Another misplaced word by the media...they need a box.

Former state Senator Dianne Wilkerson said she routinely accepted money over the last decade from friends and political supporters - upwards of $70,000, some of it cash in unmarked envelopes - without ever reporting it on her campaign reports or tax returns.

Wilkerson disclosed her acceptance of the cash and checks in a recent interview with the Globe, saying she took individual financial contributions of up to $10,000 to help pay off mortgage and federal tax debts. The contributions, she said, were approved by the state Ethics Commission, vetted by lawyers, and within state and federal laws.

The interview was the first Wilkerson has given since her arrest in October on federal bribery charges, an arrest that was accompanied by stunning FBI surveillance pictures of Wilkerson allegedly accepting wads of cash from a cooperating witness who sought a liquor license for a Roxbury nightclub.

While she declined to discuss anything about the criminal charges, her description of the highly unusual personal fundraising effort provides a possible window into her planned defense.

Now the Boston Globe seems to have misplaced the word "DEMOCRAT." No worries...I'm here to help.

DEMOCRAT Diane Wilkerson. The former DEMOCRAT Senator. You have to love this DEMOCRAT'S defense though...Apparently, she is going to try and convince the ethics committee as well as the Court of Law...that there were no strings attached to receiving cold hard cash from constituents asking for a favor. How does that work on this little scenario?

Despite Wilkerson's assertion, one of the people who gave Wilkerson the full $10,000 gift was Arthur Winn, one of the developers of the controversial Columbus Center project in Boston that would span the Massachusetts Turnpike, according to two people who were told about the transactions. Wilkerson voted in favor of state funding for Columbus Center in 2005, according to legislative records, and also lobbied state officials to provide additional state assistance to the developers.

Start working on the presidential pardon...DEMOCRAT Diane Wilkerson...you have a head start on the rest of the race hustlers.

Newspapers still missing elusive word...

PHILADELPHIA | - A co-defendant testified Tuesday in the corruption trial of former state Sen. Vincent Fumo that Fumo ordered him to destroy office e-mails amid an FBI investigation, as prosecutors zeroed in on the obstruction charges in the case.

Computer technician Mark Eister, the lone witness Tuesday, faces two years or more in prison after admitting that he destroyed e-mail evidence on what he called orders from Fumo and his top aides.

Allow me...

DEMOCRAT, Vincent Fumo...as in the DEMOCRATIC Senator who succeeded DEMOCRAT Buddy Cianfrani, who had been convicted of racketeering, bribery and obstruction of justice. As in Fumo was the DEMOCRAT ranking Member of the Senate appropriations committee until his own federal indictment in February 2007.

DEMOCRAT Vincent Fumo once called Republican President Pro Tempore Robert Jubelirer a "faggot" on the floor of the Pennsylvania Senate during a debate on slot machine gambling.

There...finished (and so is Fumo).

Beer Bottle Bingo...

Outgoing City Councilman Hiram Monserrate was arrested early Friday after allegedly whacking his girlfriend over the head with a beer bottle, a police source said.

First things first...the NY Daily News missed a word in their story. "DEMOCRAT"...the beer bottle busting blow-hard is a DEMOCRAT. Gosh...that drives me nuts.

Now, outgoing Queens City councilman and DEMOCRAT Hiram Monserrate is no longer employed on the NYC Council. What's the man to do? After all, losing one's job is tough...and the assault arrest isn't going to help his prospects much...no?

Monserrate was lauded by colleagues just yesterday - his last day serving on the City Council. He's off to Albany after winning an uncontested race for the state senate seat held by former Sen. John Sabini.

Welcome to the thriving metropolis of NY, my friends.

Here's your cordial...

Monserrate has recently drawn scrutiny for a nonprofit called Libre to which he has directed more than $400,000 in city funds that is run by some of its closest aides and has done political work for him.

Shocking...perhaps the new Senator would like to throw together a tax funded committee to study the unexplained phenomenon of beer bottle headers...Plenty of data.

"This town really needs an enema..."--Howie Carr

This town really does need an enema. How corrupt has Boston become when we now have illegal alien maids from Brazil wearing wires against six-figure federal immigration officials?

The Boston port director for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Customs and Border Protection was arrested for harbouring an illegal alien.

My advice is that this country needs an enema. This is a Federal employee (Lorraine Henderson). I'm afraid, however, that Uncle Sam's lower intestine will be remain full of crap until a major city disappears in a cloud of red vapor courtesy of these corrupt officials and the lax enforcement of laws on the books.