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CREW Cleaning The Republican's House
Bob Parks: Black & Right ^ | 7/31/07 | Bob Parks

Posted on 07/31/2007 5:45:56 AM PDT by bocopar

I must admit to having an initial gut response to CREW (Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington) and their current attempts to root out nepotism in our nation's Capitol.

According to Josephine Hearn at The Politico, "House members are complaining that their spouses could lose their jobs, their family incomes could drop and, perhaps, the entire pattern of their family lives could change if an ethics reform bill just passed by the House becomes law."

"The bill would bar campaigns from employing a lawmaker's spouse. Its backers argue that employing a spouse creates an implicit conflict of interest, tempting lawmakers to overpay and tipping off contributors that some of their largesse will go directly to the lawmaker's family.

(Excerpt) Read more at blackandright.mensnewsdaily.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 110th; crew; ethics; gop
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1 posted on 07/31/2007 5:45:57 AM PDT by bocopar
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i’m tired of family members in politics.

our current president is an example.


2 posted on 07/31/2007 5:49:49 AM PDT by ken21
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Compared to MA, the Bush’s are beginners.


3 posted on 07/31/2007 5:50:59 AM PDT by massgopguy (I owe everything to George Bailey)
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Now, I have to be careful posting here. Bill O’Reilly agreed with Lanny Davis that Free Republic is a “hate site” on par with the Daily Kos.

Guilt by association... :-P

(I hope you all know my sense of humor by now....)


4 posted on 07/31/2007 5:52:57 AM PDT by bocopar (Author's Response)
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Guess that’s why all the dimwits and their spouses have different last names...


5 posted on 07/31/2007 5:53:56 AM PDT by xcamel ("It's Talk Thompson Time!" >> irc://irc.freenode.net/fredthompson)
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No. The spouses have the same last name. Its the Mistresses that have a different last name.
6 posted on 07/31/2007 5:57:02 AM PDT by mark3681
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To: bocopar
Capitol Hill Bizarro World, where the norms of commonsense ethical behavior not only don't apply, but where ethics are turned upside down almost in deliberate mockery of the voting public.

"I can't hire my wife as a $150K consultant to my own campaign, using funds from my constituents? Why not? What's wrong with it? Everyone else hires their wife?"

Yes Mr. 2nd Term House Representative, everyone except Paul Wolfowitz who you excoriated for recommending his girlfriend (not wife) to a marginally higher-paying public service position (for which she was - unlike your wife Milly - actually qualified to hold).

"Wahhhh..... what do you mean I can't have my extended family working for my campaign offices? Why..... Harry Reid has three sons working as Washington lobbyists, and Tommy Daschle's wife was a lobbyist here on the Hill, so what's wrong with me getting some financial support for my kin. Wahhhhhh, wahhhhhh, it's so unfair."

7 posted on 07/31/2007 5:59:47 AM PDT by angkor
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Bill O’Reilly agreed with Lanny Davis that Free Republic is a “hate site” on par with the Daily Kos.

I was watching, and BOR did no such thing.

Why do you feel the need to run around spreading falsehoods, especially one that reflects so badly on FR posters?

8 posted on 07/31/2007 6:00:03 AM PDT by Balding_Eagle (If America falls, darkness will cover the face of the earth for a thousand years.)
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To: bocopar
Bill O’Reilly agreed with Lanny Davis that Free Republic is a “hate site” on par with the Daily Kos.

When was this?

9 posted on 07/31/2007 6:01:54 AM PDT by theDentist (Qwerty ergo typo : I type, therefore I misspelll.)
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To: ken21
i’m tired of family members in politics.

Not I, so long as the family are actually doing the work presented in their job description. Political leaders need people they can trust, and oft times a family member is the person they trust most.

Besides, how has Bush violated this "rule" about family?

10 posted on 07/31/2007 6:01:59 AM PDT by Zack Nguyen
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He did so last night on his show when Davis compared the hate speech on the Kos to Free Republic. O’Reilly agreed there are haters there as well.

I’d never lie to you guys and I was kind of taken aback that he’d agree we were in the same league as Kos. I get racist comments all the time on my YouTube site from tolerant, compassionate liberals, both foreign and domestic, all the time. I know the difference.


11 posted on 07/31/2007 6:07:58 AM PDT by bocopar (Author's Response)
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To: Balding_Eagle

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1873938/posts

Please be very careful when you accuse me of spreading falsehoods.


12 posted on 07/31/2007 6:10:34 AM PDT by bocopar (Author's Response)
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i’m tired of family members in politics. our current president is an example.

...and what's up with that 'First Lady' thing? We'll have to stop that kind of thing as soon as possible. Can't have any Presidential pillow talk. This 'family business' thing needs to stopped as well. I'm gonna fire my wife first thing this morning. /s/
13 posted on 07/31/2007 6:12:27 AM PDT by Liberty Valance (Keep a simple manner for a happy life :o)
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To: bocopar

Lots of small businesses are mom and pop operations. Why should politics be different?


14 posted on 07/31/2007 6:13:58 AM PDT by ClaireSolt (Have you have gotten mixed up in a mish-masher?)
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To: bocopar

There are probably haters, bigots, whatever who visit here. I think the difference is that Kos and DU seem to have spreading hatred as their core mission, whereas FR might have a few weirdos.


15 posted on 07/31/2007 6:15:23 AM PDT by perez24 (Dirty deeds, done dirt cheap.)
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To: bocopar

What you claim is false. You’d better be very careful before you get on your high horse. btw, I saw the show and reviewed the other post first.


16 posted on 07/31/2007 6:18:48 AM PDT by ClaireSolt (Have you have gotten mixed up in a mish-masher?)
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On FR, I see humor, frustration, and criticism.

I have yet to see projected racism, pornography, threats to livelyhood and even death. Big difference to Kos.


17 posted on 07/31/2007 6:18:57 AM PDT by bocopar (Author's Response)
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To: ClaireSolt

small businesses are financed PRIVATELY.

political families are financed PUBLICALLY with tax payers’ money.

the founders of this country rejected aristocracy and privilege.

hollywood commands today’s masses. presidents must be sexy in appearance, like bill clinton.

did you notice jackson’s breasts at the superbowl? and hillary’s cleavage?


18 posted on 07/31/2007 6:19:53 AM PDT by ken21
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To: bocopar

By saying that no Republican candidate would come near FR, he was saying that we are as bad as the Daily Kos, where he said no Democrat should attend YearlyKos, because it’s a hate site.

He didn’t defend FR when Davis called it a hate site, and that to me is on par with agreement. O’reilly has gotten much support from FR over the years, and this is a back stab.


19 posted on 07/31/2007 6:21:49 AM PDT by bocopar (Author's Response)
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Rhonda Rohrabacher has 3-year-old triplets and a work-at-home job as campaign manager to her husband, Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-Calif.). She made $57,000 in the 2006 election cycle, according to a recent report by the liberal watchdog group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington.

That is simply converting campaign funds for personal use. In the old days it was done without the formalities and without the transparency. But as long as these clowns want to keep referring to their holding of elected offices as "public service", then it should not be allowed.

20 posted on 07/31/2007 6:24:34 AM PDT by Biblebelter
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