NYT OpEd: Regressive Ethics in the House (re: DeLay)

Having picked up a handful of seats in this month's election, House Republicans seem to think they have a mandate to eradicate Congressional ethics standards.

On Tuesday, House Republicans unanimously elected Tom DeLay to serve another term as House majority leader, despite his unsavory record when it comes to abiding by accepted Congressional standards of conduct. He received two separate bipartisan rebukes from the normally timid ethics committee this fall.

Just in case Mr. DeLay gets into more trouble, G.O.P. lawmakers have followed up by repealing their wise party rule that barred indicted members from holding leadership positions. Only a handful of Republicans had the moral compass to object.

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/19/opinion/19fri1.html?oref=login

You go, Left Wing Media!

Where is the outrage among the people??? The people and the press used to have a healthy skepticism about politicians. Today the Republicans can be as mean and nasty as they want to be and there is no outrage. Sad!

Wake me when the Screw York Times becomes a newspaper again...

No actually, it was not unanimous and FAR MORE than a handful objected.

http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/index-old.php

JFC, where have all the REAL reporters gone!!!

Josh Marshall is providing extraordinary evidence that significantly more than a "handful" have bucked DeLay, at least publicly. Josh hasn't said so explicitly, but this appears to be the corollary in the House GOP caucus's arsenal of hypocrisy, the most prominent feature of which is the grandstanding, demagogic public vow to cut the budget deficit while quietly shipping in pork to the home district.