This is the report I received.
Posted on 10/06/2005 8:31:09 AM PDT by Laissez-faire capitalist
Tom Delay is pro-life, conservative, Republican and as effective in accomplishing things as a hammer is in driving a nail where it belongs.
Nancy Pelosi is pro-abortion, radical, Democrat and effective in obstructing the will of most Americans.
Tom Delay resigned as House Republican Majority Leader, because he was indicted and Republican Rules (not House rules) require that.
Nancy Pelosi has not resigned, even though she was found gulity of having a "fund-raising committee...improperly accepted donations over federal limits" and fined $21,000.
The Democrats do not have a rule requiring Pelosi to resign, even though convicted.
What does all this mean?
First, Republicans have higher ethical standards than Democrats.
Second, the Republican rule failed to take into consideration the possibility that a partisan zealot prosecutor would abuse his fiduciary position to indict a person like Delay, as part of a campaign to falsely depict Republican leaders as corrupt before the 2006 and 2008 elections, and to hinder the effort to implement President Bush's agenda.
Third, an indictment is a charge, nothing more, evidence of nothing. But a determination of guilt is supposed to be conclusive evidence of guilt.
The Republicans need to revise their rule, so that resignation upon indictment is not automatic. And the Democrats need a rule requiring a guilty Democrat to resign.
The major media uniformly should have lampooned Pelosi for posturing as a moral exemplar savaging Delay. But it is too biased to do that.
Pelosi was fined for having a "fund-raising committee...inproperly accepted donations over federal limits." Her political action committee, Team Majority, "was one of two PAC's Pelosi used to fund candidates..." The multiple PAC's went over the limits by law, according to federal elections officials.
So Pelosi set up two PAC's to circumvent the limit on what one could do!
Is Pelosi genuinely for campaign finance reform, or just another political hack out to get Democrat power back?
If only there were enough decent Dems to dump Pelosi, but, alas, that's what the Dems lack.
Having dual standards for Republicans and Democrats - typical fare for the MSM.
"What does all this mean?"
It means there are TWO sets of rules, Democrats' rules (which are evidently made to be broken) and Republicans' rules (which are to be adhered to).
"Pelosi was fined for having a "fund-raising committee...inproperly accepted donations over federal limits." Her political action committee, Team Majority, "was one of two PAC's Pelosi used to fund candidates..." The multiple PAC's went over the limits by law, according to federal elections officials."
"So Pelosi set up two PAC's to circumvent the limit on what one could do! " DEMS show their true colors, but alas, the MSM doesn't care.
There were standards for Pelosi?
That sure comes as a surprise to me. I must have overlooked them because they're too low to see.
The repubs keep taking plastic butter knives to the gun fights with the dems. Honor has no role with the decadent.
"The Democrats do not have a rule requiring Pelosi to resign, even though convicted."
I don't remember Pelosi being convicted of a crime or even being indicted - did I miss something.
But if she was, here is a really ironic press release from her pitching a fit that Republicans might change their leadership rules.
http://www.democraticleader.house.gov/press/releases.cfm?pressReleaseID=760
Let's not forget that Tom DeLay had the guts to stand on the podium alongside the leadership of the NRA and proudly proclaim his support for the right to keep and bear arms. That act alone put him in the crosshairs of the mainstream media.
Pelosi gets a free pass on everything from the mainstream media because she's from the People's Lavender Gun-grabbing Republic of San Francisco, also known as Pyongyang by the Sea.
In this case, it is not the MSM but the constituencies that are responsible for the dual standard. Republican voters tend to be law abiding citizens, and expect elected officials to live up to a certain standard. Democratic voters tend to be felons, dead people, conspiracy theorists, and illiterates, and they expect their elected officials to keep them entertained with anything outrageous and over the top.
In this case, it is not the MSM but the constituencies that are responsible for the dual standard. Republican voters tend to be law abiding citizens, and expect elected officials to live up to a certain standard. Democratic voters tend to be felons, dead people, conspiracy theorists, and illiterates, and they expect their elected officials to keep them entertained with anything outrageous and over the top.
I think the Repbublican rules came about after Dan Rostenkowski wouldnt resign after being indicted.
I also think they require being indicted for a felony to force resignation and I am not aware of any Democrat leadership being indicted since Rostenkowski.
Sanity check time.
What court of law was Pelosi convicted in? Or is this an FEC fine which is the judicial equivalent of a parking ticket? Delay is being charged with a criminal felony which could result in a prison sentence.
It sure appears that the charges against Delay are trumped up and I am damn sure they are politically motivated, but comparing an administrative finding against Pelosi to a felony charge does our side no good at all.
Pelosi needs to step down and face the music. Why should the public endure a crook who has no interest in them except to use them for an agenda that will not help them in anyway; but enrich her further?
Uh, where's the investigative report about how good ole Nancy accumulated her wealth? Didn't she marry some rich Investment Banker (or was that Boxer or Feinstein)?
i've been asking this question for quite some time. especially, when that tight faced burn victim, Pelosi, gets on stage to start spouting. you can be sure of one thing. ANYTHING that Pelosi or Reid or Schumer et. al....are speaking out against, they are 100% guilty, OF.
Here's the link to Pelosi being fined $21,000
http://www.nlpc.org/view.asp?action=viewArticle&aid=456
"Here's the link to Pelosi being fined $21,000
http://www.nlpc.org/view.asp?action=viewArticle&aid=456"
Thanks for that link - it explains why there has not been pressure on Pelosi to resign. A conciliation agreement is not at all like a felony indictment.
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