Culture of Corruption part II - Revenge of the Libs

Remember when the Democrats used the slogan "Culture of Corruption" in the beginning of Bush's second term to describe malfeasance in the Republican Party? Well, the slogan would now make a fitting title for quite a few Democrat autobiographies. Blagojevich obviously has some sort of mental disorder or a level of narcissism previously unheard of for thinking he was going to get away with attempting to sell Obama's vacated Senate seat for personal gain. I believe this man doesn't have a single thought, let alone take an action, unless it means personal enrichment. I thought the Republicans were the greedy ones!

Charlie Rangel is neck deep in scandal. He chose not to pay income tax on $75,000 in rental income from a beach house he owns. He is using official letterhead to assist in fundraising efforts. He has unethically used rent-stabilized apartments for personal as well as official business, all the while claiming his D.C. home as his primary residence. Now, as if that weren't enough, the ethics committee has expanded their investigation to include a sweetheart deal with an oil company which saved them millions in taxes. All of this, just this year, from the chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee. Yes, the same man who is under investigation for tax fraud is chairman of the chief tax-writing committee in the House of Representatives. Ironic, isn't it? Can you say, "conflict of interest"?

In 2006, Mark Foley lost his seat in Florida's 16th district during a scandal in which he sent sexually suggestive instant messages to a Congressional Page. The Democrats went into a tizzy; calling the disgraced Republican every name in the book. Democrat Tim Mahoney campaigned for that same seat on a "morals and values" platform using the slogan "Restoring America's Values Begins at Home." He won the seat in 2006 and apparently wasted little time in being corrupted. News broke just before the election that this moral and virtuous man, who was going to "restore America's values, beginning at home", committed adultery and allegedly paid his mistress $121,000 for her cooperation and silence. He lost his seat in 2008 in the resulting scandal. I don't remember a Democrat tizzy resulting from Mr. Mahoney's immorality; I guess this type of thing is expected among Democrats.

Congressman William Jefferson of Louisiana was indicted on 16 counts of bribery, obstruction of justice, money laundering, wire fraud, and racketeering. Does that fall into the "corruption" category? Let's not mention the $90,000 in "cold" cash found in his freezer. Fortunately, the voters in the Pelican State decided to toss him out in the cold.

Dodd, Frank, Clinton (Bill), and even Carter play a central role in the toppling economy. If government intervention into the mortgage industry authored by these men hadn't occurred, we would not be in this mess. Carter created the game with his Community Reinvestment Act which pressured banks to give loans to people who can't afford it. Clinton exacerbated it by repealing the Glass-Steagall Act which launched sub-prime lending into the stratosphere. Meanwhile, Chris Dodd and Barney Frank are blaming free markets and a lack of regulation for the crisis. A lack of regulation? Are you serious? Their solution is corrupt government regulation to cover corrupt government policy! Oh yeah, and blame the Republicans; that always fits nicely in there somewhere.

Al Gore and Joe Biden's level of ineptitude is practically criminal. The carbon-Nazi has been lying to us about the ridiculous piece of fiction that is Global Warming for so long, I don't even want to think about it, when he's not busy taking massive and illegal donations from monks who have sworn a vow of poverty.

The gaffe-prone Biden has been wielding the sword of Liberalism to hack away at freedom since 1972 when he's not busy plagiarising speeches and making a mockery of the Christian faith with his anti-life theology.

I could go on and on, but the point is made. I will not deny that the Republican Party has had its share of reprobates, but for the Democrats; miscreant behavior is business as usual.