Selective application of laws and ethics is as bad as none at all. When Groege Bush nominated Linda Chavez for Secretary of Labor she was ripped to shreds by dems who discovered she had helped an immigrant woman by employing her while working to get her naturalized. Chavez' nomination was withdrawn. Bush, Rove & Co. did nothing to support her.
She sure was and that was such a shame. She would have done such a good job.