Men like Bill Frist who left his practice as a heart and lung transplant surgeon, hardly feathered his own nest and men just like him make up the bulk of the Republicans in Washington.
Men like Randy Cunningham are the exception. He was a gym teacher before becoming the only flying ace to come out of the Vietnam war and I can understand how lobbyists and contractors could influence someone like him. That doesn't excuse him (and he's in JAIL!), but show me ten crooked Democrats and I'll show you, maybe, one crooked Republican.
These blanket GOP statements are dishonest, uninformed and pushed by Democrats.
They did use their positions to push for more spending and pet projects which accomplished nothing but helping them in reelection. While they didn’t benefit financially, they did reap short-term political benefit, at the expense of the taxpayers. That’s what I was referring to. If they win control of Congress this year, they need to do things differently.
Duke Cunningham was not the only flying ace to come out of the Vietnam war.
Steve Ritchie and at least 16 North Vietnamese pilots come to mind. I know there were others.