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November 17th, 2004 by SteveSource. Simply put, the Republicans are overturning an ethics law which requires congressional members to give up their posts if indicted in order to protect their House Majority Leader, Tom DeLay. The irony?
House Republicans in 1993 — trying to underscore the ethics problems of Dan Rostenkowski (D-Ill.), then-chairman of the Ways and Means Committee — adopted the rule that requires a party leader to surrender his or her post if indicted by any grand jury, federal or state.
They do something right, then one decade later turn around and change it so they can stay in power. I’ve said this before and I’m saying it again: The current GOP leadership is corrupt and Machiavellian to the core. Power trumps legality, common sense, and even ideology to them. Republican supporters, your ideology aside, you need to clean up your house. I know there are good Republicans working to clean things up (no, not John McCain, he chickened out this campaign season; I mean the regular supporters of the party), and if you are a GOPer, you need to get in touch with them and start putting pressure on the GOP leadership. We on the left are taking care of the infestation of corrupt Democrats, don’t worry; if there’s one thing I’m not, especially on this kind of thing, it’s partisan. I will soon be writing something regarding the Democratic Party elite (and by “elite”, I mean “the rich people currently in charge of the place”).
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November 21st, 2004 at 10:08 pm
1) The Democrats don’t even have such an ethics law.
2) The district attorney who wants to bring charges against DeLay is a known partisan Democrat. He brought charges against Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison before an election in an attempt to derail her campaign which were thrown out almost immediately.
November 21st, 2004 at 10:36 pm
I’m sorry, Eugene made a typo. He actually meant to say:
1) The Republicans don’t even have such an ethics law.
November 21st, 2004 at 11:46 pm
eugene,
The DA has prosecuted 8 Democrats and 4 (or was it 5? hm…) Republicans in his career. Do you simply parrot back the information you hear on talk radio and see on Fox News, or do you actually do the research yourself?
Source
Furthermore, did you pay any attention to what I said?
“The other side does it too!” is not a valid argument.
November 21st, 2004 at 11:49 pm
Um…no, the Democrats really don’t have a provision that requires their officials to step down if indicted. Make sure you know what you’re talking about next time you try to make me look dumb
November 21st, 2004 at 11:53 pm
but Eugene… the Republicans don’t anymore, either.
November 21st, 2004 at 11:56 pm
Yeah Steve, you’re really non-partisan. Saying that the Democrats are simply “corrupt” (which I doubt you really believe, but say to give the impression that you’re some unbiased, superior being) is a bit weak compared to “The current GOP leadership is corrupt and Machiavellian to the core. Power trumps legality, common sense, and even ideology to them.”
And from what I can tell, the only “research” you do is based on these internet forums and left-wing websites that you spend all of your time reading. I actually heard the arguments that I listed on CNN, by the way.
November 21st, 2004 at 11:57 pm
And the Democrats never did, at least in recent history.
November 22nd, 2004 at 12:00 am
There is a difference between having an ideology bias and being partisan. I seriously am pissed-off at the Democrat leadership right now, because they have been doing some serious corrupt and (since you insist) Machiavellian things in order to maintain their power in the party. And they will be taken down over the next 2-4 years. Furthermore, Ron Earle has indicted more Democrats than Republicans. I’ll cite some examples, just for you.
There was also the one you listed, as well as a few others. And btw, since when do you trust CNN as a reliable news source?
November 22nd, 2004 at 12:02 am
Well they should have an ethics rule. Hell, I think it should be a congressional law. You’re missing the point though: The GOP came to power in the 90’s on a campaign of ethics, reform, and morality. This and the situation with tax returns and spending $2 million on a presidential yacht are NOT ethical or reform.
November 23rd, 2004 at 11:10 am
one other thing I caught: the charges weren’t “thrown out”, Eugene; Earle dropped them. There is a big difference.