Democrats overlook ethics problems


It's not a party problem, it is a government problem.

As in TOO MUCH GOVERNMENT.
Dick Morris looks below the surface for election results. The Democrat "win" isn't what it looks like. Emphasis added.

But how did it achieve these majorities? It did so lifted by the wings of moderate, centrist Democrats who mastered their GOP opponents throughout the country. It was not liberals who defeated Republican incumbents in the House and Senate. It was moderates, future members of the Democratic Leadership Council (DLC).

The only reason Pelosi is Speaker is that a fresh crop of moderate Democrats ousted Republican incumbents in the House. A majority of these new congressmen and -women have announced their intention to join the DLC.

It is only because pro-lifer Bob Casey beat Sen. Rick Santorum (R-Pa.), former Reagan Navy Secretary Jim Webb defeated Sen. George Allen (R-Va.), and gun-control opponent Jon Tester triumphed in Montana that Harry Reid is the new Senate majority leader.

I think the last four national elections are examples of what I am going to call marginal politics. No one party or group has a clear mandate, the only thing that gives temporary advantage is change at the margins.

Still, the far left leadership of the Democrats is going to do more harm. It's the Party Game, and the voters lose in the end. For all the talk about cleaning up government, that is certainly not what the House Democrats are doing.

By now most people are more familiar with Jack Murtha's ethics problems, but he is certainly not the only one. Alcee Hastings is set to become the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, but few are talking about the fact that as a judge he was impeached by the House of Representatives.

Not exactly someone you can trust, is he?

In all "fairness" to the Democrats, the Republicans share this problem. It's institutional. It's not a matter of which party can be trusted, but of reducing government.

Government is too big, spends too much money, and costs too much freedom. It's the power that corrupts.

We need to tell government KFHO.

— NeoWayland

Posted: Sat - November 18, 2006 at 06:52 PM  Tag


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