Republican Party Ethics

“Only sensible thing Geo has said all day. ;-)”

“The Republican party has ethics?”

“Who cares about ethics?

I want results.”

“A little less spending ,maybe?”

“"Unfortunately, it has become clear to me in recent days that the false allegations made against me have become a distraction to the important work of the House Republican Conference and the important work that remains ahead for the House Administration Committee."

--Liar Bob Ney 1/15/06 (CNN)


"Tuohey added, "In terms of the ongoing investigation, we have repeatedly made clear that Congressman Ney has done nothing wrong, and there is no credible basis to charge him with a violation of law. If charges are brought, Congressman Ney will defend himself vigorously."

Source, Ney's lying spokesman 8/7/06 (CNN)

LOLOLOLOLOL, VBG-VBG, LOLOLOLOLOLOLOL”

“Hit the road, Jail-bird!”

“I heard that Republican Ney is going to get the lightest possible sentence - two years in prison - for his crimes.

That means he is trading testimony for a light sentence.

I guess rats squeal when cornered.”

“How 3 G.O.P. Veterans Stalled Bush Detainee Bill

By CARL HULSE, KATE ZERNIKE and SHERYL GAY STOLBERG
Published: September 17, 2006

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 — Senators John McCain and Lindsey Graham cornered their partner, Senator John W. Warner, on the Senate floor late Wednesday afternoon.

Mr. Warner, the courtly Virginian who is chairman of the Armed Services Committee, had been trying for weeks to quietly work out the three Republicans’ differences with the Bush administration’s proposal to bring terrorism suspects to trial. But Senators McCain, of Arizona, and Graham, of South Carolina, who are on the committee with Mr. Warner, convinced him that the time for negotiation was over.

The three senators, all military veterans, marched off to an impromptu news conference to lay out their deep objections to the Bush legislation. Mr. Warner then personally broke the news to Senator Bill Frist of Tennessee, the majority leader, and the next day the Armed Services Committee voted to approve a firm legislative rebuke to the president’s plan to reinterpret the Geneva Conventions.

It was a stinging defeat for the White House, not least because the views of Mr. Warner, a former Navy secretary, carry particular weight. With a long history of ties to the military, Mr. Warner, 79, has a reputation as an accurate gauge to views that senior officers are reluctant to express in public. Notably, in breaking ranks with the White House, Mr. Warner was joined by Colin L. Powell, the former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, in a rare public breach with the administration he served as secretary of state.

As Mr. Warner left his Senate office on Friday afternoon, he carried a briefcase of material to prepare for a potential legislative showdown in the coming days. At stake, he said, was more than the fate of “these 20-odd individuals,” a reference to the high-level terrorism suspects awaiting possible trial at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba.

“It’s how America’s going to be perceived in the world, how we’re going to continue the war against terror,” Mr. Warner said.

Then he showed off the motto on his necktie: “Democracy is not a spectator sport.” Ronald Reagan had a similar tie, Mr. Warner said, and had given him a copy.

Democrats and Republicans alike had assumed that Mr. Warner, a smooth negotiator not given to public confrontation, would relent to the administration, especially considering the importance Republicans had placed on passing the legislation as midterm elections approached.

The thinking was that Mr. McCain, who was tortured as a Vietnam prisoner of war, would not budge, nor would Mr. Graham, a military lawyer and zealous guardian of military standards. That left Mr. Warner as the best potential target for the White House. But as he considered the consequences of the proposal, the chairman decided to stick to his guns, saying he believed the nation’s reputation was at stake.

“He is a man of the Senate,” said Mr. Graham, arguing that Mr. Warner’s stance spoke volumes because it went against his nature to have so visible a conflict. “He is also a military man and has thought long and hard about this.”

Mr. Bush seems equally determined to win provisions he says are needed to interrogate and prosecute terrorism suspects. He and his allies are ratcheting up pressure on Senate Republicans who support alternate rules adopted this week by the Armed Services Committee. Mr. Warner, like his two colleagues, has a network of high-ranking current and retired military officers who provide regular guidance and support. While he has been consulting them privately, some are expected to weigh in publicly in the days ahead. One aide said on Saturday that the number of Senate Republicans behind the three senators was widening beyond the 8 or 10 they had anticipated, with lawmakers — heavily influenced by Mr. Powell’s stance — preparing to soon go public with their views.

In interviews, two senior Bush administration officials acknowledged that the White House had underestimated the depth of opposition Mr. Bush’s proposal would provoke. They also said they had focused mostly on gaining Mr. Graham’s support and mistakenly believed they had it, based on statements he made about the Geneva Conventions in Senate hearings. A Republican senator separately described the clash between the White House and Mr. Warner’s group as “a train wreck.”

The administration officials and the Republican senator were granted anonymity because they would not openly discuss negotiations between the White House and Congress.

Mr. Warner’s convictions about how military trials should proceed appear to stem largely from his personal experience, beginning with his Navy service in World War II. Hanging with the photographs on his office wall is a worn, small placard that his mother displayed on the door of their Washington home from 1944 to 1946: “There’s a Man from this family in the Navy.”

“I’m a man that’s been through a lot,” Mr. Warner said, recounting his days as secretary of the Navy in the early 1970’s when he was personally confronted with issues of military prisoners. “I mean, I’ve been through this before.””

“I don't think this absolves McCain, Powell and Graham and the rest.

I think that this group DID have great misgivings about going to war.

And I think that they DID have the power to stop it. Imagine the power of a Powell resignation during the run-up to the war. Or imagine McCain opposing the resolution giving Bush authority to invade.

But they didn't. McCain wanted to be president too badly. Powell didn't want to rock the boat.

They have blood on their hands.

It's easy to oppose Bush now that his polls are rock bottom and his presidency is essentially lame duck.

Better to oppose him when it really mattered.”

“same could be said of John Kerry - if he runs again, be sure to remember your words
last edited: 9/16/06 10:01:02 PM”

“Moonglo!

Do you really believe that John Kerry could have stopped the war by voting against authority for Bush?

If every Democrat had voted against the war, it still would have happened. It's basic math.

McCain and Graham and the others had the possibility to change the debate and also the chance to vote it down.

Do Republicans still believe in basic math?”

“When it came to rebuilding Iraq, what do you think was the #1 pryority for the job?

Naaaaaaaaaaaaa, they wanted to know you voted for.


Ties to GOP trumped skill on Iraq team
In rebuilding effort, loyalty to Bush administration was paramount

By Rajiv Chandrasekaran
Updated: 9:40 p.m. PT Sept 16, 2006

"O'Beirne's staff posed blunt questions to some candidates about domestic politics: Did you vote for George W. Bush in 2000? Do you support the way the president is fighting the war on terror? Two people who sought jobs with the U.S. occupation authority said they were even asked their views on Roe v. Wade.

Many of those chosen by O'Beirne's office to work for the Coalition Provisional Authority, which ran Iraq's government from April 2003 to June 2004, lacked vital skills and experience. A 24-year-old who had never worked in finance -- but had applied for a White House job -- was sent to reopen Baghdad's stock exchange. The daughter of a prominent neoconservative commentator and a recent graduate from an evangelical university for home-schooled children were tapped to manage Iraq's $13 billion budget, even though they didn't have a background in accounting.

The decision to send the loyal and the willing instead of the best and the brightest is now regarded by many people involved in the 3 1/2 -year effort to stabilize and rebuild Iraq as one of the Bush administration's gravest errors. Many of those selected because of their political fidelity spent their time trying to impose a conservative agenda on the postwar occupation that sidetracked more important reconstruction efforts and squandered goodwill among the Iraqi people, according to many people who participated in the reconstruction effort.

The CPA had the power to enact laws, print currency, collect taxes, deploy police and spend Iraq's oil revenue. It had more than 1,500 employees in Baghdad at its height, working under America's viceroy in Iraq, L. Paul Bremer, but never released a public roster of its entire staff."

Rest of story

Kinda makes ya all warm and fuzzy....huh.”

“"....one of the Bush administration's gravest errors."

This crap sounds more like deliberate than it does error.”

“Indeed.”

“Kinda makes ya all warm and fuzzy....huh.”

more like sick and whoozy”

“anyone got naked pix of martha stewart to share?”

“That would be a welcome relief!”

“Due to a vehement complaint from SSLOL, I am posting the following list on this thread. It seemed to terribly upset SSLOL that I had listed some Republican members in another post in a thread about Democratic corruption. So to appease his delicate sensitivities, I’ve removed both of the Democrats from this list, and here are the eleven remaining Republicans on the list:

* Rep. Roy Blunt (R-MO)
* Rep. Randy Cunningham (R-CA)
* Rep. Tom Feeney (R-FL)
* Rep. Marilyn Musgrave (R-CO)
* Rep. Bob Ney (R-OH)
* Rep. Richard Pombo (R-CA)
* Rep. Rick Renzi (R-AZ)
* Rep. Charles Taylor (R-NC)
* Sen. Conrad Burns (R-MT)
* Sen. Bill Frist (R-TN)
* Sen. Rick Santorum (R-PA)

13 Most Corrupt Members of Congress

Happy now, silly neocon?
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“I think it is very obvious that the liberals on both sides of the aisle care more about destroying Bush than protecting our country. \

LOL Kleetn is Winson Smith (LOL)”

“'Facts' from beyonddelay.org aren't from an unbiased source silly kleetn.

...but you do get a point for thread selection.
LOL”

“"....liberals on both sides of the aisle..."

That's a hot one!!”

“There is so much political corruption on Capitol Hill that the FBI has had to triple the number of squads investigating lobbyists, lawmakers and influence peddlers, the Daily News has learned.

For decades, only one squad in Washington handled corruption cases because the crimes were seen as local offenses handled by FBI field offices in lawmakers' home districts. . . .

But in recent years, the Jack Abramoff lobbying scandal and other abuses of power and privilege have prompted the FBI to assign 37 agents full-time to three new squads in an office near Capitol Hill.

FBI Assistant Director Chip Burrus told The News yesterday that he wants to detail even more agents to the Washington field office for a fourth corruption squad because so much wrongdoing is being uncovered. . . .

Two years ago, only 400 agents worked on public corruption cases. Now, 615 agents nationwide - including 30 in New York - are trying to nail public servants for betraying the public trust in 2,200 ongoing cases. . . .

Burrus wouldn't speculate about why there is so much graft, but said, 'We have to pull the whole weed up or it's just going to grow back again.'"


http://nydailynews.com/front/story/453860p-381809c.html”

“Dang and if it wasnt for the wall between the agencies courtesy of Jamie Goerlick (42nd admin) they might be able to do it better.....”

“Can't wait for the election results this year...

How about you?”

“Rep. Mark Foley, R-Florida, resigns in relation to small emails he sent a former male page.

Is this another good republican who is a closet queen?

Those that protest the loudest about immorality and lifestyle choices tend to be those with the deepest secrets.

Look at Bakker and Swaggert for examples.

At least Barney Frank is what he is .. . and ain't ashamed about it.


ANyone know what Foley actually did? (I could be way off base in my guess)



Oh and . .. . na na na na .. .hey hey hey . .goodbye!!!!!”

“And now . ..the rest of the story (courtesy CNN online)
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Rep. Mark Foley, R-Florida, submitted a letter of resignation from Congress on Friday in the wake of questions about e-mails he wrote a former male page, according to a congressional official.

Foley, 52, had been considered a shoo-in for re-election until the e-mails surfaced in recent days.

Campaign aides had previously acknowledged that the Republican congressman e-mailed the former Capitol page five times, but had said there was nothing inappropriate about the exchange. The page was 16 at the time of the e-mail correspondence.

Foley's election opponent, Democrat Tim Mahoney, has called for an investigation.

The correspondence took place in August 2005 after the boy gave Foley a handwritten thank you note before returning to Louisiana.

Foley was running for re-election to a seventh term. He has represented his district, which includes West Palm Beach, since 1995. Florida Republicans could replace Foley on the ballot.

In his exchanges with the boy, Foley asked how old he was, what he wanted for his upcoming birthday, how he was doing after Hurricane Katrina and for a photo.

The e-mails were posted Friday on Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington's Web site after ABC News reported their existence. The group asked the House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct to investigate the exchange Foley had with the boy, who served as a page for Rep. Rodney Alexander, R-Louisiana.

"The House of Representatives has an obligation to protect the teenagers who come to Congress to learn about the legislative process," the group wrote, adding that the committee, "must investigate any allegation that a page has been subjected to sexual advances by members of the House."

According to the CREW posting, the boy e-mailed a colleague in Alexander's office about Foley's e-mails, saying, "This freaked me out." On the request for a photo, the boy repeated the word "sick" 13 times.

He said Foley asked for his e-mail when the boy gave him a thank you card. The boy also said Foley wrote that he e-mailed another page.

"he's such a nice guy," Foley wrote about the other boy. "acts much older than his age...and hes in really great shape...i am just finished riding my bike on a 25 mile journey now heading to the gym...whats school like for you this year?"

In other e-mails, Foley wrote, "I am back in Florida now...its nice here...been raining today...it sounds like you will have some fun over the next few weeks...how old are you now?" and "how are you weathering the hurricane...are you safe...send me an email pic of you as well."

What the boy wrote to Foley, who is single, wasn't available. The e-mails were sent from Foley's personal account, which Foley spokesman Jason Kello says he uses to communicate with many people, including Gov. Jeb Bush.

"They have taken these e-mails out of context in order to smear a good man," said Kello, who described the exchange as "nonchalant, casual." He said Foley didn't save his e-mails or the boy's response.

Efforts to reach the boy were unsuccessful, but he told the St. Petersburg Times last November, "I thought it was very inappropriate. After the one about the picture, I decided to stop e-mailing him back." The Times didn't publish the comments until Friday.

The campaign for Mahoney, who trails Foley in the polls, said it didn't release the e-mails and wouldn't make them part of the campaign. In a statement released by Mahoney spokesman Jessica Santillo, the campaign referred to the boy as an "alleged victim."

"The seriousness of these allegations goes far beyond the tit for tat of a political campaign," Santillo said. "This is a matter for the appropriate authorities to investigate. I believe Mr. Foley deserves the benefit of the doubt until these allegations are proven true or false."

Alexander's chief of staff, Royal Alexander, didn't return several calls to his cell phone Thursday and Friday seeking comment. Alexander's press secretary, Adam Terry, didn't return an e-mail or phone messages. Alexander and Foley wouldn't talk to reporters while the House was in session Thursday and Foley didn't return calls to his cell phone.

Kello disputed the claim that the e-mails weren't distributed by the Mahoney campaign.

"They've been shopping this around to reporters for weeks now. They want a headline and that's it. It's a political smear campaign of the worst kind," Kello said.”

“It's a political smear campaign of the worst kind," Kello said.”



Yup. A smear campaign allright . ..but not political smears. More like Clintonesque smears . .. .


Before all you republicans rush to his defense: he wouldn't have resigned a tthe drop of a hat if there was no THERE there.


Ten to one he is busy smashing his hard drive (no pun intended) to bits with a hammer to eradicate the boy toy porn.

Stupid republican.


Oh. And yeah. Don't bother with the Barney Frank comparisons. Barney is an out of the closet, straight up (no pun intended) you see what you get gay person. Not some pedophile closet queen.


And he was appropriately censured at the time.”

“This is the Barney Frank thing.

Frank is a prominent figure in the liberal wing of the Democratic Party, and has been outspoken on many human rights issues, as well as on issues of gay and lesbian rights. In 1987, he spoke publicly about his homosexuality for the first time. He said in a 1996 interview: "I'm used to being in the minority. I'm a left-handed gay Jew. I've never felt, automatically, a member of any majority."

In 1990, the House voted to reprimand Frank when it was revealed that Steve Gobie was running a prostitution business from Frank's apartment. Frank had dismissed Gobie earlier that year after learning of Gobie's activities.

The Boston Globe, among others, called on Frank to resign, but he refused. The House Ethics Committee recommended Frank be reprimanded because he "reflected discredit upon the House" by using his congressional office to fix 33 of Gobie's parking tickets. Attempts to expel or censure Frank failed; instead the House voted 408-18 to reprimand him. This condemnation was not reflected in Frank's district, where he won re-election in 1990 with 66 percent of the vote, and has won by larger margins ever since.”

“well .. .when the republicans face plant in the mid term elections . .they certainly will have worked hard to deserve the repudiation.”

“Keep remembering the scandal years ago with the Congress where they were getting REALLY close and personal with the Pages....

The joke was "How do Congressmen mark their briefs? With Bent Over pages. "”

“Rick Sanitorium is already is in trouble with the gay republican folks:

WASHINGTON, April 23 — A Republican group whose officials include former President Gerald R. Ford and Mary Cheney, the daughter of the vice president, demanded today that Senator Rick Santorum apologize to gays for hisremarks equating homosexuality with bigamy and incest



Can't imagine dear Rick is too pleased about this.

He's probably the biggest closet queen of all.


Bu-bye Rick . . .won't see muh of you after novemeber!!!!


LOL”

“

Gol-ly Sergeant Carter, Surprise Surprise Surprise!”

“and for those of you who go to the trouble to google or wikipedia Gerry Studds . . .

Don't forget to include Repulican Dan Crane.”

“I still say it is a symptom of the system...they get up there and lose touch with the fact that they ARE citizens.
Heck look at the Kennedy DUI...he walked away from something we would all have spent some time for.

My Congressman used to be a pretty cool guy, but since he has past 10 years up there...don't get me started.

HECK WITH IT...I AM OUT OF HERE> Going to get some bag nights...BYE!”

“From His website:

Children

As a founder and co-chair of the Congressional Missing and Exploited Children's Caucus, Mark has been instrumental in the development and passage of legislation designed to protect our children. {playing to his strengths no doubt}

He authored legislation that became law -- the Volunteers for Children Act -- that gives volunteer organizations that work with children, such as scouting and sports groups, access to FBI fingerprint-based background checks to ensure that they are not inadvertently hiring child molesters.

He has also cosponsored legislation toughening the penalties levied at those who hurt children and, most recently, has joined forces with the Administration and Congress to fight child predators. [Oh Oh !!!! I smell trouble]
His Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act, which has passed both the House and Senate, will overhaul the way we track and monitor predatory pedophiles. He has also introduced and cosponsored legislation designed to eliminate child pornography and exploitive child modeling web sites.

Over the years, Mark also has worked closely with the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children and John Walsh (host of Fox TV’s America’s Most Wanted) on a variety of child protection programs. Among the latest of these is a program designed to show children how to protect themselves from online predators. [The irony is too rich!!!}


On the education front, Mark strongly believes that our children are the key to the nation’s future. Since he was elected into Congress in 1994, he has been working with both Republicans and Democrats to help reduce children illiteracy and improve educators’ job benefits. He has consistently supported measures that will give all of our young people the opportunity to become educated, successful members of society.

This past year, he voted to increase funding for No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB), Head Start and Pell Grant programs. He also supports funding for pre-college opportunity programs like TRIO and GEAR UP and is an advocate for students’ right to have access to a safe and productive learning environment with federally funded programs like Safe and Drug-Free Schools.

Mark is a strong proponent of NCLB’s program called Reading is Fundamental (RIF). This productive program helps educate parents to create a literacy-rich home environment for their children through motivation activities in communities. RIF’s motto to children is that reading is both fun and fundamental. Mark’s district has benefited from RIF’s activities and materials, helping increase FCAT scores and improving schools’ Annual Yearly Progress marks (AYP).

As technology rapidly advances, Mark feels that students should have the ability to integrate the use of computer software into their daily learning regimen. As a strong supporter of NCLB’s Enhancing Education Through Technology program, Florida’s rural and urban schools alike have received technical assistance through the recruitment of highly qualified teachers and state coordinators.

Mark also is a firm believer in finding and supporting innovative ways to encourage our children’s educational horizons, including participating in the annual Congressional Art Competition, a program that reaches out to high school students in Florida and the nation to showcase their creative talents.”

“Foley Resigns Over Sexually Explicit Messages to Minors

Saying he was "deeply sorry," Congressman Mark Foley (R-FL) resigned from Congress today, hours after ABC News questioned him about sexually explicit internet messages with current and former congressional pages under the age of 18.

A spokesman for Foley, the chairman of the House Caucus on Missing and Exploited Children, said the congressman submitted his resignation in a letter late this afternoon to Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert.

Hours earlier, ABC News had read excerpts of instant messages provided by former male pages who said the congressman, under the AOL Instant Messenger screen name Maf54, made repeated references to sexual organs and acts.

http://blogs.abcnews.com/theblotter/2006/09/foley_resigns_o.html”

“Isn't this the appropriate time for this image:



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“I hope they don't accept a resignation as end of chapter. There were laws broken. Put him in jail.”

“A red 'x'?”

“it was supposed to be crickets.”

“You wanted this:


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“nice to see moonpie a the party . ..where's his stupida$$ed redneck side . . . .

you know gomer pile-o$hit with the handy LOL
LOL LOL.



LOL at this situation morons.”

“Yet another cowardly mouthy troll.
At least this one is smarter than violin (that's certainly not saying much) as it did put this on the correct thread, something violin can't seem to figure out.

It does look a lot like kleent's postings.
Maybe he's 'slipped' back after he left in a hissy a couple of days ago. Typical.
LOL

Man/boy love is supported by Libs. Why the outrage? Oh yeah, it's a Rep acting like a Dem.

LOL
[VBG]
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“Don't know the democrat in this district . ..


but unless he/she is a total incompetent . ..

we are one seat closer to sending the party of Jackoff Abramofff to the woodshed.

ANd this one was a freebie!!!!!

nice way to start the weekend.


Oh yeah . ..sorry about those kids too.”

“Nope, sorry to disappoint you, but "mask" is not me. I can't say I haven't peeked at a few fuego threads, but I'll use my own name if I decide to rejoin the mudslinging.”

“This is a stupid story. Get it out of here.

It takes attention away from the performance of the current government.

Apparently there are four attacks per hour from insurgents in Iraq.

What exactly is the plan to change this fact?”

“Kewl, thanks kleetn.

I'll put the new troll on ignore.
Nothing new, just another name calling coward.
*click*”

“How do the Republicans respond....

Just as Shimkus' explanation was released, House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi of California proposed to the House that its ethics committee investigate and make a preliminary report in 10 days. She demanded to know who knew of the messages, whether Foley had other contacts with pages and when the Republican leadership was notified of Foley's conduct.

Instead, majority Republicans engineered a vote to allow the ethics panel to decide whether there should even be an investigation.

I bet it kinda makes ya proud SS....don't it

Complete story”