Bob Ney Getting Out Of Jail This Weekend

CINCINNATI — A prison Web site says former Ohio congressman Bob Ney is scheduled for release from a halfway house after serving his time in connection with a corruption scandal.

Ney, a Republican who served six House terms, has served nearly a year and a half of his original 2 1/2-year sentence. The federal prisons Web site shows Aug. 16 as his release date.

The 54-year-old Ney was transferred in February from a prison in Morgantown, W.Va., to Cincinnati for placement in a halfway house.

Ney is the former chairman of the House administration committee. He admitted trading political favors for gifts and campaign donations arranged by lobbyist Jack Abramoff.

The sentence was reduced after Ney completed treatment for alcohol problems.

Comments

[waynesmyer]

"I had nothing to do with the theft of the Sun-Cruz Casino ships, nor the murder of Gus Boulis! Right? Right! Rep. Bob Ney, REPUKE-OHIO
KEYWORDS; Jack Abramoff, Adam Kidan, Anthony "Big Tony" Moscatiello, Ralph Reed

[brendanm]

I spent a lot of time on the ground working to elect a Democratic replacement for this guy and, say what you will about his corruption, but he did turn a safe Republican seat into a pretty safe Democratic seat.

[jerryfromcalifornia]

THE STREETS OF OHIO WILL BE LESS SAFE WHEN HE GETS OUT.
AT LEAST HE CAN NO LONGER VOTE......­..........­......

[brendanm]

Ex-felons can vote in Ohio. We're not Florida or some Jim Crow state.

[the964kid]

Just in time to get a job with the McCain campaign.

[PuppaX]

Of course he's getting out. Governmental corruption is nowhere near as bad as walking around with $20 worth of pot.

[scottymac11]

There is no justice. Guys have done more time for snitching a loaf of bread in this country.

[bmaggiemay]

The measure of a man can be determined by what he does when no one is looking...­..when they
people who voted for him weren't looking He BETRAYED them. It's a matter of trust...an­d Bob Ney can't be trusted. He is a crook.

[GrainOSand]

Two Americas, one rich, powerful, connected and mostly above the law, and then there is the rest of us.

People without money, without futures, who were born without any real chance (DOA), go to jail everyday for lesser crimes and for longer sentences, or they go to jail for crimes they did not commit only to find exoneration and lame apologies ten or fifteen years after the fact.. This (Ney early release) is just another case of hypocrisy in democracy. Abramoff is more than likely the tip of a submerged or hidden iceberg of corruption, and it appears Mukasey is just the man to keep that iceberg submerged.

It is clear societal revolution (non-violent, loud, fierce, sustained, and significant) is required but it has not gotten bad enough yet. As the middle shrinks and more and more are devastated by their daily reality, a shift in attitude is bound to occur. One can only sit back, take care of their own (loved ones and self), prepare, and wait. The jackals and hyenas are sowing the seeds for a mass uprising where the people seek in mass to start anew. The good ole’ boy network has been in place so long it will fight tooth and nail to keep things as they are.

Greed is killing America or has placed the nation in dire need of intensive care due to heavy trauma suffered at the hands of the greedy and unscrupulous who covet generational wealth and power.

[SmootyBooty]

Hope he got his cherry busted...

[nick1936]

Not enough time served for this crook

[Destin]

No doubt, he'll go right back to working within the Bush administration.

[dadw5boys]

I was drunk when I took the money ???

That is a defence ??????

Bank robbers all over will be using this !!!!!!!!!

[VOTER]

Ney has volunteered to become McCane's VP.

He is now at the TOP OF THE LIST!

[JiminNC]

Hey, a new McVeep short lister.

[VOTER]

Great minds.....­..........­.......

: - )

[SwingVoter]

Am sure McCain will gladly welcome him to his campaign.