"Republicans Sinking In Sleaze"

The Times December 10, 2005

Republicans sinking in sleaze
By Tim Reid

A decade ago the Democrats were thought to be shady. Now it is the turn of Mr Bush's party

A DECADE ago Newt Gingrich’s Republican revolutionaries seized control of Congress after 40 years of Democrat rule by promising to end the culture of graft and corruption on Capitol Hill.

Today, after a string of indictments, scandals and a criminal investigation that threatens to implicate dozens of politicians next year, the tables have turned full circle. It is now President Bush’s Republicans who are seen as the party of sleaze.

Polls suggest that two thirds of Americans believe that corruption is a serious political problem. That, allied with the growing unpopularity of the war in Iraq, is raising fears in the White House of a voter backlash in next year’s mid-term congressional elections.

Since the summer, leading Republicans have been hit by a steady stream of scandals.
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The republican party has been loaded with sleezy characters for at least the past 100 years. This is not a new phenomenon. The only "new" twist is that so many of them are getting caught in a short period of time. The "sleaze" of the democrats in the 90's is child's play compared to what the bastards are doing today. "Journalists" making such comparisons fail their customers.

Imagine that Corporate Media had been doing it's job for the last few years and the general public understood the full story of how depraved and dishonest this and past Republican administrations have been? Much of what has occurred since 2000 at least, would not have. Either President Gore or President Kerry would never have allowed it.