CongressionalBadBoys.com | home | Wilson Charles Nesbitt Wilson Democrat, Texas (1973-1996) Tom Hanks as Charlie Wilson?  Who knew. Have you checked out the movie yet? The Honorable Charles Wilson, known by friends and admirers as "Good Time Charlie," lived up to that reputation.  But there have been some dark moments as well.  As playwright Larry L. King described his troubles:  "(1) at least two spectacular midnight car crashes;  (2) taking a former Miss USA--whom he upgraded to Miss World in the telling--a) to the Afghan-Soviet war on a government plane and in white Gucci boots and b) on an 'inspection trip' aboard a naval aircraft carrier;  (3) repeatedly overdrawing his House of Representatives bank account;  (4) being investigated for alleged cocaine use;  (5) requiring emergency hospitalization after excessive celebrations at a Paris Air Show;  (6) paying a $90,000 fine for election-expenditure irregularities;  (7) divorcing a wonderful and long-suffering wife;  and (8) for more politically incorrect utterances than have been issued by Jesse Helms, Jesse Jackson, and maybe Jesse James combined."      For more, see the special page, Wit and Wisdom of "Good Time Charlie." Wilson was named as one of the top abused of the House bank, and he once loaned $10,000 to his campaign at 16 percent interest using an overdraft written against the bank.  His response to the Banking scandal.  "I think the people of East Texas knew they weren't electing a CPA."  On the allegations of drug use, the Justice Department eventually dropped the case against Wilson, Ron Dellums (Democrat-California), and Barry M. Goldwater, Jr. (Republication-California). Source:  Larry L. King, "One Hell of a Ride;  Good Time Charlie Wilson is Hangin' Up His Spurs;  Congress is No Damn Fun Anymore," Washingtonian, February 1996, 60;  Kim Cobb, "Rep. Wilson Used Overdraft as Loan," Houston Chronicle, March 20, 1992, A1; Clarence Page, "Congress's Top 10 Excuses on Rubbergate," Toronto Star, March 25, 1992.