Tuesday, November 29, 2005

A Growing Wariness About Money in Politics

A Growing Wariness About Money in Politics: "The latest court case came yesterday in San Diego when Rep. Randy 'Duke' Cunningham (R-Calif.) wept openly after pleading guilty to tax evasion and conspiracy. His plea bargain came less than a week after public relations executive Michael Scanlon coolly admitted his role in a conspiracy to try to bribe a congressman.
Members of Congress, lawyers and pollsters recognize that both events taken together could signal the start of a cyclical ritual in the nation's capital: the moment when lawmakers and outsiders are widely seen as getting too cozy with each other and face a public backlash -- and legal repercussions -- as a result."

Uh...no kidding. It becomes easier and easier with each guilty plea to identify the Republican Party with the party of Corruption. Democrats should be doing everything they can to raise awareness of these issues. Republicans already face that conception of being fat cats looking out for big business, but this proves that they are also looking out for themselves. Time to clear them out.

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