Ohio GOP chairman backs off plans to push Ney to resign

[Algorem]

http://www.cleveland.com/newsflash/cleveland/index.ssf?/base/news-22/1137723551293890.xml&storylist=cleveland

1/19/2006, 9:11 p.m. ET
By DAVID HAMMER
The Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — Ohio GOP chairman pledged full support Thursday for Rep. Bob Ney, a day after he said the party would ask Ney to leave Congress if he were to be indicted for his alleged role in a lobbyist's influence peddling scheme.

Bob Bennett, chairman of the Ohio Republican Party, told Fox News Channel on Wednesday: "If Bob Ney is indicted, that's a very serious charge. We would ask him to step down on that basis."

The statement came four days after Ney, R-Ohio, stepped down temporarily as chairman of an important House committee. He reacted indignantly to Bennett's statement Wednesday.


"I listen to those I was elected to serve, not the party bosses who are sometimes ignorant of what is right and what is wrong, and instead stick their fingers to the political winds every time there is a breeze," he said in a statement...

[Roland99]

1. Well, at least he won't have to be convicted. A mere indictment will do.

:eyes:

[babylonsister]

2. OK, then 'guilt by association' also works.

Watch Bob Bennett change his tune in the very near future.

[ClassWarrior]

3. "And those I was elected to serve want me to make myself rich..."

"...whether by lying, cheating, stealing, or murder. So I won't step down till I fulfill all of their wishes."

NGU.