Former Democrat congressman from Illinois Mel Reynolds was arrested in Zimbabwe after police found out that he had racked up almost $25,000 in unpaid hotel bills and made over 100 porno films while there.  While that may not seem to be a big deal, considering the porn industry in America is not only legal but one of our biggest industries, the story gets worse.

Reynolds is no stranger to porn or crime.  In 1995 while he was in Congress, he was convicted of 12 counts of statutory rape, solicitation of child pornography and obstruction of justice. While serving a five-year prison sentence for that (only five years??!), he was convicted on unrelated bank fraud charges, including lying to SEC investigators.  He got another six years for that, but Bill Clinton commuted his sentence and let him out of prison.  He then ran for Congress again (??!) and lost to Jesse Jackson, Jr.  Because that’s all Illinois seems to be willing to elect: psychos, egomaniacs and perverts.

As if all that isn’t enough, this particular pervert’s resignation from Congress opened up a spot.

Following the Congressman’s indictment, state Senator Alice Palmer leaped forward to challenge him in a Democratic primary. Obama immediately put his name forward to win the open state legislative post [left by Palmer], starting his meteoric rise to the White House.

A friend from Obama’s community organizing days had been Palmer’s campaign manager, and made an introduction.

I guess we partially have child molester Mel Reynolds to thank for giving Obama an opportunity to get a political foot in the door.  And by the way, the fact that Bill Clinton commuted the sentence of a known pedophile and fraudster and let him back out on the street is shameful about expected, considering Clinton is a rapist and habitual sexual predator himself.

But hey, Democrats are all about the people.