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October 24, 2005

"Culture of Corruption"--GOP style

People Powered Howard is at it again.

As one of the few Democrats who manages to be honestly direct on a regular basis, Howard no doubt pisses off the rightwing establishment by cutting to the chase:

The Bush White House is the most corrupt administration in U.S. history since President Warren G. Harding's, said Howard Dean during his first visit to Maine as chairman of the Democratic National Committee. Dean's comments Saturday came as top White House advisers are being investigated for their roles in the outing of a CIA operative and Tom DeLay, the former second-ranking Republican in the House of Representatives, faces conspiracy and money-laundering charges.

"The first thing we're going to do is we're going to have ethics come back to Washington again," said Dean, the keynote speaker at Saturday night's annual fundraising dinner for the Maine Democratic Party at the Lewiston Armory.

Bring ethics "back" to Washington? When has Washington ever been an ethical place?

That said, his point remains. The Republican Party has completely abandoned any pretense of ethics. They've managed to do in 10 years what it took the Dems 40 years: completely corrupt themselves right in the public's face.

The least we can do is put the government back into some sort of balance..forcing the two major parties to keep a closer eye on one another.

The leadership of the GOP is in a mess. The Executive Branch is rife with corruption at the highest levels...right next to the President and Vice President. The Legislative Branch has it's entire leadership tainted by the stink of Abramoff scandal. And now we know that the Senate Majority Leader is probably a big, fat liar, which puts him in league with his Republican colleagues.

This is the current crop of conservatives. Hungry for power, lustfull for to make their ideology a reality no matter what the cost in terms of law and order.

And no checks on their power.

Posted by Carla at October 24, 2005 10:10 AM