Democrat William Jefferson Loses Re-election bid

Louisiana voters finally had the chance to go to the polls on Saturday after some elections were postponed due to Hurricane Gustav and when the results were tallied disgraced congressman William Jefferson was on the outside looking in.

You remember Willaim Jefferson don’t you. He was the congressman who took rescuers away from their duty after Hurricane Katrina and used them to get his bribe money out of his house while people waited to be saved. He saved his money instead of his constituents.

Here is part of what I wrote about almost two years ago about this man’s actions after Hurricane Katrina when it was learned that Democrats were not going to punish him, just in case you haven’t heard the story before:

During the Katrina evacuation this man ordered a boat that was rescuing Katrina victims to bring him to his house. The boat got stuck so they brought in another boat, which also got stuck. They ended up bringing in a helicopter to get him out. He was removing his freezer full of bribe money. He took resources away from people helping the Katrina victims so he could hide his bribe money.

None of that mattered to his voters as he won re-election in 2006, but yesterday the voters finally did the right thing and sent this man packing.