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Wednesday, November 17, 2004

Population of Hypocritus Republicanis Texacus Increasing Daily
Posted by Jill | 9:32 AM
Back in 1993, when DEMOCRAT Dan Rostenkowski was indicted on various mail fraud and other ethics charges, Congressional Republicans decided that in order to prove they were more moral and ethical than Democrats, they would enact rules requiring that any indicted House member in a leadership position would be required to resign said position.

Of course, now that the shoe is on the other foot, and it is House Majority Leader Tom "The Exterminator" DeLay who is about to be indicted, all of a sudden the Republicans don't think that's such a good idea:

House Republicans proposed changing their rules last night to allow members indicted by state grand juries to remain in a leadership post, a move that would benefit Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-Tex.) in case he is charged by a Texas grand jury that has indicted three of his political associates, according to GOP leaders.

The proposed rule change, which several leaders predicted would win approval at a closed meeting today, comes as House Republicans return to Washington feeling indebted to DeLay for the slightly enhanced majority they won in this month's elections. DeLay led an aggressive redistricting effort in Texas last year that resulted in five Democratic House members retiring or losing reelection. It also triggered a grand jury inquiry into fundraising efforts related to the state legislature's redistricting actions.


So what does this mean? Does this mean that we can finally stop this charade that Republicans are more moral than Democrats? Or more likely, does it simply mean that as with Republican sexual scandals, outright corruption can be excused by either a) claiming it was a "youthful indiscretion"; or b) claiming that "God has forgiven me through the love of His Only Son Jesus Christ" and that means the slate is wiped clean?

And will Americans tolerate this kind of outright hypocrisy?

Of course they will. Look at the people they elected to the White House and Congress on November 2nd.

(via Waveflux)
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