They just endorsed a man who spent eight years in federal prison on public corruption charges…for Congress.

Their position is that it’s acceptable to send known criminals…to CONGRESS.

The press release…

The Democratic State Central Committee of Louisiana has voted to endorse former Gov. Edwin Edwards in the 6th Congressional District race.

“Our governing body has voted overwhelmingly to endorse Governor Edwin Edwards in his bid to represent the Sixth Congressional District of Louisiana,” said Louisiana Democratic Party Chair Karen Carter Peterson. “We are proud to feature a slate of candidates that represents the Louisiana Democratic Party’s illustrious past and our proven present. We encourage voters to check their registration before the deadline on October 6 to ensure they are ready to ‘geaux’ vote this fall for the strong Democratic candidates running in races from school board to Congress.”

“I am pleased to have this and other endorsements from groups that are helping people who have an interest in promoting a better life for our nation and the district,” said Gov. Edwin Edwards. “I appreciate the vote of everyone because I am going to serve everyone.”

“The Sixth Congressional District is more challenging terrain for Democratic candidates since it was redrawn in 2011,” said Louisiana Democratic Party Vice Chair Shane Riddle. “However, with the outpouring of support that Governor Edwards has received, contrasted with the cluttered Republican field, Democrats see a path to victory. I am impressed with the team and the energy coming from Team Edwards — and I have often been told to never count out Edwin Edwards.”

Karen Carter Peterson endorses criminality. So does Shane Riddle.

If you endorse criminality, does that not signal your own criminality?

We don’t expect an answer from the Louisiana Democrat Party. The question is too uncomfortable.

The amazing thing about this is the Democrats know damn well Edwin Edwards can’t win that race. They know Bill Cassidy’s seat is not going to go Democrat this fall. “Cluttered Republican field” and so on, whoever is in the runoff with Edwards will wipe the floor with him. It doesn’t matter whether it’s Garret Graves, Paul Dietzel, Dan Claitor, Lenar Whitney or whoever – any of them would bury him in a head-to-head race.

They know Edwards can’t win, and there are other Democrats in the race. They have perfectly legitimate “outs” here; it’s not necessary to endorse Edwin Edwards and bring upon themselves the shame and ridicule inherent in such a decision. They’re doing it because they think Edwards can turn out the black vote in the 6th District and thus help Mary Landrieu in December. Plain and simple; they think Edwards can do it, and the Democrats in the race who are not coming off a stretch in federal prison on public corruption charges – Peter Williams and Richard Lieberman, by name – can’t.

So they’ll endorse a criminal in order to keep one of their candidates viable for another office. That he’s a criminal doesn’t bother them in the least. Wonder why that is.

We saw how Democrats governed this state for 100 years, and rampant criminality was the norm. And they’re still endorsing criminals. Maybe somebody can explain how this endorsement is legitimate politics and not at the very least a looking of the other way at public corruption, but we doubt it.

If there are any Democrats in this state who don’t support criminal conduct in public office, they ought to make a run at Peterson’s chairmanship of the Louisiana Democrat Party. Until that time, we’re going to call that a criminal syndicate disguised as a political party.

UPDATE: In case you’re interested in knowing who the people are who “overwhelmingly” voted to endorse a man who spent eight years in federal prison on public corruption charges for Congress, here is the roster of the Louisiana Democrat State Central Committee…

TITLE	FIRST	MI	LAST	CITY	ST
	Tomy	Acosta	LaPlace	LA
	Nathaniel	Adams	Independence	LA
	John	Agan	Minden	LA
	Randall	“Randy”	Albin	Walker	LA
	Aquicline	Rener	Arnold	Jeanerette	LA
	Diana		Bajoie	New Orleans,	LA
	Jay		Banks	New Orleans	LA
	Regina	Barrow	Baton Rouge	LA
	Mozella	Jeanetter	Bell	Campti	LA
	Charles	Bennett	Sulphur	LA
	Myra	Bennett	Sulphur	LA
	Lynncal	T.	Bering	LaPlace	LA
	Wesley		Bishop	New Orleans	LA
	Donald	Blum	Metairie	LA
	Tonya	Bolden-Ball	Lafayette	LA
	Mary		Bonier	Chestnut	LA
	Valerie	Broussard	Boston	Carencro	LA
	Elaine	Boutte-Yost	New Orleans	LA
	Leona	Henry	Boxie	Sunset	LA
	Melba	Braud	St. Martinville	LA
	Alicia	Walker	Breaux	Covington	LA
	Joseph		Broussard	New Orleans	LA
	Thai	Browder	Franklin	LA
	Carolyn	Brown-Spiller	Hammond	LA
	James	Bullman	Baton Rouge	LA
	Paeton	Burkett	Denham Springs	LA
	Elsie		Burkhalter	Slidell	LA
	Billye	Burns	West Monroe	LA
	Cassandra	Butler	Independence	LA
	Cynthia	Sudduth	Campisi	Abbeville	LA
	Artis	Cash	Shreveport	LA
	d’Andrea	McMooain	Chatman	Slidell	LA
	Charles	Walter	Cochran	Rayville	LA
	Kieran	Coleman	Jennings	LA
	Dawn	Collins	Baton Rouge	LA
	Mary	E.	Cooper	Columbia	LA
	Joseph		Cormier	Lafayette	LA
	Johnny	Cox	Coushatta	LA
	Debbie	Craighead	Reserve	LA
	Bobby	Culpepper	Jonesboro	LA
	Anna		Cunningham	Morgan City	LA
	Denise	Tauzin	D’Amato	Lafayette	LA
	Maggie		Daniels	New Iberia	LA
	David	Darbone	Lake Charles	LA
	Ronald	Darby	Abbeville	LA
	Elaine		Davis	Baker	LA
Mr.	Elbert		Dawson	Abbeville	LA
	Brandon		DeCuir	Baton Rouge	LA
	Patrick		DeJean	Marrero	LA
	Anthony	Troy	Dennis, Jr.	Franklin	LA
	Reuben	Detiege	Kenner	LA
	Dirk	Deville	Ville Platte	LA
	Lisa	Ray	Diggs	New Orleans	LA
	Karen	Dillard	Houma	LA
	Herbert		Dixon	Alexandria	LA
	Irma	Muse	Dixon	New Orleans	LA
	Sally		Donlon	Lafayette	LA
	Danielle	Duffourc	Marrero	LA
	Leslie	Dandridge	Durham	St. Joseph	LA
	Ericka	Edwards-Jones	New Orleans	LA
	Anthony	Fazzio	Lafayette	LA
	Larry	Ferdinand	Shreveport	LA
	Nancy	Grandquist	Fields	Alexandria	LA
	Frank	“Art”	Flynn	Lafayette	LA
	Randal	Gaines	Laplace	LA
Mr.	Romeo	Garrison	LA
	Kyle	Gautreau	Gonzales	LA
	David	Gereighty	Metairie	LA
	Helen		Godfrey-Smith	Gilliam	LA
	Dianne	Granger	Rayne	LA
	Caina		Green	Baton Rouge	LA
	Kirk	Green	Baton Rouge	LA
	Kyle	Green, Jr.	Marrero	LA
	Ronald	Griffing	Benton	LA
	Maurice	Griffith	Lake Charles	LA
	Albert	Guidry	LaRose	LA
	Lynda		Guidry	Cecilia	LA
	Nell	Guidry	LaRose	LA
	Robert	“Tiger”	Hammond	Ponchatoula	LA
	James		Harlan	Covington	LA
	Felicia	Hawkins	Prairieville	LA
	Gloria	Williams	Hearn	Pineville	LA
	Cynthia	Hedge-Morrell	New Orleans	LA
	Reed	Henderson	St. Bernard	LA
	Carlo	Hernandez	Mandeville	LA
	Marshall	Hevron	New Orleans	LA
	Lionel		Hicks	Slidell	LA
	Dwan		Hilferty	Metairie	LA
	Malinda	Hills-Holmes	Kenner	LA
	Evia	Hodge	Lake Charles	LA
	Glenn	Hollis	Haynesville	LA
	Tara	Hollis	Haynesville	LA
	Dalton	Honore	Central	LA
	Fred	Huenefeld	Monroe	LA
	Marcus	Hunter	Monroe	LA
	Keith		Hutchinson	Metairie	LA
	Brett	Jackson	Baton Rouge	LA
	Katrina	Jackson	Monroe	LA
	Leslie	Jackson	Gonzales	LA
	Steve	Jackson	Shreveport	LA
	Edward	“Ted”	James	Baton Rouge	LA
	Ben	Jeffers	Baton Rouge	LA
	Lee		Jeter, Sr.	Bossier City	LA
	Paul	Johnson	Harvey	LA
		Craig	Jones	Oakdale	LA
	Patricia		Jones	Oakdale	LA
	Willie	Jones	New Orleans	LA
	Oliver	Joseph	Donaldsonville	LA
	Stephen	Juge	Erwinville	LA
	Barbara		Keller	New Orleans	LA
	Frances	Kelley	Shreveport	LA
	Charles	Kincade	West Monroe	LA
	Mary	Kincade	West Monroe	LA
	Deborah		Knapp	Bossier City	LA
	Deborah	Langhoff	New Orleans	LA
	S.P.	LaRussa	Houma	LA
	Carol		Leblanc	Raceland	LA
	E. Lynn	Lejeune	Eunice	LA
	Davante	Lewis	Lake Charles	LA
	Marlon	Lewis	New Iberia	LA
	Maura	Lewis	Greenwell Springs	LA
	Armand	Link	Baton Rouge	LA
	Stanley	Lott	Pineville	LA
		Denise	Marcelle	Baton Rouge	LA
	Nolan	Marshall	New Orleans,	LA
Mr.	Haywood		Martin	Lafayette	LA
	Allison	McClung	Shreveport	LA
	Johnny		McFerren	Stonewall	LA
	Dan	McKay	Bunkie	LA
	Edwina	Medearis	Lake Charles	LA
	Arthur	A.	Morrell	New Orleans	LA
	Joey	Murray	Destrehan	LA
	Barbara	Norton	Shreveport	LA
	Barbara	O’Bear	White Castle	LA
	Pattie	Odom	Minden	LA
	Brad	Orman	Franklinton	LA
	Larry	Paige	Natchez	LA
	Brenda	“Ann”	Palmer	Lacombe	LA
	Jim	Mack	Parker	Jackson	LA
	Della	Perkins	Covington	LA
	James	Perry	New Orleans	LA
	Karen	Carter	Peterson	New Orleans	LA
	June		Phillips	Shreveport	LA
	Linda	Guy	Phillips	Greensburg	LA
	Rawlston		Phillips, Jr.	Port Allen	LA
	Linda	Pitchford	Bossier City	LA
	Erin	Powell	Mandeville	LA
	Elizabeth		Powers	Baton Rouge	LA
	Sharlayne	Jackson	Prevost	Marrero	LA
	James	Proctor	Crowley	LA
	Gilda	Reed	Metairie	LA
	Morris	Reed, Jr.	New Orleans	LA
	Evanette		Richards	Lafayette	LA
	Gregory	Richardson	Columbia	LA
	Shane	Riddle	Abbeville	LA
Mrs.	Patsy	Ritchie	Franklinton	LA
	Ronald	Rodgers	Baton Rouge	LA
	Nora		Romano	Marrero	LA
	Chris	Roy, Sr.	Alexandria	LA
	Gloria		Ruffin	Many	LA
	Ardith	Sanders	Ethel	LA
	Jerrelda	Drummer	Sanders	New Orleans	LA
	Juanita	Carter	Sanford	Zachary	LA
	Roger	Sanford	Zachary	LA
	Jane	Scheuermann	Baton Rouge	LA
	Perry	Segura	New Iberia	LA
	Robin	Shelbia	Baton Rouge	LA
	Janice	Simmons	Jonnesboro	LA
	Brenda	Hensley	Smith	Monroe	LA
	Patricia	Haynes	Smith	Baton Rouge	LA
	Rudy		Smith	Gretna	LA
	T.J.	Smith, Jr.	Pearl River	LA
	Judy		Songy	Laplace	LA
	Edward		Songy, Jr.	Plaquemine	LA
	Karen	St. Germain	Pierre Part	LA
	Nita		Steele	Shreveport	LA
	Marshall		Thibodeaux	Eunice	LA
	Torrie	Thibodeaux	Jennings	LA
	Wayne		Thibodeaux	Gray	LA
	Ronnie	Traylor	Monroe	LA
	Linda	Jenkins	Turner	Monroe	LA
	Alan		Tusa	Abita Springs	LA
	Danny		Uriegas	Cankton	LA
	Jennifer	Vidrine	Ville Platte	LA
	Mary		Wardsworth	Alexandria	LA
	Frederic		Washington	Shreveport	LA
	Kelly		Wells	Hammond	LA
	Alfred		Williams	Baton Rouge	LA
	Arlanda	Williams	Houma	LA
	Clarence	Williams	Houma	LA
	Cynthia	Williams	Mansfield	LA
	Frankie	Handy	Williams	DeRidder	LA
	Robert		Wilson	Lawtell	LA
	Ronnie		Wilson	Denham Springs	LA
	Dollie	Wright	New Roads	LA

UPDATE: We would be remiss in not giving attribution to the genesis of the characterization of the Democrat Party as a criminal organization. That came from a wonderfully-entertaining 2009 National Review piece written by Michael Walsh, under the nom de plume David Kahane, containing this now-legendary passage…

In other words, stop thinking of the Democratic Party as merely a political party, because it’s much more than that. We’re not just the party of slavery, segregation, secularism, and sedition. Not just the party of Aaron Burr, Boss Tweed, Richard J. Croker, Bull Connor, Chris Dodd, Richard Daley, Bill Ayers, the Reverend Jeremiah Wright, and Emperor Barack Hussein Obama II. Not just the party of Kendall “Agent 202” Myers, the State Department official recruited as a Cuban spy along with his wife during the Carter administration. Rather, think of the Democratic Party as what it really is: a criminal organization masquerading as a political party.

We’re using the word syndicate, because here in Louisiana Democrat corruption and mafia-style organized crime have gone together like red beans and rice since Sherman was LSU’s president. But it’s the same thing. The open endorsement of Edwin Edwards, which is so noxious that it’s even too much for Bob Mann to stomach, surely proves Walsh’s designation to all but the most slavish devotees of the Old School in Louisiana politics.