Comments on: Blame It On The ManTM

By: Bull Moose

Bull Moose — Wed, 30 Nov 2005 00:25:43 +0000

The corruptioin scandal threatens Dennis Hastert, Tom DeLay, Roy Blunt, Bob Ney, John Doolittle, and others including perhaps even Senator Harry Reid. Corruption is corruption, regardless if there is an R or a D after your name and it should be treated the same…

Republicans ran in 1994 to end the corruption in DC… What are we to run on now? Sweeping it under the rug? Making light of it?

There are some Georgia Congressmen out there now (yes Republicans) who think this is a waste of time… I guess the laws that they write and pass don’t apply to them?

This is a prime example of the arrogance that can develop when we have unchecked Congressional Districts… In a competitive district with spirited opposition, these types of corruption and arrogance and abuse of power would NEVER be tollerated…

Send a message in November and send them all packing!

By: chrisishardcore

chrisishardcore — Tue, 29 Nov 2005 18:39:34 +0000

Somehow I think the elected leadership of practically the entire House of Representatives being either suspects or targets in corruption scandals will be worst than an out of power state Senator (who lost while he was Majority Leader).

In other words, your current leadership has a cloud of corruption over them, while just one guy who isn’t in power anymore is going to jail. If past corruption is the ticket to electoral gain, then we’ll get just as much mileage out of Linda Shrencko as you’ll get out of Walker…which is none at all.

Similarly, if there is a national throw the bums out mood directed at Republicans, do you really think your average Georgia voter (who probably can’t even name his state legislator) will differentiate between the corrupt national Republicans and the state Republicans? I think they’ll all just be Republicans one and the same to them.

By: Maurice Atkinson

Maurice Atkinson — Tue, 29 Nov 2005 18:01:15 +0000

I enjoyed watching Duke Cunningham, Bob Dornan and other congressmen on CSPAN giving special order speeches in the early ’90s’. I recall the conviction of rooting out the arrogance and indisgression of the political leadership at that time. I am really sorry to see he suscumbed to the lure of political payoffs.

This should serve as a wake up call to all elected leaders that they are elected to do the work of the people and not merely for themselves. Unfortunately, I am not confident that this will.

By: Bill Simon

Bill Simon — Tue, 29 Nov 2005 16:48:18 +0000

I suspect Charles Walker will be able to develop quite the little enterprise behind bars in a federal prison. He has quite the knack.

By: GAWire

GAWire — Tue, 29 Nov 2005 16:32:25 +0000

I know all stealing is bad, and I certainly will never excuse anything Abramoff did, but stealing from a charity … ouch!

Convicted of 127 charges! Do you think he is in for some trouble, or what?