Fighting the culture of corruption and my-way-or-the-highway politics Pelosi style

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<p>Well, this didn’t take long for Speaker Pelosi now did it?</p>

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<p><a href=“http://opinionjournal.com/diary/?id=110009248[/url]”>http://opinionjournal.com/diary/?id=110009248&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Republicans had six years to go after Murtha, and last time I looked they still control the Department of Justice and the Attorney General’s seat, and came up with nuthun.</p>

<p>Can’t wait for the Abramoff/Rove hearings to begin!</p>

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<p>Meanwhile, the Reps have returned Trent Lott - he of the segregationist remarks - to wield what little power they have left. Pretty desperate, I’d say.</p>

<p>Couldda been worse - they are looking for a way to rescusitate Newt, the poster child for spousal abandonment.</p>

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<p>Me neither–calling Sen. Reid to the stand. A also said there are half a dozen other Dems with a problem. </p>

<p><a href=“http://blogs.abcnews.com/theblotter/2006/11/abramoff_report_1.html[/url]”>http://blogs.abcnews.com/theblotter/2006/11/abramoff_report_1.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Abramoff off to prison, where he will earn 40 cents an hour and will “search for spiritual meaning.” Worse is yet to come:</p>

<p><a href=“http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061115/ap_on_re_us/abramoff_prison[/url]”>http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061115/ap_on_re_us/abramoff_prison&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>“This nightmare has gone on for almost three years so far and I expect we are not even half way through,” Abramoff wrote."</p>

<p>Stay the course.</p>

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<p>It’s time to bring the whole sorry lots of mendicants and thieves to justice.</p>

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<p>yes, abramoff a beacon of truth and honesty…this nightmare, of his own making…</p>

<p>poor guy</p>

<p>what’s it feel like having ethics return to congress? bye bye K street gang…</p>

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<p>"workin’ on the chain gang, chain gang, chain gang…
“workin’ on the chain gang…”</p>

<p>Time to start measuring Republicans for their new striped outfits…</p>

<p>(Don’t worry: the Dems will get theirs down the road, but not yet…)</p>

<p>Stay the course.</p>

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<p>I guess the truth is too much for you. Both sides have plenty of crooks to go around. How’s Mr Jefferson doing?? The Keating 5. Don’t expect anything but the SOS.</p>

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<p>lets look at Gates shall we, of Iran-Contra? can’t wait for those hearings</p>

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<p>yeah,jefferson -bad guy</p>

<p>but one side seems to have oodles and oodles of bad guys relative to the other, bad is bad, yes indeedy, but now the dirt is gonna come out</p>

<p>have you even read Pelosi’s new standards?</p>

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<p>Keating 5, you mean as in 20-year-old Keating 5, and the sole survivor…what’s his name…it’s on the tip of my tongue…the straight-up guy…ah, yes, JOHN MCCAIN?</p>

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<p>It’s a large and sorry lot. The Republicans just have the bigger tent, with more messes and corruption, so they must be brought to justice first.</p>

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<p>Did Rosty get out of jail yet? 4 out of 5 ain’t bad. The losses in the S&L debacle rival the cost of the Iraq war.</p>

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<p>Where ya been? six years ago.</p>

<p>Workin’ on the chain gang…searchin’ for spiritual meaning…</p>

<p>“The losses in the S&L debacle rival the cost of the Iraq war.”</p>

<p>Remember that when the Reps nominate what’s his name.</p>

<p>Anyone heard how Duke is doing recently?</p>

<p>Stay the course.</p>

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<p>You need to brush up on the K5</p>

<p>“Keating’s attempts to escape regulatory sanctions led to the Keating five political scandal, in which five U.S. senators were implicated in an influence-peddling scheme to assist Keating. Three of those senators — Alan Cranston, Don Riegle, and Dennis DeConcini — found their political careers cut short as a result. Two others — John Glenn and John McCain — were exonerated of all charges and escaped relatively unscathed”</p>

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<p>I think you are the one who needs the history lesson:</p>

<p>After months of testimony revealed that all five senators acted improperly to differing degrees, the senators continually said they were following the status quo of campaign funding practices. The committee recommended censure for Cranston and criticized the other four for “questionable conduct.”</p>

<p>As it happened, Cranston, who was nearly 80 years of age, had already decided not to run for re-election in 1992. DeConcini and Riegle continued to serve in the Senate until their terms expired, but they did not seek re-election in 1994.</p>

<p>But there was one, the ONLY one, crass enough to continue pursuing public office. The one who speaks his mind. The straight shooter, smooth talker.</p>

<p>The one the Reps may nominate for President. A fitting bookend for Trent Lott.</p>

<p>Is 25 years ago the best you can do? (I mean “I” can do better than that!)</p>

<p>Stay the course.</p>

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<p>Others have a different opinion of the facts. That’s just afewe off the top of my head. Point is they are all crooks to some extent–some are yours and some are mine.</p>

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<p>You know - this conversation is really discouraging. :frowning: </p>

<p>Who can remember and find the dirt on the crooks in power. Neither party has a lock on integrity. I wish one did.</p>

<p>Why the heck was Jane Harman locked out? For Murtha? Pelosi’s a fool.</p>

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<p>“Others have a different opinion of the facts. That’s just afewe off the top of my head. Point is they are all crooks to some extent–some are yours and some are mine.”</p>

<p>Sorry to remind you of this, but neither of these two bunches of crooks are mine! ;)</p>

<p>Workin’ on the chain gang, chain gang…</p>

<p>Can’t wait for Pelosi’s Abramoff/Rove hearings.</p>

<p>Stay the course!</p>