Congressional Calvinball
The only rule is that you can change the rules as soon as the old ones no longer benefit you:
WASHINGTON (AP) -- House Republicans approved a party rules change Wednesday that could allow Majority leader Tom DeLay to retain his leadership post if he is indicted by a Texas grand jury on state political corruption charges.
By a voice vote, and with a handful of lawmakers voicing opposition, the House Republican Conference decided that a party committee of several dozen members would review any felony indictment of a party leader and recommend at that time whether the leader should step aside.
The current party rule in this area requires House Republican leaders and the heads of the various committees to relinquish their positions if indicted for a crime that could bring a prison term of at least two years.
So what's more disturbing; that they changed their rule in DeLay's favor or that it was necessary to have that rule in the first place? Is this a common problem for the Republicans?
I thoroughly enjoy how the pundits/wags/talking heads are saying things to the effect of "now the Republicans have lost credibility in saying that they are the party that takes the moral high-ground." NOW they lost that credibility? THIS is what did it? Anyone who fell for that line before is going to need more than this to reconsider their skewed view of the Republicans, as at this point they're obviously willing to let the them get away with murder (literally and/or metaphorically). Of course they can SAY they're "on the moral high-ground." They've already proven to that no matter what their actions, as long as the tripe that spills from their smiling faces says "moral," "ethical," and "family values," the sheep will believe, in complete juxtaposition to mountains of evidence. George B*sh says the election gave him "capital." What his party sees is a blank check written by a "majority" of the nation, and they're just going to keep adding zeros to it until the damn thing bounces. And the second Reich of B*sh hasn't yet begun.
As a Postscript: just out of curiosity, I did some digging online and discovered some other relevant National Republican Party rules I didn't know about:
24 - (a) House Republican Members elected on a platform of creationism will not serve on the House Science Committee and (b) Republican Congressional members who are not literate will not serve on the Joint Library of Congress Committee.
154 - Freshman Republican Congressional members with a history of alcoholism will not receive a "Freedom Flask" or a bottle of "Uncle Thurmond's Carolina Bourbon" with their welcome gift basket.
176 - Any Republican Congressional member currently registered as a sex offender is not allowed within 50 feet of the Capital Hill Day-Care Center.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- House Republicans approved a party rules change Wednesday that could allow Majority leader Tom DeLay to retain his leadership post if he is indicted by a Texas grand jury on state political corruption charges.
By a voice vote, and with a handful of lawmakers voicing opposition, the House Republican Conference decided that a party committee of several dozen members would review any felony indictment of a party leader and recommend at that time whether the leader should step aside.
The current party rule in this area requires House Republican leaders and the heads of the various committees to relinquish their positions if indicted for a crime that could bring a prison term of at least two years.
So what's more disturbing; that they changed their rule in DeLay's favor or that it was necessary to have that rule in the first place? Is this a common problem for the Republicans?
I thoroughly enjoy how the pundits/wags/talking heads are saying things to the effect of "now the Republicans have lost credibility in saying that they are the party that takes the moral high-ground." NOW they lost that credibility? THIS is what did it? Anyone who fell for that line before is going to need more than this to reconsider their skewed view of the Republicans, as at this point they're obviously willing to let the them get away with murder (literally and/or metaphorically). Of course they can SAY they're "on the moral high-ground." They've already proven to that no matter what their actions, as long as the tripe that spills from their smiling faces says "moral," "ethical," and "family values," the sheep will believe, in complete juxtaposition to mountains of evidence. George B*sh says the election gave him "capital." What his party sees is a blank check written by a "majority" of the nation, and they're just going to keep adding zeros to it until the damn thing bounces. And the second Reich of B*sh hasn't yet begun.
As a Postscript: just out of curiosity, I did some digging online and discovered some other relevant National Republican Party rules I didn't know about:
24 - (a) House Republican Members elected on a platform of creationism will not serve on the House Science Committee and (b) Republican Congressional members who are not literate will not serve on the Joint Library of Congress Committee.
154 - Freshman Republican Congressional members with a history of alcoholism will not receive a "Freedom Flask" or a bottle of "Uncle Thurmond's Carolina Bourbon" with their welcome gift basket.
176 - Any Republican Congressional member currently registered as a sex offender is not allowed within 50 feet of the Capital Hill Day-Care Center.
posted by ab at 11/18/2004
2 Comments:
are you f#@&ing serious? these are their 'rules'?
Damn you Brukowski! You'll have to pry my Freedom Flask from my cold, dead hand.
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