(GOP's) Made-to-Order Ethics

[papau]

http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/editorials/la-ed-congress19nov19.story
EDITORIAL
Made-to-Order Ethics

November 19, 2004

Republican lawmakers beat two tactical retreats this week. The first was jettisoning any pretense of fiscal conservatism by raising the debt limit by another $800 billion to create an $8-trillion-plus national debt.

The second, and more startling, was altering ethics rules so that Rep. Tom DeLay of Texas can continue to serve as House majority leader even if he is indicted for campaign finance violations.

If these moves keep up, the GOP is going to become a carbon copy of the old Democratic Party, which used to embrace deficit spending and cavalierly ignored ethics rules. It was the Democrats' ethics scandals that originally helped bring the GOP out of decades in the political wilderness to seize control of the House in 1994.

In 1993, Republicans passed a rule requiring indicted leaders to surrender their positions. Republicans wanted to show that in contrast to the flurry of Democratic leaders, such as House Speaker Jim Wright, who were embroiled in scandal, its party was squeaky clean.

No longer. Like the arrogant Democrats of yesteryear, House Republican lawmakers are doing as they please. DeLay has been rebuked by the House Ethics Committee twice this fall for skirting campaign finance rules.<snip>

[vpigrad]

1. Never seen so much anti-party drivel!

> Democratic Party, which used to embrace deficit spending and cavalierly ignored ethics rules

> Democrats' ethics scandals

> House Speaker Jim Wright, who were embroiled in scandal

> Like the arrogant Democrats of yesteryear

I never thought I'd see something like the above posted here about the party? Why is this anti-party crap posted here? How about quoting a less biased paper than the LA Times?

[papau]

2. Democrats are not afraid of truth - and the above is truth - not Fox Cable

lies or Washington Times lies.

The Dems have cleaned up their act -

and now the whores are the GOP.

[meow2u3]

3. GOP to America: Ethical standards are only for Democrats

Since we have the majority, we can do as we please because God said we're above the law. :puke: