Democrats take the high ground!

Boomyal

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What a crock. After William Jefferson is caught on film, Nancy Pelosi forces a vote (90ish to 50ish) to oust Jefferson from his Ways and Means Committee position. She thinks she is leading the Democratic party into a superior position of high ethics.<br /><br /> http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13348896/ <br /><br />IMHO, it's not much different than the Dems attemp to infuse "spirituality" into their party schtick. :rolleyes:
 

KaGee

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Re: Democrats take the high ground!

Another blatant example of Whitey throwin the Black Man to the back of the bus. :cool:
 

Boomyal

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Originally posted by KaGee:<br /> Another blatant example of Whitey throwin the Black Man to the back of the bus. :cool:
Yep, that's what the "Black Caucus" said. :rolleyes:
 

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It is all very relative.Compare this to the republican mayority trying to change the house ethics rules just so Tom Delay could become speaker of the house.It may be politics as usual,but at least this time justice is on the winning side.<br />I do not like white or black caucus, all should be equally treated.Black or white does not make guilty or innocent.I do believe that politicians should be shining examples of integrity and Jefferson is not.
 

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That is what you should expect when Slick Willie is considered the first black president.
 

WillyBWright

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They're not doing this because he was caught with the goods, or that he was taped accepting it. They're doing it because he's Black. Black Black Black. Those Whiteys may as well have put flour sacks over their heads and cut eye slits. It's purtely a Black thing. It has nothing to do with reality. It's Whitey picking on a poor defenseless black man, plain as the nose on your face. :rolleyes: <br /><br />Oh, and OJ didn't do it either. They just picked on him because he's Black. ;) <br /><br />What would happen if there were such a thing as a White caucus? Why is the NAACP not a racist organization but the NAAWP is? How about the United Negro College Fund? What if somebody tried to open a United Caucasian College Fund? If Fox were to air a program called America's White Forum, what would be the ramifications? Would they put in a token black like the black forum puts in a token white?<br /><br />Playing the Race Card is for Bigots and The Guilty. But I digress...
 

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Originally posted by rolmops:<br /> It is all very relative.Compare this to the republican mayority trying to change the house ethics rules just so Tom Delay could become speaker of the house.
Delay stepped down because of self-imposed REPUBLICAN rules. Rules by the way that the DEMOCRATS refuse to adopt.
 

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Kagee - Don't give us this crap about self imposed rules. The repubs put it in for show and the first time they had to use it, they tried to change the rules. So much for integrity. :( <br /><br />The Democrats don't need a rule to know whats right. They showed that with the Jefferson thing. You guys, like always, are trying to turn this around. How embarassed you must be to be on the side of Delay, Rove, Cheney, Coulter, Rummy and the likes. :eek: :p
 

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Speaking of Delay, what is the status of his crimminal case? :confused:
 

Boomyal

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Originally posted by gafteci:<br /> The Democrats don't need a rule to know whats right. They showed that with the Jefferson thing.
Puleeeeeeeeeeze!! :rolleyes: Someone, hurry, please pass the airsick bag. :p
 

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The Democrats don't need a rule to know whats right. They showed that with the Jefferson thing.
So, why didn't Jefferson just quit instead of fighting it? :confused:
 

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Why do people get their panties in a wad when the right thing is done. William needs to hit the road and criminal charges should follow. DeLay finally ran and criminal charges follow. <br /><br />You people want to make it a black-white or Demo-Repub. thing. Wake up America it is a right-wrong thing.
 

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A pox on all their houses.<br /><br />both are shameful, IMO.<br /><br />The house vote on the war in Iraq today is just the latest example. The R's have cleverly framed the debate where either you vote entirely for the president's current policy in Iraq, or you vote for losing the war and being a traitor.<br /><br />What a disgrace. As if a little honest debate, some give and take, and exploring some new ideas would somehow be a bad thing for America.<br /><br />I have voted for my share of R's in my day, and I don't particularly like some of the dem candidates, but I will *NEVER* vote for another R while they insist on pulling these parlor games and call it governing.
 

Haut Medoc

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Yes I agree! They should be spending much more time working on the "Paris Hilton Tax Relief Act" ;) <br />Well they better talk it up while they can, because, come November, they will get the boot! <br />DeLay & Jefferson are both guilty, BTW........JK
 

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Originally posted by KaGee:<br />
Originally posted by rolmops:<br /> It is all very relative.Compare this to the republican mayority trying to change the house ethics rules just so Tom Delay could become speaker of the house.
Delay stepped down because of self-imposed REPUBLICAN rules. Rules by the way that the DEMOCRATS refuse to adopt.
Kagee,the republicans changed back to the original rules they had changed a few weeks earlier.Mostly because the honest people in the republican party were getting a real bad taste in their mouth.
 

Boomyal

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Originally posted by PW2:<br /> ....but I will *NEVER* vote for another R while they insist on pulling these parlor games and call it governing.
Hmmmm, isn't that like the pot calling the kettle black. :rolleyes: <br /><br />PW, what in Heavens name do you think the Dems did for nigh unto fifty years. Who do you think perfected the technique. Do you really think, when the Dems were in power, that they were the paragon of everything you now espouse????
 

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If they do the same thing if they get power, I'll vote against them. I've done it before.<br /><br />We need a dialogue in this country, and we are getting more and more polarized. I hope Iraq's new democracy is modelling itself on something other than ours. If not, it has no chance whatsoever.
 

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Originally posted by Texashotdog:<br /> Why do people get their panties in a wad when the right thing is done. William needs to hit the road and criminal charges should follow. DeLay finally ran and criminal charges follow. <br /><br />You people want to make it a black-white or Demo-Repub. thing. Wake up America it is a right-wrong thing.
I love it when someone cuts through all the BS and states the bare bones truth....<br /><br />Hats off to ya!!
 

Parrott_head

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Hmmmm, isn't that like the pot calling the kettle black. [Roll Eyes]<br /><br />PW, what in Heavens name do you think the Dems did for nigh unto fifty years. Who do you think perfected the technique. Do you really think, when the Dems were in power, that they were the paragon of everything you now espouse????<br />
Boomyal,<br /><br />Have you ever heard of a Political Leadership Action Committee?<br /><br />It's a Political Action Committe unlike many others.<br /><br />Everyone knows that PAC's accept funds to give to politicians that support their position. I think they corrupt the American political system but that is another post.<br /><br />The Political Leadership Action Committe is much different. Instead of the funds going directly to the politician you may support the funds go to the heads of the politcal leaders of a party.<br /><br />The party then decides who gets the money. If they have a member that is sitting the fence or his folks back home want him to vote contrary to the party hierarchy they can use the money to force him to vote their way. Not the way of the folks that elected him back home. The Republican leadership under Newt Gingrich came up with this animal. You either vote the way of the five or six in power or you get no funds. Contributors are being strong armed into making most, if not all, of their contributions to the PLAC.<br /><br />This monster is a creation of the Republican party.<br /><br />Do you really want your Senator or Representative to have to toe the line that is determined by so few people? Is this truly the spirit of bipartisanship when members of your own party cannot disagree?<br /><br />Can this country be served well when so few can wield so much power?<br /><br />If the Republican and Democratic party get to the point that just a few men on each party have that much clout then that sets the stage for some very powerful entities to basically start running this nation as it suits them. Their concerns may not be yours.
 
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