I guess the Republicans are sitting around in their steakhouses, and in between working on heart attacks, worrying that the new corruption allegations are going to "hurt their bid to retake congress in 08". Yeah, well, that wasn't happening anyway, but hey, we all need something to worry over.
Now of course, it's not only Republicans who get into trouble with corruption, it's just mostly Republicans. The Republicans will have to find some corrupt dems in order to make their usual pathetic attempt at deflecting attention away from themselves. The old "look over there!" approach. If I were Pelosi, I would be on the phone with members of my party letting them know that if I found out their hand was in the cookie jar, I would personally come to their house and cut their balls off.
And yes, I would use the word balls. Because though, the corruption charges are not against only Republicans (just mostly), and though women are in Congress, the charges have been leveled against only men, so far, and to my knowledge. It looks like it does still take a woman to clean a House, after all.
GOP Troubles May Hurt Bid To Retake Congress in 2008
Two Committee Resignations Put Spotlight Back on Ethics
By Jonathan Weisman
Washington Post Staff Writer
Sunday, April 22, 2007; A03
The abrupt resignations last week of two Republican House members from their sensitive committee assignments have thrust lingering legal and ethics issues back into the limelight, potentially complicating GOP efforts to retake Congress next year.
On successive days, Wednesday and Thursday, Reps. John T. Doolittle (Calif.) and Rick Renzi (Ariz.) disclosed FBI raids on their wives' businesses. The men proclaimed their innocence, but the raids exposed their legal jeopardy. The announcements were only the most recent in a series of developments that have kept the focus on the old ethical and legal clouds that helped chase the Republican Party from power on Capitol Hill.
Two other lawmakers face possible ethics investigations amid allegations that they pressured a U.S. attorney in New Mexico to indict Democrats before last year's fall elections.
Rep. Gary G. Miller (R-Calif.), under investigation by the FBI for a series of land deals, is now facing Democratic ads alleging that he lied about a land sale that he declined to pay taxes on.
Rep. Jerry Lewis (R-Calif.) still faces FBI scrutiny of his work as chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, and this month, his campaign filings showed that he has racked up $892,951.69 in legal fees since July. And for the first time, Rep. Tim Murphy (R-Pa.) reported significant legal fees -- $15,620.60 -- in his campaign filing this month, as he tries to stave off accusations that he used taxpayer-funded congressional staff and resources to do political work.
"Everybody's kind of a little bit numb," said Rep. Jack Kingston (R-Ga.). "There's this, 'What else can happen now?' feeling going around here."
The ethics issue burst back into focus with the FBI raids involving Doolittle and Renzi.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04/21/AR2007042100999_pf.html
Now of course, it's not only Republicans who get into trouble with corruption, it's just mostly Republicans. The Republicans will have to find some corrupt dems in order to make their usual pathetic attempt at deflecting attention away from themselves. The old "look over there!" approach. If I were Pelosi, I would be on the phone with members of my party letting them know that if I found out their hand was in the cookie jar, I would personally come to their house and cut their balls off.
And yes, I would use the word balls. Because though, the corruption charges are not against only Republicans (just mostly), and though women are in Congress, the charges have been leveled against only men, so far, and to my knowledge. It looks like it does still take a woman to clean a House, after all.
GOP Troubles May Hurt Bid To Retake Congress in 2008
Two Committee Resignations Put Spotlight Back on Ethics
By Jonathan Weisman
Washington Post Staff Writer
Sunday, April 22, 2007; A03
The abrupt resignations last week of two Republican House members from their sensitive committee assignments have thrust lingering legal and ethics issues back into the limelight, potentially complicating GOP efforts to retake Congress next year.
On successive days, Wednesday and Thursday, Reps. John T. Doolittle (Calif.) and Rick Renzi (Ariz.) disclosed FBI raids on their wives' businesses. The men proclaimed their innocence, but the raids exposed their legal jeopardy. The announcements were only the most recent in a series of developments that have kept the focus on the old ethical and legal clouds that helped chase the Republican Party from power on Capitol Hill.
Two other lawmakers face possible ethics investigations amid allegations that they pressured a U.S. attorney in New Mexico to indict Democrats before last year's fall elections.
Rep. Gary G. Miller (R-Calif.), under investigation by the FBI for a series of land deals, is now facing Democratic ads alleging that he lied about a land sale that he declined to pay taxes on.
Rep. Jerry Lewis (R-Calif.) still faces FBI scrutiny of his work as chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, and this month, his campaign filings showed that he has racked up $892,951.69 in legal fees since July. And for the first time, Rep. Tim Murphy (R-Pa.) reported significant legal fees -- $15,620.60 -- in his campaign filing this month, as he tries to stave off accusations that he used taxpayer-funded congressional staff and resources to do political work.
"Everybody's kind of a little bit numb," said Rep. Jack Kingston (R-Ga.). "There's this, 'What else can happen now?' feeling going around here."
The ethics issue burst back into focus with the FBI raids involving Doolittle and Renzi.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04/21/AR2007042100999_pf.html
