If Murtha's past actions raise ethics questions about his fitness to be Majority Leader, why is he even a Congressman in the first place? Too corrupt to be leader, but not corrupt enough to be defeated by Irey.
Excellent observation. Then again, democrats think differently from the way Republicans do.
Diane will get another chance at the Ugly, Corrupt Slug in
2008 and she will Win!
My husband recalls a poll he saw a long time ago. When asking voters about corruption on the Hill, the voters said that YES, the congressmen and senators are corrupt, EXCEPT for their own representatives.
Everyone seemed to believe that their guy was the only one in Washington with morals.
I often find myself thinking that everyone from the Executive on down is JUST a politician and that not only do they all run in the same circles but they all think the same way about their constituents... pawns used to rise to higher office.
"If Murtha's past actions raise ethics questions about his fitness to be Majority Leader, why is he even a Congressman in the first place? Too corrupt to be leader, but not corrupt enough to be defeated by Irey."
Because one doesn't have to be honest to be a Senator or Congressman. One may even be a murderer and get re-elected over and over and over. Either the voters are effectively led by the nose by the mainstream media, or else the elections are fixed and the ballot box is a sham.
How else could we get the sorry lot that more than fills the seats in the Senate and Congress?