"Hate filled?" Were not the ones practicing diplomacy at the tip of the gun dog. Or is that "compassionate conservatism" in action again? Also, for the record, Bubba's lie was about GETTING a hummer from a fat chick.

Nice try.

"In America, it's government by the few for the benefit of the few and their buddies."

Amen! JUST US (cronies, insiders, and rednecks, etc.) The hypocrisy sickens one's soul.

"Hate filled?" Were not the ones practicing diplomacy at the tip of the gun dog. Or is that "compassionate conservatism" in action again? Also, for the record, Bubba's lie was about GETTING a hummer from a fat chick.

Liberals don't practice diplomacy, they just let terrorists and dictators do what they want as long as they don't offend Europeans.

And for the "record", Clinton was indicted for lying.

"Also, for the record, Bubba's lie was about GETTING a hummer from a fat chick.

Nice try."

Right you are, sir. It is unchristian for a JoeUser Christian to pretend that he does not have a closet full of skeletons, lest as suspected he is not a human being but a ghoul! I dare the puritan-conservative to open his closet for full viewing of his skeletons.

Besides which, it seems conservative-puritans overlook that Buba, as only a good Christian would, repented for his sins in front of the whole congregation, nay the whole Country. Can hypocrite that be you say same?

What does this Blog have to do with Clinton? It was about DeLay.

I'm sure you were similarly outraged at the more significant "indiscretions" of the Clinton years.

Why is it every time a Republican does something wrong, people say well Clinton did this?

I'm sure you were similarly outraged at the more significant "indiscretions" of the Clinton years.

Why is it every time a Republican does something wrong, people say well Clinton did this or Clinton did that, ever hear the term living in the past? Oh by the way since we are cleverly changing the topic, Dick Chaney in 1979 voted against a bill that would pay for funding for aids research simply because he thought it was a homosexual disease...(no lie). How about we play a game where we change the topic every time someone states a republican wrong doing and we go back to Clinton...

"What does this Blog have to do with Clinton? It was about DeLay."

It is hypocrisy and not personality that concerns the critical thinker. Col. Gene, an insightful man such as yourself must know how this simple truth escapes the right?

P.S. It's not even simply Delay it's the whole lot of them. Senators for instance have to raise $10,000, a day in order to have a campaign for re-election that will stand up to their peers'. It makes it a pluralist system which means the largest contributors are their "friends". Forget which side the players are on if it's wrong it's wrong...

I fear simple truth escapes both the right and the left.

Bubba is their whipping boy COL. Everything wrong in the US can be traced back to him according to the righties. And Enigmagnetic just hit the nail on the head! I agree with you 100%.

Get a new blade folks, the old one don't cut so good anymore

I'm sure you were similarly outraged at the more significant "indiscretions" of the Clinton years.

hahahahahahaha

This is the Right's new argument -- moral relativism.

"Yes, our guys are crooks, but YOURS ARE TOO SO THAT MAKES IT OK."

Is Tom DeLay paying you off Brad? You defend his crooked, gerrymandering, ethically challenged, Terri Schiavo exploiting ass every chance you get.

Clinton got a blowjob and told a lie about it. The end. Cheating on your wife vs. cheating an entire country...hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm which is worse?

Hahahahahahahahaha -- I love it when you so-called moralists have to defend slime balls like DeLay, Karl Rove, Jeff Gannon, Armstrong Williams and the like. It's like me going to bat for Sen. Byrd (which I won't do).

Like I tell the kids, just because he insulted you doesn't mean you can insult him. Just because a Democrat did something bad doesn't give DeLay carte blanche to be a crook.

GOP -- Grand Old Piffle

What Clinton did had the most impact on his family. He also set a poor example to others. What Bush is doing is impacting MILLIONS. The War, Debt, loss of jobs (trade Policy), budget cuts, Social Sceurity, Energy etc. If you want to see which is worse, just open your eyes and count the numbers of Americans harmed under Clinton and then under Bush!

I have always said the difference between dems and repubs is this...

Dems f**k you one at a time
Repubs f**k us all at once!

"You defend his crooked, gerrymandering, ethically challenged, Terri Schiavo exploiting ass every chance you get."

Myr, that one is still making me laugh! And you got an insightful to boot!

I fear simple truth escapes both the right and the left.

Then where is all your posts about people on the left. You won't even respond to articles posted about democrats who do wrong.

Then where is all your posts about people on the left. You won't even respond to articles posted about democrats who do wrong.

I do. I just think that wrong should be recognized regardless of where it is on the political spectrum, and come on people let's be honest, we all know lobbyists are pretty much running this country... I guess it comes down to that age old question of pick your poison. Which side are you on blah blah blah? Democrats have their special interest groups, and Republicans have theirs. Maybe General Washington was right...

I think we should make the terms of Presidents, senators and congressmen six years long with no option for re-election. That might clip the wings of lobbyists and special interests.

Not a bad idea COL. Not bad at all!

How about, every policy decision is made by a fight to the death. We could broadcast it on t.v. (ofcourse if the the almighty F.C.C. will let us have it) we charge for it and all the proceeds go towards the fight on hmphh terrorism...

How about, every policy decision is made by a boxing match. We could broadcast it on t.v. (ofcourse if the the almighty F.C.C. will let us have it) we charge for it and all the proceeds go towards the fight on hmphh terrorism... I could see it now Bill Frist fights against the drunken irishman Ted Kennedy. Now tell me that's not entertaining and decisive.

How about, every policy decision is made by a boxing match. We could broadcast it on t.v. (ofcourse if the the almighty F.C.C. will let us have it) we charge for it and all the proceeds go towards the fight on hmphh terrorism... I could see it now Bill Frist fights against the drunken irishman Ted Kennedy. Now tell me that's not entertaining and decisive.

Lot of name calling going on here considering DeLay hasn't been convicted of anything to my knowledge.

Has he bee convicted of breaking any law?  Because if not, then it's pretty premature to be making a fuss about it. Particularly given your silence on people like Harry Reid whose actions are vastly more problematic than anything DeLay is accused of.  Hilary Clinton, for instance, received an 8 million dollar advance for her book while a member of the senate.  There was no possible justification for that kind of advance. Newt Gingrich, by constrast, was forced out for a much more modest book advance. 

If DeLay is convicted for some wrong doing then it would be time to discuss what to do.  But I don't see any reason why the Republicans should be tossing out leaders simply because they're accused of things.  Especially when "the other side" has the lion's share of corruption riding on them.  If I thought canning DeLay would somehow shame Democrats to behave more honorably and more ethically then I'd be the first to call for his removal. 

The Republicans have learned - the hard way - that two standards of ethical behavior exist.  Every time there's an effective Republican in congress, the Democrats blow up some thing out of proportion and then their goons in the media parrot it to try to "shame" the Republicans to kick them out.  The tactic worked with Newt Gingrich.  And when the Democrats faced an identical scenario (Hilary Clinton's $8 million book advance) there was nary a peep about it.

We see the same thing now.  So DeLay put his wife and kid on the payroll and paid them arguably ridiculously high salaries.  So what? Other than upsetting the "I hate rich people" folks, what exactly is the problem?  Campaign contributions aren't tax payer money.  It's money paid by people who want him to be there. If they don't like how he uses the money, that's their business.  The situation might make me less inclined to contribute to his campaign if I were a contributor (i.e. he obviously has enough money if he can do that). But I don't see it as grounds to kick him out. 

And yet at the very same time you have real REAL corruption with Harry Reid and plenty of others in congress that seems to get ignored. And it's hard to take Democrats seriously on this issue given the behavior of Clinton.

And it's hard to take Democrats seriously on this issue given the behavior of Clinton.

Right back to the Clintons, so I take it you're on for the game huh?

hahahahahahaha This is the Right's new argument -- moral relativism. "Yes, our guys are crooks, but YOURS ARE TOO SO THAT MAKES IT OK." Is Tom DeLay paying you off Brad? You defend his crooked, gerrymandering, ethically challenged, Terri Schiavo exploiting ass every chance you get. Clinton got a blowjob and told a lie about it. The end. Cheating on your wife vs. cheating an entire country...hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm which is worse? Hahahahahahahahaha -- I love it when you so-called moralists have to defend slime balls like DeLay, Karl Rove, Jeff Gannon, Armstrong Williams and the like. It's like me going to bat for Sen. Byrd (which I won't do). Like I tell the kids, just because he insulted you doesn't mean you can insult him. Just because a Democrat did something bad doesn't give DeLay carte blanche to be a crook. GOP -- Grand Old Piffle

This kind of asanine, simplistic thinking is precisely the reason why people like you act as overpaid baby sitters as your lot in life while the adults are the ones who run the country.   Do you even know the real details of the ALLEGATIONS? Pretty modest stuff relatively speaking to what's going on in congress. Talk about selective outrage.

But it's amusing to watch someone like you pass off the chief law enforcement officer of the United States lying under oath to a grand jury as being no big deal but calling DeLay a crook because of allegations that he put his family on his campaign payroll (something that's pretty common btw -- just not to this level but most politicians don't raise as much money as he does) and sketchy unproven allegations about "The Russians" (Yet mum's the word from the left about Clinton's China deals -- talk about cheating the entire country - allowing the sale of missile technology to China in exchange for campaign favors).