The pen is mightier than the sword ..

Tom DeLay and Wisdom Teeth

When President Bush won the election on "moral values" it gave Republicans all over the United States a renewed sense of pride in their moral superiority. Since ethical standards are something that only the morally inferior need to follow, the GOP is moving to abandon an 11-year-old party rule that required a member of their leadership to step aside temporarily if indicted.This rule was originally adopted in August 1993 to put a spotlight on the legal troubles of prominent Democrats. The election loss has eternally damned the Democrats as immoral and faithless, so focussing on their legal troubles will not prove anything new, thus making the rule obsolete.
Under the revised rule, an indicted leader can keep his or her post while the Republican Steering Committee( controlled by party leaders ) decides whether to recommend any action by all GOP House members. The rule change applies equally to state and federal indictments. This new rule will allow Majority Leader Tom DeLay (Tex.) to keep his post even if a grand jury indicts him. The grand jury in Austin has indicted three of DeLay's political associates in connection with fundraising activities for a political action committee closely linked to DeLay. The investigation by the district attorney Mr. Earle, a Democrat, involves charges of illegally using corporate money to help Republicans win state legislative races in 2002. Those Republican victories in turn gave the state party enough legislative muscle to win redistricting changes that helped Congressional Republicans gain five additional seats in Texas on Nov. 2.
Mr.DeLay strongly came out to defend himself when he told reporters that he did not expect to be indicted but supported the rule change. He said that if there was no rule change Democrats could "have a political hack decide who our leadership is" by engineering a baseless indictment. He said Democrats "announced years ago that they were going to engage in the politics of personal destruction, and had me as a target." He went on to say that the charges being investigated by the "partisan" Earle, were " frivolous" and had "no substance and accused him of "criminalizing politics". I think DeLay's last comment should be taken very seriously and in order to keep politics free from crime , all investigation into dubious deals made by politicians should be stopped.
DeLay also said thatRepublican lawmakers "fixed the rules so that Democrats cannot use our rules against us." This makes perfect sense because ethical rules do not apply to people who have transended the bounds of moral superiority.
All Earle had to say in his defense was that partisanship played no role in his investigation and he had prosecuted more Democrats than Republicans during his long career (Thereby proving how devoid of values Democrats are).
Mr. Bonilla, a long time crony of Mr. DeLay, said revising the rule had been necessary to prevent politically inspired criminal investigations by "crackpot prosecutors" from determining the fate of top Republicans. I totally agree and think that these partisan prosecutors should be banned from conducting investigations, which should instead be conducted by unbiased "independent counsels" (like Ken Starr).
Some house Democrats (the whining losers) criticized this rule change and said the Republicans had "reached a new low" and "sold their soul" to maintain their grip on power. This seems ironical coming from a party that got whipped in the elections for the very same reasons.
The pain caused by my two emerging wisdom teeth has opened my eyes. Apparently people with good values are blessed with painless wisdom tooth growth , so I still have hope for the remaining two - *writhes in pain*
Go GOP .. Get Arlen Specter."
Hope this works !

posted by mightypen @ 10:55 PM