Muck, Raked

Breaking news from Edward Pound at National Journal -- it seems HUD Secretary Alphonso Jackson is under investigation by the FBI, a situation that a lot of Republicans are familiar with these days but that still surely counts as noteworthy.

Comments

Get ready for another round of 'Democrats are racist' if they decide to make hay out of the Johnson investigation.

Posted by Ryan | October 4, 2007 2:18 PM

Jackson, Johnson, whatever. [Insert joke about Matthew not being able to tell "black names" apart.]

Posted by Al | October 4, 2007 2:21 PM

It's Jackson. The mistake was mine, not Matt's. Not sure what the appropriate joke it in this case.

Posted by Ryan | October 4, 2007 2:31 PM

Ryan gets excited when he thinks about investigating Johnsons.

Posted by neil | October 4, 2007 2:33 PM

Ehhh, try again.

Posted by Ryan | October 4, 2007 2:37 PM

From the link, it seems the matter under investigation is something wholly separate from Jackson's infamous admission that he refused to grant a contract to an applicant who had badmouthed President Bush. Since he seems to have gotten off scot-free for the latter, I wish the FBI the best of fortune in investigating these new allegations.

Posted by Steve | October 4, 2007 2:54 PM

Newsworthy? Not really. Someone should write a story about an honest Republican. That would be newsworthy, assuming an honest Republican can be found to write about.

Posted by fostert | October 4, 2007 3:12 PM

Johnson is a black name? Wow - that's news to my Johnson.

Posted by Woody Bombay | October 4, 2007 3:33 PM

No wonder LBJ got the Civil Rights Act passed.

Posted by Steve | October 4, 2007 5:40 PM