Party of Morals?

Former Rep. Mark Foley

Hmmm...lets look at G.O.P. as of late...

The most obvious is the "gentleman from Florida" Former Rep. Mark Foley.

This guy is a class act.

Some of his finer work:

Maf54: I miss you lots since san diego.
Teen: ya I cant wait til dc
Maf54: :)
Teen: did you pick a night for dinner
Maf54: not yet...but likely Friday
Teen: ok...ill plan for Friday then
Maf54: that will be fun

In another exchange released Monday, the page apparently was uncomfortable with Foley's alleged advances:

Maf54: I want to see you
Teen: Like I said not til feb...then we will go to dinner
Maf54: and then what happens
Teen: we eat...we drink...who knows...hang out...late into the night
Maf54: and
Teen: I dunno
Maf54: dunno what
Teen: hmmm I have the feeling that you are fishing here...im not sure what I would be comfortable with...we'll see

But come on, not all immoral G.O.P. actions involve sex.

Lest you forget Tom DeLay?

Rap Sheet:

1. $100,000 in illegal campaign contributions
2. Unlawful political advertising,
3. Unlawful contributions to a political committee
4. Unlawful expenditures such as those to a graphics company and political candidates.
5. Illegal Corporate Campaign Contributions
6. Money Laundering
7. In 1999, DeLay was privately reprimanded by the House Ethics Committee after he pulled an important intellectual property rights bill off of the House floor when the Electronics Industries Alliance hired a former Democratic Congressman, Dave McCurdy.
8. Jack Abramoff
9. Misuse of Federal Investigative Agencies

Jack Abramoff needs his own category though:

Exhibit A: Abramoff and his partner Michael Scanlon (a former Tom DeLay aide) conspired to bilk Indian casino gambling interests out of an estimated $85 million in fees. The lobbyists also orchestrated lobbying against their own clients in order to force them to pay for lobbying services. These practices were the subject both of long-running criminal prosecution and hearings by the Senate Indian Affairs Committee.

Exhibit B: On August 11, 2005, Abramoff and his partner, Adam Kidan, were indicted by a federal grand jury in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, on fraud charges arising from a 2000 deal to buy SunCruz Casinos from Konstantinos "Gus" Boulis. Abramoff and Kidan are accused of using a fake wire transfer to make lenders believe that they had made a $23 million down payment, in order to qualify for a $60 million loan.

Exhibit C: In 2002, Abramoff was retained under a secret contract by the Guam Superior Court to lobby against a bill proposing to put the Superior Court under the authority of the Guam Supreme Court. On Nov. 18, 2002, a grand jury issued a subpoena demanding that the administrator of the Guam Superior Court release all records relating to the contract. On Nov. 19, 2002, U.S. Attorney Frederick A. Black, the chief prosecutor for Guam and the instigator of the indictment, was unexpectedly demoted and removed from the office he had held since 1991. The federal grand jury investigation was quickly wound down and took no further action. In 2005, Public Auditor Doris Flores Brooks initiated a new investigation of the Abramoff contract which is continuing.

As you can see, this is quite the cast of characters.

This is all without addressing the Bush Administration head on, although DeLay and Abramoff were both key players in the White House.

I just bought Bob Woodward's new book, State of Denial: Bush at War III which I look forward to reading.

Just another thought. If you were going to identify one of the two major parties, Democrats or Republicans, and say that one of them was heavily involved with the Oil Industry who would you say that is?

Republicans?

I agree.

Now, If you were going to say which party has the most to lose in this election, the incumbent power (G.O.P.) or the minority party (Democrats) who would you say?

Republicans?

I agree.

Now, if you were going to say which party would be most negatively effected by high gas prices come November, which would you say?

Republicans?

I agree.

Maybe that's why I saw gas at $2.06/gallon today.

I hope Americans are paying attention, otherwise we will be fooled again.

Fool me once...shame on me.

Fool me a fourth time...fuck we're dumb.

You want morals?

Democrats stand for the following: (G.O.P. methods in parentheses)

1. Human Rights
- (see also Abu Graib)
2. Living Wage
- (see also G.O.P. resistance to increased minimum wage)
3. Responsible Environmental Policy
- (see also current Automotive Emissions standards)
4. Sending our soldiers into harms way only for a just cause
- (see also Iraq)
5. Higher Education
- (see also Bush Administration cuts to Federal Scholarships)
6. Balanced Budget
- (see also Record Deficit)
7. Helping the less fortunate
- (see also Budget cuts to homeless shelters and Medicare programs)
8. K-12 Education
- (see also OrwellianNo Child Left Behind program)

Vote for the party that will make you proud.

Not the party that scares you the most.

Stay Tuned...