Bob Ney Gets Job With Help from "Proud Liberal" Ellen Ratner

Disgraced Ohio Republican Bob Ney has been given a job with Talk Radio News Service with the help of self described Fox News "Proud Liberal" Ellen Ratner, sister of Center for Constitutional Rights President Michael Ratner and mega-developer/Atlantic Yards developer Bruce Ratner.

NoLandGrab, a blog that follows Bruce Ratner's eminent domain abusing, controversial Atlantic Yards project in Brooklyn, New York points to the story:

Good to see Bruce isn't the only Ratner creating jobs, and for an ex-con, no less. Of course, this ex-con just happens to be disgraced former Ohio Congressman Bob Ney, who was sentenced to 30 months on corruption charges back in 2006. Ney, we should point out, is a conservative Republican...

God bless those Ratners. They never let ideology get in the way of friendship — or campaign contributions.

Original article is in The Hill

•  I guess they assume

  if it is good enough for G. Gordan Liddy to have a talk show, it is good enough for any Republican corrupt bastard.

  Thanking you again for your excellent comment on another diary.

  Am waiting a bit to not jump your tip jar.  Hmmm, ok, posting with apology for jumping the front of the line.

  by gchaucer2 on Thu Mar 13, 2008 at 11:43:22 AM PDT

  •  Ooopsie

    thought you were brooklynbadboy -- but I am sure you made an excellent comment somewhere.

    by gchaucer2 on Thu Mar 13, 2008 at 11:44:28 AM PDT

•  I Don't See Anything Wrong With Him

  Having employment after he's done his time.

  by TooFolkGR on Thu Mar 13, 2008 at 11:44:04 AM PDT

•  Bob Ney, interestingly enough,

  was the only member of congress to speak Farsi....

  He had run a security company in Saudi Arabia.

  I wonder if his conviction and sentence didn't have more to do with keeping him out of sight and ear shot in case he figured out more about Iraq than the administration liked.

  by importer on Thu Mar 13, 2008 at 11:52:45 AM PDT

•  I wonder if

  Thom Hartmann will ask her about this the next time she is on?

  by TracieLynn on Thu Mar 13, 2008 at 02:09:34 PM PDT