Top 11 Reasons the People of Louisiana’s Second Congressional District Re-elected William “Ice Box” Jefferson

11. He promised 90k in every pot

10. People of Louisiana not yet ready to elect an honest person to public office

9. The Hurricane Katrina relief was so well handled that everyone involved was a shoe-in for re-election

8. He has to be innocent because only Republicans are corrupt

7. Didn’t want to leave Alcee Hastings and John Murtha as the only openly corrupt members of Congress

6. His opponent was a woman

5. The runoff election was held on a Saturday and only criminals vote on Saturdays

4. Half of them thought they were voting for Thomas Jefferson

3. And the other half thought they were voting for former Chicago Bear William “The Refrigerator” Perry

2. Who better to help Nancy Pelosi clean up the culture of corruption than a crook?

1. Huey Long wasn’t on the ballot