Posted on 01/06/2006 11:23:35 AM PST by slowhand520
Well, most members of Congress are corupt, no matter the party.
Politics isn't about doing what right. Politics is about winning.
Interesting
Jewishness aside, Cantor is a pretty sharp guy. I've heard him speak and he was pretty much at home in the West as well as being able to work NYC fundraisers.
I was thinking the same thing.
If they are looking for someone with balls they are hurting.
Tom had the only set in the House.
I disagree that most members of congress are corrupt. If course, that depends on how you define corruption. If you define it as taking money from interests groups that support your philosophy, then the threshold is very low and nearly everyone corrupt. I don't think a congressman should be faulted from talking campaign donations from interest groups that are in sync with his philosophy. However, corruption stems from allowing these donations to CHANGE your philosophy or position on an issue, contrary to your principles, THAT is corruption.
Example, is it corruption for Barbara Boxer to take money from NARAL? Or for Bush to accept money from the NRA? I say no.
Mike Pence.
That's not even vaguely what this scandal is about.
Pence or Cantor sound just fine to me. Blunt and Boehner aren't the best faces to put forward. But I'm still looking forward to DeLay's full exoneration.
If the Democrats are so concerned about "corruption" they can do something concrete about it and start decreasing the rate of pages added to the Federal Register.
There is very little reason for lobbyists to exist in an environment where government is as minimally intrusive as humanly possible.
That's a bit harsh about Boehner. My big fear with him is that he is from Ohio and between Bob Ney and Bob Taft, Ohio Republicans are sinking fast. And we should have someone from the South in leadership. I'm not sure Cantor is the guy, he isn't very experienced. Another great candidate would be Tom Reynolds, he is an ankle-breaker like DeLay but with a less sinister record and countenance.
"Corruption stems from obtrusive, overbearing government."
I agree. If the Federal Government was the size it should be, we would not have problems of this magnitude.
Problem is once power is vested, it is hard to take back.
EXACTLY! I wish some Republicans would wake up and realize that this is how they can get in front of this whole scandal. Jack Abramoff is simply a symptom of a deeper disease, the metastatization of the federal government. It is so big and intrusive and powerful that you HAVE to have a lobbyist nowadays or you are simply being stupid as a businessperson. If Democrats regain power they will grow the government even more, guaranteeing more Jack Abramoffs in the future. They cannot argue this point, it is fact.
He is clean, quiet, and was persistent enough to chase the Gingrich cell phone controversy through for years to its conclusion.
That tenacity may be what is needed.
Mike Pence
Thus speaks the in the closet Democrat mad cause HIS guys are not in charge.
Mike Pence for Majority Leader
Mike Pence for Majority Leader
Mike Pence got balls. Took on his OWN leadership AND the Dems over Operation Offset. Got pounded hard by both sides but stuck to his guns.
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