You can arrogantly deny it all you want but we have a political system that breeds corruption and no party is immune.

I will grant you it occurs on both sides.

However, in 35 years there have been three administrations (actually, FOUR if you count the midnight escape by Bush I in his pardons of Iran/Contra indictees BEFORE they went to trial). who have been mired in incredible scandals that dwarf Democratic scandals in both numbers AND magnitude.

It would appear that corruption is endemic in the republican party. Not that republicans are corrupt; rather it has to do with the opportunites that are a call of the wild to the corrupt, when republicans are in power.

Republican governmental policies are the Fertile Crescent of Corruptiion.

Quaker, you, Semanticleo, and plenty others act as though corruption and the like is par for the course with the Republican party and a mere aberration when committed by a Democrat.

I won’t speak on behalf of Semanticleo or the “plenty others,” but for my own part, I’ll ask again: evidence, please?

As I said before, “Hooray for ABSCAM!”

Christ Oliver, you sound like a fucking cartoon character. You’re much smarter than this, so why do you do it? I mean, are you so afraid of losing readers like Jadegold?

http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2005/11/03/abramoff/index_np.html

And no, Hedley, it is far from equal.

No. A bigger pile of shit smells worse than a smaller one, and a freakin’ yellow shit storm is the stankiest of all.

Both parties have produced an equal amount of shit over the years.

Remember ABSCAM?

I do. As I recall, several people went to trial and were convicted. Hooray!

So it s not that there s corruption. You re just pissed about the Dollar amount.

See, it helps if you read the part of the previous comment that I conveniently cut-and-paste. Hedley was trying to pretend that this is all about a nice Mr. DeLay just being helpful and helping nice Mr. Abramoff meet some new friends.

I thought I pointed that out.

Anyway, if you take Hedley’s original description of an innocuous friendly get-together and remember to mention the quarter-million dollars, why you begin to see these events in a whole new light.

So, to answer your question, no, I’m not pissed only about the dollar amount, and yes, it is that there’s corruption.

I agree with you that corruption is bad. It’s bad, bad, bad.

Where we differ is that unlike you, I don’t believe that either party has a monopoly on corruption but rather, everyone’s shit stinks just the same.

Thanks for trying to read my mind Quaker, but not surprisingly, you are wrong.

Hunh? Mind-reading?

Maybe you can read mine and tell me when I thought I was doing that. You asked about ABSCAM. I answered and gave a rousing cheer. Then I moved on to address Mr. Farris.

While you’re at it, maybe you can help me out with this one too:

unlike you, I don t believe that either party has a monopoly on corruption

Maybe I’m having one of those….uh, whaddya call ‘em…uh, you know, where you can’t remember stuff…uh….senior moments, that’s it!

When did I say anybody had a monopoly on corruption?

A politician tried to help a lobbyist gain access to the federal government???? No!!!!!

You left out the part about the quarter-million dollars. Forgetful, aren’t you?

Tell me it isn’t true. I can’t believe that ever happens.

I am stunned. What is this world coming to. Please bring back the Democrats and the good old days of simply buying access to the Lincoln Bedroom.