged links" to organized crime are crime families, period. I guess the presumption of innocence vanishes when you make campaign contributions? I wonder who we would find on Hillary's donor lists if we went looking. I'll bet neither of them is as squeaky clean as they like to appear.

    Re: Jeanine: Still on the DA's Payroll? (none / 0) (#9)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 01:02:17 PM EST
    justpaul, Worth Construction is not just allegedly linked to organized crime. They *are* linked to organized crime. A number of its subcontractors were prosecuted and convicted under the RICO statute. Its owner, Joseph Pontoriero, hung out with very well known members of "The Commission", heads of the then-four families of the mafia. Then let's get into the political corruption: Pontoriero and Worth Construction have gotten some government officials into a LOT of trouble with bribery and cost-overruns in Long Island, NY and across Connecticut. Political figures have gotten into deep doo-doo for improper processes involving Worth; the only reason Pontoriero and the company haven't been prosecuted is because they're too well insulated. At any rate, this nonsense was enough for the School Construction Authority of New York City to investigate Worth and Pontoriero before taking their bid. Rather than coming clean, Pontoriero refused to go along with investigators and gave up a number of lucrative contracts. Now, the real question here is: Worth Construction, despite being blacklisted for government contracts in NYC and across New Jersey, still gets substantial contracts in Westchester County. Contracts to build jails, police precincts and schools. You'd think that such activities would make Worth a target of a racketeering investigation. One very easy way to stop any investigation in its tracks is to simply buy off the DA. Of course, that might be considered a conflict of interest.

    Re: Jeanine: Still on the DA's Payroll? (none / 0) (#10)
    by cpinva on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 01:02:18 PM EST
    TL- unless pirro is a mind reader, and i'm not saying she is or isn't, how could she possibly know what ms. clinton's plans are? since about 50% (i'm guessing) of all office seekers, who currently hold public office, are running for a higher one, this is more or less a throw away line. in ms. pirro's case, i suspect someone on her staff will point out the obvious to her, and she'll shut up about it.

    Jeanine: Still on the DA's Payroll? | 10 comments (10 topical)