Comments on: Republicans Vote Pro-Corruption http://www.oliverwillis.com/2005/12/08/republicans-vote-pro-corruption/ Like Kryptonite To Stupid Mon, 23 Nov 2009 05:09:49 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: ian http://www.oliverwillis.com/2005/12/08/republicans-vote-pro-corruption/#comment-15003 ian Fri, 09 Dec 2005 21:12:07 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=1049#comment-15003 Voting against a bill that was there to make them look like asses .. gee, what a surprise. Democrats are the minority, and after five years I still don't think they've read the memo. Voting against a bill that was there to make them look like asses .. gee, what a surprise. Democrats are the minority, and after five years I still don’t think they’ve read the memo.

]]> By: The Concordian http://www.oliverwillis.com/2005/12/08/republicans-vote-pro-corruption/#comment-15002 The Concordian Fri, 09 Dec 2005 16:12:50 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=1049#comment-15002 <i>Democrats to practice their patented compassionate Christianity</i> Ummm, not to burst your bubble, but I believe it's the Republicans who have been trying to claim ownership of that particular meme. Democrats to practice their patented compassionate Christianity

Ummm, not to burst your bubble, but I believe it’s the Republicans who have been trying to claim ownership of that particular meme.

]]> By: Mike http://www.oliverwillis.com/2005/12/08/republicans-vote-pro-corruption/#comment-15001 Mike Fri, 09 Dec 2005 14:12:12 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=1049#comment-15001 I'm sure that if the Republicans had proposed such a resolution after the House Bank scandal, the Democrats would have soundly rejected it, too. Pelosi is also an odd choice to sponsor this kind of resolution, since <a>it was recently reported</a> that two PACS tied to her (the same way that Texans for a Republican Majority was tied to Tom Delay) paid $21,000 in fines for circumventing donation limits set in election law. This is kind of like Dick Gephardt grandstanding about Newt Gingrich's "ethics violations" 8 years ago, when he himself was under investigation by the House Ethics Committee for income tax evasion. It looks to me like this is a good chance for Democrats to practice their patented compassionate Christianity and start living out Jesus' teaching about throwing the first stone. :-) I’m sure that if the Republicans had proposed such a resolution after the House Bank scandal, the Democrats would have soundly rejected it, too.

Pelosi is also an odd choice to sponsor this kind of resolution, since it was recently reported that two PACS tied to her (the same way that Texans for a Republican Majority was tied to Tom Delay) paid $21,000 in fines for circumventing donation limits set in election law. This is kind of like Dick Gephardt grandstanding about Newt Gingrich’s “ethics violations” 8 years ago, when he himself was under investigation by the House Ethics Committee for income tax evasion.

It looks to me like this is a good chance for Democrats to practice their patented compassionate Christianity and start living out Jesus’ teaching about throwing the first stone. :-)

]]> By: The Concordian http://www.oliverwillis.com/2005/12/08/republicans-vote-pro-corruption/#comment-15000 The Concordian Fri, 09 Dec 2005 06:12:35 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=1049#comment-15000 Yeah, my thought exactly. If you're going to grandstand, then there had better be a reason for it, a point you're trying to make, or something you're trying to accomplish. There was nothing behind this crap but snark. I think the number of Republicans and party operatives/cronies facing investigation and/or prosecution is a pretty clear indicator of the level of Republican corruption in Washington. Pelosi should know better than to waste more time on this kind of thing. Yeah, my thought exactly. If you’re going to grandstand, then there had better be a reason for it, a point you’re trying to make, or something you’re trying to accomplish. There was nothing behind this crap but snark.

I think the number of Republicans and party operatives/cronies facing investigation and/or prosecution is a pretty clear indicator of the level of Republican corruption in Washington. Pelosi should know better than to waste more time on this kind of thing.

]]> By: elrod http://www.oliverwillis.com/2005/12/08/republicans-vote-pro-corruption/#comment-14999 elrod Fri, 09 Dec 2005 05:12:59 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=1049#comment-14999 Well, considering the bill specifically cited the Republican leadership's corruption, is it surprising that Republicans would vote against it? Well, considering the bill specifically cited the Republican leadership’s corruption, is it surprising that Republicans would vote against it?

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