Longtime Repuke blasts current crop of piggies for "corruption creep"

...in The Moonie Times even ->

Corruption creep in GOP
By Bruce Bartlett
November 30, 2005

One of the most important political developments in America is the creeping corruption of the Republican Party. Increasingly, there is little meaningful difference between Republicans in Congress and the Democrats they replaced a little more than 10 years ago. Unless they clean up their act fast, Republicans will suffer major losses in next year's congressional elections.

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One abuse that particularly bothers me is routinely holding open votes far beyond the normal time so Republican leaders can twist arms to force principled conservatives to back big spending measures. The worst was the three-hour vote in 2003 that gave us the Medicare drug monstrosity. Just a few weeks ago it was done again when the leadership held a 5-minute vote open 45 minutes to bludgeon through an energy bill.

Although few Republicans will speak on the record about such abuses for fear of retaliation, it is a growing topic of private conversations. Earlier this year, The Washington Post quoted one leadership aide lamenting, "It took Democrats 40 years to get as arrogant as we have become in 10."

It was only a matter of time before the petty abuse of power morphed into actual corruption. That is the significance of the growing scandal involving lobbyists Jack Abramoff, Mike Scanlon and others. Last week, Mr. Scanlon pleaded guilty to defrauding Indian tribes who had paid Mr. Abramoff and Mr. Scanlon to lobby for their gambling interests in Congress.

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In the words of conservative New York Post columnist John Podhoretz: "As is often the case when reformers take the reins of power, they've become mirror images of those they replaced. They've grown especially interested in rewarding their friends, punishing their enemies and using government power for their own narrow partisan ends."

http://www.washingtontimes.com/commentary/20051129-090651-8148r.htm

And even after 40 years, the Democrats were no where near as bad as these pigs have become.

use to "frame" the Democrats "corruptness" in the 80s/90s.

From Wikipedia-

Wright became the target of an inquiry by the House Ethics Committee. Their report in early 1989 implied that he had used bulk purchases of his vanity book Reflections of a Public Man to earn speaking fees in excess of the allowed maximum, and that his wife, Betty, was given a job and perks to avoid the limit on gifts. Faced with an increasing loss of effectiveness, he resigned as Speaker on May 31, 1989, effective upon the selection of a successor. On June 6th, the Democratic caucus brought his speakership to an end by selecting his replacement, Tom Foley, and on June 30th he resigned from Congress.


Sorry, but that wouldn't show up on the radar screen of Republican corruptness today. I don't think it would make page A22 in the Washington Post.

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Harding, Coolidge, Hoover, Nixon, Reagan, Bush I, Bush II.

Roosevelt, Eisenhower, Ford as exceptions.

No-body do-es it be-tter, ma-akes me feel sad fo-or the rest...