Posted by
NOTLEGALROADKILLYET on Friday, January 26, 2007 12:37:52 PM
Once again, the Denver Post has a misleading and very partisan editorial today: "
Congress moves to police its own ethics" It signals its partisan approach with the subtitle:
Lawmakers should be commended for pushing forward with new ethics guidelines, especially considering the scandals during the Tom DeLay era,
You would think from the tone and information in the article that the Republicans have a monopoly on corruption. No mention is made of the scandals that brought the Republicans to power in 1994-the House Banking and Post Office scandals. No mention is made of the $90,000 found in Democratic Congressman William Jefferson's freezer. No mention is made of the fact that Democratic Congressman Rahm Emanuel knew of Congressman Foley's emails for almost a year before he alerted the press, and then lied about having that knowledge.
You wouldn't know from the editorial that Senate Democratic Majority Leader Harry Reid tried to eliminate a Republican proposed rule against Senators voting for projects that benefited lobbyist family member of Senators. The Post conveniently forgets that Reid's four sons and his son in law are all lobbyists. It also can't seem to recall that former Democratic Senate Leader Tom Daschle's wife is a lobbyist.
The Post conveniently overlooks the Democratic led filibuster this past week to keep the Senate from identifying the authors of earmark legislation.
Wouldn't it be wonderful if the Denver Post recognized that where there is money, there is bound to be corruption? Corruption doesn't come with a single party label. If the Denver Post had any real interest in seeing Congressional rules cleaned up (and it doesn't), it would print more responsible editorials.