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January 08, 2006

Swimming in the House GOP cesspool

GOP Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert cynically vowed to push thru a series of reforms in the House Ethics Rules. Hastert's ethical convictions were AWOL as long as The Hammer was busting balls to ram thru a far-right agenda. But now that the shit has hit the fan Hastert suddenly rediscovers the value of ethics in Congress.

Only the most devoted and loyal partisans will fail to see Hastert's vow for the naked attempt to mitigate the fallout from DeLay, Abramoff and Cunningham scandals that have rocked the House that it so clearly is.

Proving that Hastert is a small fry in a very large ocean when it comes to political cynicism, GOP Congressman John Boehner of Ohio came out against the proposed Ethics Rules changes in an interview on FAUX News. Boehner said he didn't think they were needed. ``Adding more new rules isn't the answer,'' according to Boehner.

Now call me a skeptic if you wish. But I'm thinking that the fact that Boehner took more money from Abramoff and Abramoff's clients than even DeLay did probably plays a role in Boehner's opposition to reforming the Ethics Rules.

Posted by Kevin at January 8, 2006 10:29 PM