"Peter Gottlieb" wrote in message
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| "C J Campbell" wrote in message
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| Still, I would be surprised if anybody but Daley's accusers are fined or
| imprisoned. SOP for the Democratic machine.
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| You are implying the Republicans do better in this regard. I say BS; both
| parties have demonstrated quite clearly they are unable or unwilling to
| police their own.

Actually, the Republicans have demonstrated that they are far more willing
to censure their own. Republicans will vote to investigate and even remove
from office their own politicians. Every vote on a Democratic politician's
corruption, however, has been straight down party lines for as long as I can
remember -- and that is a very long time. Both parties could do a much
better job, but overall I would have to say that the party of Tammany Hall
and Chicago has shown an almost infinite capacity for corruption and
apologizing for it.

Kennedy won by fewer votes than were garnered from obvious voter fraud in
Texas alone. He maintained numerous organized contacts. Johnson, perhaps the
most qualified President we have had in the last century, was also perhaps
the most ruthless. Nixon resigned after being told that he did not have the
support of his own party in an impeachment proceeding. Agnew resigned
because of tax fraud, whereas Johnson blackmailed the IRS agents who were
investigating him.

Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter were weak nonentities, but both had their share
of scandals. Reagan typically fired officials who were accused of
corruption, and was so over-zealous that he often ignored due process or any
semblance of fairness.

Clinton turned stonewalling investigators into an art form, jailing and
fining anyone who dared to investigate him. If he couldn't do that, he
smeared their reputations endlessly. Despite all that, he was eventually
convicted of perjury, but his impeachment proceedings were straight down
party lines. Apparently the Democrats were willing to forgive just about any
kind of behavior from one of their own and were willing to do anything to
obstruct a fair investigation. Clinton's "legacy" may well be the final
abandonment of any sense of decency in politics.

Newt Gingrich resigned during the Clinton administration even though it was
later proved that he did not cheat on his income taxes. Nevertheless,
Democrats continue to pillory the poor man as "corrupt." It is worth noting
that while Newt did not violate the tax law, many organizations dominated by
Democratic politicians such as the Sierra Club, Consumers Union, the
Teamsters, and the National Education Association continue to ignore the
income tax code with impunity. They actually are guilty of what Gingrich was
only accused of, but they obstruct every attempt to investigate their
activities. The NEA in particular has been held in contempt of court for
refusing to fly with federal law, but they simply ignore the court orders,
too. "Ah, another contempt judgment. Throw it on the pile with the rest."

Trent Lott and many other Republicans have resigned over sexual and
harassment scandals, but not one Democrat that I know of has ever done so.
It was particularly galling to listen to Ted Kennedy talking about how
Packwood was a predator.

Democrats have made a lot over Halliburton, but have not shown one single
member of the administration could possibly have benefited from that
scandal. Conversely, the open sale of the White House, nuclear secrets to
China and North Korea (a country still technically at war with the United
States), destruction or withholding of documents involving Whitewater,
imprisoning potential witnesses, and issuing thousands of Presidential
pardons to other potential witnesses were all hallmarks of the Clinton
administration.

Democrats have also constantly attacked Bush for not being "elected," while
attempting to disenfranchise the military and in spite of enormous voter
fraud in Nevada, Texas, Illinois, and elsewhere. Taking out the voter fraud,
Gore probably lost by more votes than there were in the entire state of
Florida.

Did you really want to open that can of worms? Or are you so in thrall to
the Democrats that you are willing to overlook almost anything? What, did
they threaten to cut off your welfare? :-)