THIS IS ONE HALFWAY HOUSE I WOULDN'T WANT IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD-- LOCK UP THE SILVERWARE; BOB NEY IS OUT OF PRISON

Ney's out of the hoosegaw

I doubt it was to make room for just incarcerated Brent Wilkes, but convicted Republican congressional crook Bob Ney, one of the several dozen who was taking bribes from Jack Abramoff (but the only one lame enough to go to prison for it so far), was let loose today. He'll be serving out the rest of his already far too short 30-month sentence in a halfway house. They refuse to divulge where the halfway house is.

The U.S. Bureau of Prisons said Ney will be released from the bureau’s custody on Aug. 16, and he could be transferred to home confinement in Ohio before then. That release date depends on Ney continuing to compile “good time credit.”

Ney reported to the Morgantown prison to begin his sentence March 1, 2007. While there, he has participated in an alcoholism rehabilitation program.

Ney represented the sprawling 18th District in eastern and southern Ohio for six terms. Democrat Zack Space won the seat in the 2006 elections.

Space has voted more frequently with the Republicans on substantive matters than all but the most reactionary Democratic freshmen. The only new Democratic members as bad as Space were, from bad to worse, Chris Carney (PA), Emanuel's boy Heath Shuler (NC), Jason Altmire (PA), Brad Ellsworth (IN), Nick Lampson (TX), Joe Donnelly (IN).