Agreed. And views such as this are the main problem I have with many in this forum:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1157698/posts?page=20#20
This view [party before country and cause] is destructive to conservatism and to the country...and frankly it is getting to be a very tiresome excuse for not doing the right thing...especially now that Bush has won his conservative mandate.
If DeLay is not indicted, or is indicted and acquitted, then NO BIG DEAL. If he is proven to have committed a crime, then the Republicans MIGHT have a problem. It's all just inside chatter now...
..BUSH WON!!>>FOUR MORE YEARS>>WOO HOO!!!
I like Tom Delay and I doubt he will be indicted. Nevertheless, this rule was passed because the Democratic leaders at the time were actually criminals. It was a good rule and it should stand. We have to be on the right side of things, even if it is occasionally inconvenient. That is what makes us different from THEM. And it would have zilch effect on daily business: Delay effectively ran the Republican caucus in the House long before he had the title, and he still could, and even if there is an indictment, it will be revealed for the partisan attack that it is. A man who has done nothing illegal has nothing to fear, and a job title is not that important. It is better to do the right thing.