Facebook
Fark
Digg
Reddit
Stumble
By Karoun Demirjian (contact) 
Sunday, Dec. 9, 2012 | 2 a.m.
Washington — Shelley Berkley doesn’t believe in long goodbyes. In the month since she lost her U.S. Senate bid — a campaign for which she gave up her safe seat in the U.S. House — Berkley has cleared out her congressional office. She has given or thrown away all but the most precious of the Las Vegas kitsch around which she fashioned an endearingly garish persona on Capitol Hill. Even the giant cardboard cutout of Liberace that stood by her desk, she said, “has gone to that big piano bar in the sky.” Her house — which is currently doubling as an ...
Good riddance! Personally, I cannot abide being represented by such as Berkley - morally, ethically and honestly bankrupt. Since moving here more than a quarter century ago, I have been represented by crooks, liars and thieves in just about every office, from city council to senator. Berkley was among the worst. Only Lance Malone was a bigger con man and cheater. Most of those who "represented" my district were "juiced" in by the "good-old-boy" network and, boy, were they doozies! Thankfully, because many like myself came from states where you didn't have to hold your nose when you went to the polls, that has changed somewhat but we still see the venal and corrupt being put in office in the Silver State. I am grateful to my fellow voters for coming to their senses and throwing out some of the trash; particularly Berkley!
Shelley Berkley was an advocate for the entire medical community in her district, not just her husband's practice. She's a defense hawk and an advocate for veterans.
Did she give some advice to Sheldon Adelson back in the day about paying off the county commission if he wanted to get anything done? Probably, but she was just telling him the truth. She wasn't a politician at the time. She was a consultant. That commission was as dirty as the day is long and she was absolutely realistic in her advice .
I'm sorry to see her go. Heller doesn't seem like a bad guy, either. Let's hope he can do some good for us.
Congresswoman Shelley Berkley has lived a life of service, and will forever fondly be remembered for all the benevolent work she has done on our behalf here in Nevada, for all Americans, and for those on foreign shores. From my own personal experience, every time I have contacted her regarding my concerns, she was prompt to address them, and did favorably impact our community.
During this time of the Festival of Lights, may the One Who Is the Light and Keeper/Giver of all Light, speak to Shelley's heart and guide her journey on this new path. May her good name be cleared, and her accusers be found out for their actions.
The People have lost a true voice and advocate in the halls of Washington, D.C., and it will be sadly felt. None of us are perfect, we all make some missteps in this life, but few of us have been as persecuted publicly as Congresswoman Berkley has. May those who have shown no mercy receive what they have cruelly meeted out towards a fellow human being.
May Congresswoman Shelley Berkley see much better days ahead, and her years of service be well remembered and greatly rewarded.
Blessings and Peace,
Star
Proud of her service? Huh? She practices revisionist history. Bye.
Commenter The_Next_Opinion has also noted the good Congresswoman Shelley Berkley has brought and about the publicly misconstrued missteps with, "Shelley Berkley was an advocate for the entire medical community in her district, not just her husband's practice. She's a defense hawk and an advocate for veterans.
Did she give some advice to Sheldon Adelson back in the day about paying off the county commission if he wanted to get anything done? Probably, but she was just telling him the truth. She wasn't a politician at the time. She was a consultant. That commission was as dirty as the day is long and she was absolutely realistic in her advice."
Both Nevada businesses and Citizens will now suffer due to the lack of political muscle and savy that Congresswoman Shelley Berkley has brought to the table in Washington, D.C. and abroad.
There is no shame in all the good things she has done for Nevadans and Americans.
Blessings and Peace,
Star
Interestingly, no critic of Berkley can name a single useful thing Dean Heller ever has done. But if any of them has a handicapped family member, he just voted to make them less than human by rejecting the UN treaty on people with disabilities. So, know that Dean Heller hates humanity, which makes him perfectly suited to Berkley's critics.
As Michael Green was writing his comment, I just learned on CBS "Face the Nation," that the REPUBLICANS voted down the UN treaty (much like the USA's Americans with Disablilites Act). SHAME SHAME SHAME on Dean Heller!!!
In their day, Republicans Bob Dole and President Bush DID VOTE FOR the Americans with Disabilities Act. The Republican Party is so dysfunctional and out of touch today that they are now doing HARM every step they make (with their own counsel).
What an embarrassment for those who are politically registered Republicans, as well as all Americans. We all know that Congresswoman Shelley Berkley would never turn her back on the handicapped, veterans, and less fortunate, ever.
Blessings and Peace,
Star
Guess she'll have to give up that special congressional licence plate on her Ford Fusion Hybrid that I saw her driving around in Summerlin the other day.
Shelley violated rule #1 in my book. Remain squeaky clean as a politician and make sure there aren't any skeletons. Along with Gibbons, Tarkanian, Horsford, Ensign...Nevada politicians are like a magnet toward ethics issues. Must be something in the water.
Comment removed by moderator. - -
Any lingering doubts still out there about the political clout of the nonpartisan voting bloc?
Thanks to each and every one of you that helped send this person packing her bags. D.C will be a much better place now with her gone.
If you, too, are fed up with BOTH parties then call your county clerk and re-register as a nonpartisan - the fastest growing political movement going. And leave off your phone number - it is NOT required.
During the campaign, Berkley never responded to Heller's allegations; so I assume they are true.
Heymikey, if you called me a Nazi, I'd probably ignore you. But, in fact, Berkley responded numerous times, not just when Heller's campaign truthfully said she was being investigated, but lied about her voting record and a congressional trip to Europe.
I call Godwin's Law.
As far as I know you're not a Nazi, and as far as I know Berkley isn't "corrupt." But around here we never saw a TV spot responding to the swiftrain of Heller "corrupt" ads, and we kept saying to one another, Why on earth doesn't Berkley air her own TV spots responding to these terrible accusations?
If indeed Berkley did air TV spots in response, as you say she did, I never saw them.
The next best things for Rochelle Levine are hand cuffs, leg irons, and a perp walk.
Berkley, a typical politician; "it's all about me, how I want people to remember me".
Give me a break. At best, and I mean, only, at best, Berkley did what she was paid to do. That's nothing special; doing what you're paid to do.
Do I think she deserves that level as described above? Absolutely not!
Goodbye Shelley. I can't wait to give the same goodbye to Dean Heller, too.
No "probably" about it, Star. Berkley did try to get Adelson to bribe Clark County Commissioners and if you think she was merely a "consultant" at the time, you don't pay attention. Berkley was the general counsel for LV Sands - its top lawyer. You think lawyers don't know better than to advocate bribing public officials? I've said for years that Berkely should not have been in Congress - she should have been in jail. She's little more than a "white collar" criminal. Again, good riddance to her!