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sabra Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-29-05 09:33 PM
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NYT: Republicans Denounce Ex-Lawmaker (Cunningham)

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/30/national/30indict.html?ei=5094&en=d0ef1cda50266303&hp=&ex=1133326800&partner=homepage&pagewanted=print

Republicans Denounce Ex-Lawmaker

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 29 - Concerned that the stain of former Representative Randy Cunningham's admission that he took bribes and evaded taxes could damage the party's prospects, President Bush and other Republican leaders issued strong denunciations of Mr. Cunningham's actions on Tuesday.

With several investigations focusing on top Republican officials and growing public unease over the war in Iraq and economic policy at home, party leaders moved to distance themselves and their party from Mr. Cunningham's felony plea.

Though some Republican officials said Democrats in Congress were equally guilty of questionable behavior, including lobbyist-paid trips and underreporting of campaign contributions, they acknowledged that Republicans, because they control the White House and Congress, are being held to a higher standard by many voters. They also expressed shock and embarrassment at the extent of Mr. Cunningham's wrongdoing, which the president described on Tuesday as "outrageous."

...

Representative David Dreier, the California Republican who heads the House Rules Committee, said Mr. Cunningham had violated the ethical standards of the House and was right to resign immediately
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3waygeek Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-29-05 09:34 PM
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1. So much for honor amongst thieves n/t
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pfitz59 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-29-05 09:35 PM
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2. "Look over there!"
"Look over there! Puhleeze, look over there!" None of these worms could stand the harsh light of full disclosure!
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barb162 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-29-05 09:37 PM
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3. I wonder if the Republicans were winking when they were talking
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sendero Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 07:58 AM
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25. They had the fingers...
... of both hands and the toes of both feet crossed :)

That cracks me up. "We're being held to a higher standard, wwwwaaaaahhhhh".

Hey, douchebag lying Republicans, show me a Dem who took 2.4 million dollars in bribes, and I'll lodge a complaint myself.

Keep whistling past the graveyard, liars :)
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Rincewind Donating Member (682 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-29-05 09:37 PM
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4. unforgivable sin
Ol' Duke-stir committed the one unforgivable sin among the glopers, he got caught.
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xray s Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-29-05 09:37 PM
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5. They will get to practice that speech alot in the coming months
They should just all resign now and save the taxpayers alot of money spent on investigators and prosecutors.
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MADem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-29-05 09:38 PM
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6. Run, run, run away!!!!
We shouldn't let them, though. If they golfed with him, partied with him, sat next to him chuckling at a fundraiser, we need to use those pictures and tapes against them...EARLY and OFTEN!

Paint them with the Cunningham brush!
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brer cat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-29-05 09:53 PM
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13. Absolutely! Don't let them run.
Find every picture of them with Cunningham, and every quote in support, and post them on billboards nationwide. They use lies to destroy decent people, we can at least use the truth to put their feet to the fire.
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tularetom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-29-05 09:40 PM
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7. Although his actions were slimy
I was actually impressed by Cunningham's confession/apology/resignation speech. It was fairly classy and I'll be anxious to see if some others act as maturely when they are caught with the goods.
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brentspeak Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-29-05 09:43 PM
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10. Tom DeLay sure wouldn't show any class
if and when he's convicted. He'll probably just blame the whole thing on Democrats and "activist judges".
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MADem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-29-05 10:02 PM
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14. I thought he looked sorry, all right--sorry that he was CAUGHT
And he seemed very worried about his shit--his WORLDLY possessions. The fancy french commode, the oriental rugs, the boat, the condo, the cash...those were not really HIS things, he stole them--he sold his influence to the highest bidder, and stole from us by putting his lobbyist and DOD contractor pals ahead of the American people.

He is a thief, and a bum.

He may as well have stolen milk from babies, schoolbooks from children, and stepped on kittens while he was at it, because cronies do not give MILLIONS to congressmen unless they are able to skim many more millions from the taxpayers.

Interestingly enough, he was hardly contrite when he thought he could beat the rap, back in June: http://cunningham.house.gov/news/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=29491
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Ian David Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 07:40 AM
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22. It's always classy to invoke Jesus when you're caugh stealing, isn't it?
"Oh, I'm so old and so Christian."

:sarcasm:
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chrisau214 Donating Member (205 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 07:51 AM
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24. He 'confessed' only because he
saw the writing on the wall. A confession allows him to serve much less jail time.


Chris
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Don Claybrook Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-29-05 09:40 PM
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8. So the NYT reports that Republicans "acknowledge"
that they're held to a higher standard than Democrats. This is of course, a lie, but I expect that from the GOP. The galling part is the Times' wording.

If they had said, "...they CLAIMED that Republicans, because they are in control of the White House and Congress...", that would've been fine.

When you acknowledge something, you are in effect admitting the truth of that thing. So the Times is more or less stating that Republicans are indeed held to a higher standard than Democrats. And they don't send copy like that out by accident.
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Drum Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-29-05 09:43 PM
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9. It'll be interesting
when some savvy person collects and presents a selection of these denouncers' prior personal affiliations with and statements about Cunningham....
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mazzarro Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-29-05 09:48 PM
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11. How honest are condemnations
I hope this will happen many more times and very often too because I will like to see how the rethuglican party leadership will handle it after the second or third time coming out to condemn their own. I have the feeling that these people with no conscience will continue, without shame, to parrot their unconvincing and dishonest condemnations even by those who will later come to be nailed for the same crime.
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killbotfactory Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-29-05 09:51 PM
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12. He should have never admitted his guilt
Then they would be throwing parties for him.
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meganmonkey Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 07:47 AM
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23. I think they will end up regretting this, to some extent
You are totally right - this is the one guy who is trying to come clean (fwiw) now, and is admitting his responsibility and hoping to make amends - I heard the clip of him last night saying as much.

Not that I feel sorry for him or anything, but maybe on a personal level he has hit rock bottom and he really will try to see things right. So by writing him off, these other repubs are just asking for the shit to get spilled. Cunningham may be a source of some good dirt now...maybe. I dunno. Scanlon will, he's gonna spill all the beans. Oh boy!
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texanshatingbush Donating Member (435 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-29-05 10:07 PM
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15. Any Congressional pension in The Dukester's future?
I'm sure he's sucking down a military pension. But I wonder if resignation of his Congressional seat--due to bribery and tax evasion--carries any penalties making him ineligible for a Congressional pension?

I'd hate to think that his quid pro quo act with defense contractor wannabes--in his own best interest and not in the best interest of his country--does not affect his eligibility for Congressional pension in some way, at least for the years in which he was holding himself above the law.
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fishnfla Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-29-05 10:13 PM
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16. Bad mouthing the 'ex' huh?
I'm sure the GOP is gonna get better at that
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young_at_heart Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-29-05 10:26 PM
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17. But the Republicans are supposed to have the higher moral values.
Cunningham must have really been a Democrat. Many Bible Belt people think that only Republicans have the right to be our representatives because they have a direct relationship with God. According to a letter-writer in my local paper today, "The Democratic party has largely turned away from God and His ways. Why should he bless them with ideas?"
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Beetwasher Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-29-05 10:37 PM
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18. Cunningham; Repentent and DENOUNCED: Delay; Unrepentant and SUPPORTED
Edited on Tue Nov-29-05 10:37 PM by Beetwasher
What do we learn about Republicans from this, boys and girls?
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kurth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-29-05 11:00 PM
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19. Excellent observation!
They're all fucking assholes. Scummy low-life thieves, all of them.
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Arkana Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 10:38 AM
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26. If you admit you did wrong rather than denying it like a fuckhead,
your party eats you alive. I'd rather be dead than a Republican.
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Dover Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 02:40 AM
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20. But Bush and Cheney......they're keepers.
Edited on Wed Nov-30-05 02:41 AM by Dover
Jeepers, creepers, where'd ya get those freepers?

I suppose the Godfathers of crime are untouchable....for now.
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radfringe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 03:41 AM
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21. more blather from the "NOT MY FAULT" party
Edited on Wed Nov-30-05 03:42 AM by radfringe
...Though some Republican officials said Democrats in Congress were equally guilty of questionable behavior, including lobbyist-paid trips and underreporting of campaign contributions...,

----snip---

A third California Republican, Representative Richard W. Pombo, has been criticized by Democrats as failing to report the value of two foreign trips paid for by a lobby group, paying family members from political accounts, and accepting campaign contributions from Mr. Abramoff and Mr. DeLay.

Mr. Pombo dismissed the accusations as partisan attacks.

Karen Hanretty, communications director for the California Republican Party, said the attacks were part of a broader assault on Republicans
==========

Dems are involved too - so how can it be a partisan attack?

all I can say is that it's TIME TO CLEAN HOUSE AND THE SENATE

http://www.cafepress.com/radicalfringe
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