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madfloridian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-03-05 12:45 PM
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DeLay:"All of us, all of us,...should be held to the highest of standards"
"All of us, all of us, every member, should be held to the highest of standards. And this speaker -- I -- and any other member should not be held to a double standard."

— Rep. Tom DeLay (R-Tex.), January 21, 1993

In their own words, a great post at the blog today. Two-faced and outrageous Republicans.

http://www.blogforamerica.com/archives/005733.html#more

SNIP..."That Was Then, This Is Now
When it comes to matters of ethics, House Republicans and hypocrisy have become as well acquainted as a couple doing the tango. So why not walk down memory lane with me, back to a time when Republicans had ... what do you call 'em ... oh, yeah — scruples?

""I think honesty and integrity in the most fundamental ways are very very important in a free society and that corruption is an enormous threat in a free society."
— Rep. Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.), December 25, 1987

SNIP...""I think the members of Committee do their jobs honorably and honestly and yes, I want to see some civility restored to the debate in Washington. But I don't think we should say that that simply means that we're going to cover up any wrongdoing on the part of any member of Congress. We have a process that is working. We have members of that Ethics Committee on both sides of the aisle that are doing their jobs well and their integrity should not be impugned."
— Rep. Vin Weber (R-Minn.), May 31, 1989





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elperromagico Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-03-05 12:51 PM
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1. Corruption is okay when your name comes with an R.
Don't you see?
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rodeodance Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-03-05 01:01 PM
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2. hypocrazy at its best!
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mohinoaklawnillinois Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-03-05 01:16 PM
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3. Look up the word hypocrisy in Webster's Dictionary
and you'll see The Bugman and Newtie's picture next to it.
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Debs Donating Member (723 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-03-05 01:34 PM
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4. Apparantly
This was a scientific experiment to prove once and for all that no level of hypocrisy is fatal, if it were the hammers head would have exploded
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spanone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-03-05 02:36 PM
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5. Bwahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahhahhhhaaaahahahahahah
That is REALLY FUNNY. Tom you old comedian you!
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maxsolomon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-03-05 03:00 PM
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6. when we do it, its reprehensible & indefencsible
when they do it, it just shows that ALL POLITICIANS do it, therefore the party is off the hook.

FUGOP.

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dkofos Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-03-05 03:37 PM
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7. He makes me sick.
If he were on fire, I wouldn't piss on him to put it out.

I hate those fucking people!!!
:mad: :mad: :mad:
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11 Bravo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-03-05 04:26 PM
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8. Ah, come on. Let's just piss on the parts that aren't burning.
n/t
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gratuitous Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-03-05 04:28 PM
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9. Hey! 9/11 changed everything you libruls!
"Ethics"! Pssshhh! That is sooooo minority party!
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madfloridian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-03-05 08:12 PM
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10. Did DeLay and Hastert reverse themselves? AAR saying something.
Not getting the full gist of it. Something about the ethics rule.
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Pithy Cherub Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-03-05 09:15 PM
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11. An irony alert from a portentous politician, dizzy Delay! n/t
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