"DUKE" CUNNINGHAM VYING WITH DELAY FOR MOST CORRUPT REPUBLICROOK TITLE

Just when it looked like things couldn't get any worse for San Diego suburban congressman/right-wing lunatic/bribe-taker Randy "Duke" Cunningham, up pops convicted felon and Cunningham "business associate" Thomas Kontogiannis. At least in this case Cunningham wasn't arranging no-bid contracts for his criminal pal to sell military equipment to the Pentagon (like in the other case he's involved with). In this case Cunningham was peddling a pardon from his pal George Bush to a crook who cheated the NYC public school system. In October, 2002 the Congressman's bud Kontogiannis (of whom Cunningham's sleazy lawyer said "Duke's business dealings with Mr. Kontogiannis have been entirely proper and any suggestion to the contrary is simply false") pleaded guilty in a bid-rigging, bribe and kickback scheme. Sounds like he and "Duke" were made for eachother. And he bought ole "Duke's" crappy old boat-- worth $200,000 tops-- for $600,000. Is that a great way to pay someone off with a $400,000 bribe or what? This seems to be ole "Duke's" modus operandi. Oh, and Kontogiannis arranged for the financing of "Duke's" $2.5 mansion. No one has indicated whether or not Bush was in on the scheme and if he was getting any of the cash in return for the upcoming pardon.