Nice quote to use against the "DeLay" tactics:

zbdent

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Thu Nov-18-04 11:20 AM
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Nice quote to use against the "DeLay" tactics:

January 25, 1993, in the House of Representatives. Rep Curt Weldon decides to put his two cents' worth on the discussion of "ethics":

"In a recent Washington Post interview, Senator Jesse Helms said of congressional ethics reform: `We need to do something to reassure the public we're not a bunch of folks sitting in a back room doing favors for each other.' "

I think that this quote should be spread around a LOT.

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Jo March

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Thu Nov-18-04 11:21 AM
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1. Jesse said that?

Well, I think that I'll make that my new quote of the week when I email my outrage.

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trotsky

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Thu Nov-18-04 11:35 AM
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3. Hard to believe we'd actually long for old Jesse, eh?

Yes he is a hateful bigoted old bastard, but at least he played by the rules and respected them. He & Paul Wellstone had a great deal of respect for each other.

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Jo March

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Thu Nov-18-04 01:23 PM
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5. Any friend of Wellstone....

Yes, I have to say that Jesse was old school. He did believe in propriety.

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zbdent

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Thu Nov-18-04 11:42 AM
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4. Yup. About the time that they were pushing for those rules that

they just rescinded JUST FOR DELAY.

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Jo March

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Thu Nov-18-04 01:24 PM
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6. Headline News was calling it the Delay Rule

He was smiling like a egg-sucking dog. Creep.

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FloridaPat

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Thu Nov-18-04 11:28 AM
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2. To late. I would say most of us currently believe that. And

it seems to be the way Washington has worked for a very long time.

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cybildisobedience

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Thu Nov-18-04 01:25 PM
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7. or how about these:

"What are we going to tell the children?"

or

"We must respect the rule of law."

We heard them enough during the impeachment. Now we have this thug running roughshod over the system, and what do the Repukes do?
Why, change the system so that there won't be a penalty.
Why didn't Clinton think of that?

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